12 August 2010
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction (Shortlisted)
11 May 2010
Kathleen Mitchell Award (Winner)
26 April 2010
PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story (Joint winner with Edward P. Jones)
16 April 2010
Premio Vallombrosa von Rezzori (Shortlisted)
11 November 2009
Melbourne Prize for Literature (Best Writing Award) (Winner)
2 November 2009
Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award (Winner)
8 September 2009
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award for Australian Short Story Collection (Winner)
19 August 2009
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Fiction Book Award (Shortlisted)
10 August 2009
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction (Shortlisted)
23 June 2009
Australian Book Industry Award for Newcomer of the Year (Winner)
Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year (Shortlisted)
Australian Book Industry Award for Literary Fiction Book of the Year (Shortlisted)
22 June 2009
Nielsen BookData Australia Booksellers Choice Award (Shortlisted)
18 May 2009
NSW Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year (Winner)
NSW Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing (Winner)
16 May 2009
Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award (Joint winner with Kevin Rabalais, Alice Nelson & Steve Toltz)
7 May 2009
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Nominated)
23 April 2009
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction (Joint winner with Louise Erdrich)
18 February 2009
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia, Best First Book category) (Shortlisted)
January 2009
The Story Prize (Longlisted)
17 November 2008
U.S. National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Fiction Selection (Winner) (Nominated by Mary Gaitskill)
10 November 2008
Dylan Thomas Prize (Winner)
3 May 2008
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (Longlisted)
May 2007
Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award (Winner)
2007
Pushcart Prize (Winner) (For short story, "Cartagena")
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