Terra Nullius (Coleman novel)

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
2017, USA, Small Beer Press

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