''The Wing of Night'' is a 2005 novel by Australian author

Brenda Walker Brenda Walker (born 1957 in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University, s ...

Notes

*"Dedication: For Tom" *Epigraph: "My own taste has always been for unwritten history and my present business is with the reverse of the picture." Henry James.

Awards

*Waverley Library Award for Literature, The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, 2006: winnerWaverley Library Creates Award to Honour Buzo
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Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879– ...

, 2006: shortlisted *

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979. They are among the richest literary awards in Australia. Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, t ...

, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2006: shortlisted *

Nita Kibble Literary Award The Kibble Literary Awards comprise two awards—the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, which recognises the work of an established Australian female writer, and the Dobbie Literary Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer. The Awar ...

, 2006: winner *Asher Literary Award, 2007: winnerOther Award Winners
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Reviews

*"Australian Book Review

*"Writer's Radio

Interview

*Jane Sullivan - "The Age

References

2005 Australian novels Viking Press books {{2000s-novel-stub