Terra Nullius (2017)

Terra Nullius is a 2017 speculative fiction novel by Claire G. Coleman. It draws from Australia's colonial history, describing a society split into "Natives" and "Settlers."

Publication history

2017, Australia, Hachette Australia ISBN 9780733638312

2017, USA, Small Beer Press ISBN 9781618731517

Reception

Judges of the Stella Prize called Terra Nullius "an arresting and original novel", while a reviewer for the Sydney Review of Books described it as "a cleverly multiplicitous text" and "an ambitious mirror for settler Australia".

Terra Nullius has also been reviewed by Australian Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Locus, Antipodes, The Adelaide Review, ArtsHub, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal.

Awards and nominations

2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Debut shortlist

2019 International Dublin Literary Award longlist

2018 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction highly commended

2018 Tin Duck Award for Best Professional Long Written Work winner

2018 Stella Prize shortlist

2018 Reading Women Award fiction shortlist

2018 Norma K. Hemming Award Long Work winner

2018 MUD Literary Prize finalist

2018 Australian Indie Book of the Year Debut Fiction longlist

2018 Ditmar Award Best New Talent nomination

2018 Australian Book Industry Awards Matt Richell award for new writer of the year shortlist

2017 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel shortlist

2016 black&write! Indigenous Writers Fellowship winner