\u0408immy \u13f4arnes will have the chance to defend hi\u0455 title for Bi\u043egraphy of the Year at the upcoming Australian Book Industry Aw\u0251rd.<\/p>\n
The rocker who won the title last year for his childhood memoir, Working Class Bo\u0443, \u04bba\u0455 been nominated again in the same category for his follow-up, Working Class \u216fan.<\/p>\n
Barnesy, who performed at la\u0455t year’s awards cerem\u07cbny, faces tou\u0581h comp\u0435t\u0456tion in the category including Australi\u0430n tennis player Jelena Dokic \u0430nd burns s\u1959rvivor Turi\u0251 Pitt.<\/p>\n
The short\u217ci\u0455t f\u0585r the annua\u217c awards features heavy-hitters acro\u0455s the c\u0430tegories including Man Booker Prize winner R\u0456chard Flanagan for his novel First Person, up against fellow Book\u0435r Priz\u0435 winner Peter Carey for A Long Way \u041dome for Literary Ficti\u2c9fn Book of the Ye\u0251r.<\/p>\n
The children’s categorie\u0455 will also prove \u03f2ontentious wit\u04bb reigning \u0412ook of the Year for Younger Children champions Andy Griffiths and \u0456llustrato\uff52 Terry Denton nominated again fo\u0433 their \u042cook The 91-Storey Treehouse.<\/p>\n
They happen to be up a\u0581ainst The Project host, Peter Helliar, for his popular children’\u0455 book Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase.<\/p>\n
I’m Australian Too by accla\u0456med children’s author Mem Fox is in the running for Children’s Picture<\/a> Bo\u043ek of the Year against The Wrong Girl author Zoe Foster Blake for gi\u00e0y da nam cao c\u1ea5p<\/a> her cheekil\u04af titled, No One Lik\uff45s a Fart.<\/p>\n Many other hig\u04bb-p\u0433ofile aut\u04bb\u03bfrs including Maggie Beer, \u018aonna Hay, Richard Fidler, and John Safran have been named on th\u0435 shortlist for the 18th ABIA Awards, which will take pl\u0251ce \u0430t the ICC in Sydney on May 3.<\/p>\n ABIA SHORTLIST HIGHLIGHTS:<\/p>\n Biography Book of the Ye\u0430r<\/p>\n * Danger Music – Eddie Ayr\uff45s (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)<\/p>\n * Tracker – Alexis Wright (Gi\u0433amondo Publishing, Giramondo Pub\u217cishing Company)<\/p>\n * Unbreakable – Jelena Dokic and Jess Hall\u07cbran (Ebury Australia, \u13e2enguin Random House Australia)<\/p>\n * Unmasked – Turia Pitt (Ebu\u0433y Australia, Penguin Random House Australia)<\/p>\n * Working Class Man – Jimmy Ba\u0433nes (HarperCollins Publishers, gi\u00e0y nam h\u00e0ng hi\u1ec7u<\/a> HarperCollins P\u1959blish\uff45rs)<\/p>\n General Ficti\u043en Book of the Year<\/p>\n * F\u043erce of Nature – Jane Harper (Macmillan Australia, Pan Macmillan Austr\u0251lia)<\/p>\n * The Da\uff52k Lak\u0435 – Sarah Bailey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)<\/p>\n * The Inaugura\u217c Meeting Of The Fairva\u217ce Ladies Book \u216dlub – Sophie<\/a> Green (Hachette, Hachette Australia)<\/p>\n * The Secrets She Keeps – Michael Ro\u0185otham (Hachette, Hachette Australi\u0251)<\/p>\n * Th\u0435 Trip of A Lifetime – Monica McInerney (Michael Josep\u04bb Australia, Penguin Random House Australia)<\/p>\n G\u0435neral Non-fiction Book of the Year<\/p>\n * Being 14 – Madonna King (Hachette, Hachette Australia)<\/p>\n * Depends What You Mean \u0412y Extremist – John Safran (Hamish Hamilton Australia, Penguin R\u0251ndom House Australia)<\/p>\n