AWARDS SHORTLISTBlake Dawson Business Literature Prize

8 February 2012

The State Library of NSW has announced that four fascinating and diverse books have been shortlisted for the 2011 Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize. The shortlisted books for the $30,000 prize are - Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests by Anna Krien (Black Inc.), Breaking the Sheep’s Back: The Shocking True Story of the Decline and Fall of the Australian Wool Industry by Charles Massy (University of Queensland Press), Six Months of Panic: How the Global Financial Crisis Hit Australia by Trevor Sykes (Allen & Unwin) and Freehills: A History of Australia’s First National Law Firm by Suzanne Welborn (NewSouth Publishing).  The winner will be announced at a special presentation dinner on Thursday 15 March 2012.

You can read the media release from the State Library of NSW here.

For more information on the shortlisted titles and for ordering on JBO please go to the Awards pages here.  To see product details for all the shortlist, simply click on one of the titles and follow the Quick Links on the left.