- Published: 2 March 2009
- ISBN: 9780143009610
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
The Boat

















- Published: 2 March 2009
- ISBN: 9780143009610
- Imprint: Penguin
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $22.99
W.A. Premier's Book Award
Shortlisted • 2008 • Fiction
Australian Book Industry Awards
Winner • 2009 • Newcomer of the Year
Dylan Thomas Prize (UK)
Winner • 2009 • Fiction
Melbourne Prize for Literature
Winner • 2009 • Best Writing Award
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Winner • 2009 • Book of the Year
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Winner • 2009 • New Writing
Prime Minister's Literary Award
Winner • 2009 • Fiction
Qld Premier's Literary Award
Winner • 2009 • Australian Short Story Collection - Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award
SMH Young Novelist
Winner • 2009 • Prize for Writing for Young Adults
Australian Book Industry Awards
Shortlisted • 2009 • Book of the Year
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Regional)
Longlisted • 2009 • Best First Book
Qld Premier's Literary Award
Shortlisted • 2009 • Fiction
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Shortlisted • 2009 • Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
Kathleen Mitchell Award
Winner • 2010 • Prize for Writing for Young Adults