Six non-fiction books ranging from a history of Australian politics to a powerful memoir written after a daughter's death are in the running for the annual $10,000 ACT Book of the Year Award.
Marion Halligan, a Canberra writer who has had a lengthy and well-recognised career in the capital, was shortlisted for Words For Lucy, a memoir about her family and the death of her daughter. Halligan was a joint winner of the first award in 1993 and won again in 2004 and 2010.
