Andrew McGahan notable work The White Earth
Other writing
Stage
In 1992, while serving a residency at the Queensland Theatre Company, McGahan wrote the play Bait, which was first performed by Renegade Theatre Company in Brisbane in 1995, directed by Shaun Charles, and which won a Matilda award that year. The play is set in a grim Social Security mailing room and concludes the "Gordon Trilogy" – finishing off the story of Gordon Buchanan that was begun in the novels Praise and 1988.
In 2009 McGahan co-wrote and co-directed with Shaun Charles a stage version of The White Earth for La Boite Theatre Company in Brisbane. Both stageplays, Bait and The White Earth, have been published by Playlab Press.
In 2006, McGahan's novel Last Drinks was performed at La Boite Theatre Company in an adaptation by Shaun Charles.Awards
Praise – Australian/Vogel Award; Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region, First Novel.
Praise Screenplay – AFI for Best Adapted Screenplay; Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; Queensland Premier's Award, Best Drama Script.
Last Drinks – Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing, Best First Novel.
The White Earth – Miles Franklin Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize South east Asia and South pacific Region, Age Book of the Year, Courier Mail Book of the Year.
Wonders of a Godless World – Aurealis Award, Best Science Fiction Novel.
The Coming of the Whirlpool – Shortlisted for the 2012 Indie Awards (Children's category), CBCA Book of the Year and a finalist in the 2011 Aurealis Awards for Children's FictionBibliography
Novels
Praise, Allen & Unwin, 1992, ISBN 978-1-86373-245-1
1988, Macmillan, 1998, ISBN 978-0-312-18032-4
Last Drinks, Allen & Unwin, 2000, ISBN 978-1-86508-406-0
The White Earth, Allen & Unwin, 2004, ISBN 978-1-74114-147-4
Underground, Allen & Unwin, 2007, ISBN 978-1-74175-330-1
Wonders of a Godless World, Allen & Unwin, 2009, ISBN 978-1-74175-809-2
The Rich Man's House, Allen & Unwin, 2019, ISBN 978-1-76052-982-6
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