Mateship with Birds

{{Infobox book

| name = Mateship with Birds

| image = Mateship with Birds.jpg

| caption = First edition, Pan Macmillan Australia

| author = Carrie Tiffany

| country = Australia

| language = English

| genre =

| publisher = Picador, Australia

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 211

| isbn = 9781742610764

| oclc = 756699969

| preceded_by = Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

| followed_by =

| pub_date = 21 June 2012

| congress = PR9619.4.T545 M38 2012

| isbn_note =
(1st ed. AUS paperback)

| set_in = Rural Australia, 1950s

}}

Mateship with Birds is a 2012 novel{{cite web|title= Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5716887 |access-date= 7 November 2024}} by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize.

Synopsis

The novel is set in the 1950s in Cohuna, a town in northern Victoria. Betty, a nurse, lives on the outskrts of town, next-door to dairy farmer Harry, whose wife has left him for a man from the local bird fanciers' club.

Notes

Dedication: For Peter

Critical reception

Writing in The Guardian Janine Burke called the book a "raw and tender novel" and went on point out the connections between this novel and the book of the same title by Alec Chisholm.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/12/miles-franklin-award-mateship-birds "Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany" review by Janine Burke, The Guardian, 12 June 2013]

Romana Kaval in The Monthly found "the book full of wisdom and humour."[https://www.themonthly.com.au/store/book/mateship-birds-carrie-tiffany#.VYvYm-c1Bj4 "Mateship with Birds - Carrie Tiffany" by Romana Kovak, The Monthly]

Awards and nominations

rowspan="4" \| 2013 \| Miles Franklin Award \|\| — \|\| {{sho}} \|\| {{cite web \|author=Staff writer \|date=30 April 2013 \|title=The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013 Shortlist \|url=http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/2013/2013_shortlist \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503060834/http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/2013/2013_shortlist \|archive-date=3 May 2013 \|access-date=30 April 2013 \|publisher=Miles Franklin Literary Award}}
class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Christina Stead Prize for Fiction	{{won}}	{{cite press release \|title=Winners announced for 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards \|publisher=State Library of New South Wales \|date=19 May 2013 \|url=http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf \|access-date=21 May 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620192300/http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf \|archive-date=20 June 2014 }}
Stella Prize	—	{{won}}	{{Cite web \|last=Lea \|first=Bronwyn \|date=April 17, 2013 \|title=Carrie Tiffany wins a Stella Prize of her own \|url=http://theconversation.com/carrie-tiffany-wins-a-stella-prize-of-her-own-12944 \|access-date=2023-03-02 \|website=The Conversation \|language=en \|archive-date=14 December 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214104103/https://theconversation.com/carrie-tiffany-wins-a-stella-prize-of-her-own-12944 \|url-status=live }}
Women's Prize for Fiction	—	{{nom\|Longlisted}}	{{cite web\|title= Austlit — Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany \|publisher= Austlit\|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C808972\|access-date= 7 November 2024}}
2014 \| International Dublin Literary Award \|\| — \|\| {{nom\|Longlisted}} \|\|

References

Category:2012 Australian novels

Category:Picador (imprint) books

Category:New South Wales Premier's Prize for Fiction Award-winning works