The Quiet and the Loud shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
One of three books nominated in the Writing for Young Adults category, we couldn’t be more proud of Helena Fox and this special book.
Here’s what the judges had to say:
… Fox’s prose is at once bold and delicate. Set against the backdrop of the deadly 2019-20 Australian fires, her use of metaphor delivers a beautifully crafted portrait of loss and the redemptive capacities of love. Complex subject matter including family violence and mental illness is explored through an empathetic lens, and tempered by Fox’s poetic lyricism.
Best of luck to all the books nominated, with winners announced 1 February 2024.
About the book
OUR HOPELESS, HOPEFUL WORLD
A novel about the contours of friendship, family, forgiveness, trauma and love that explores the stories we suppress and the stories we speak – and the healing that comes when we voice the things we’ve kept quiet for so long.
George’s life is loud. On the water, though, with everything hushed above and below, she is steady, silent. Then her estranged dad says he needs to talk, and George’s past begins to wake up, looping around her ankles, trying to drag her under.
Everything is a blaring, blazing mess. Could Calliope, the girl who has just cartwheeled into George’s world and shot it through with brilliant, dazzling colour, be her calm among the chaos?
SHORTLISTED QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD 2023