Green Dot (novel)
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| Author | Madeleine Gray |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication date | 3 October 2023 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 384 pp. |
| ISBN | 9781761068614 |
Green Dot is Australian author Madeleine Gray's debut novel, published in 2023. It won the Matt Richell Award for New Writer at the ABIA Awards in 2024, and was shortlisted for several other awards.
Book
[edit]Green Dot was published by Allen & Unwin in 2023,[1][2] becoming very popular[3][4] as well as attracting critical acclaim.[5]
The protagonist of the novel is a queer, intelligent, educated 24-year-old woman, Hera Stephen, who begins to fall into madness after beginning a relationship with an older, married colleague. Green Dot has been labelled as "sad girl fiction".[6]
Author
[edit]Madeleine Gray is an Australian novelist, who has worked at a bookstore.[7][8]
She graduated from the University of Sydney and University of Oxford, and as of 2024[update] was undertaking a PhD in literary theory at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England.[6]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) | The Matt Richell Award for New Writer | Won | [9] |
| Australian General Fiction Book of the Year | Shortlisted | |||
| APA Book Design Awards | Designed Commercial Fiction Cover (designed by Alissa Dinallo) | Longlisted | [9] | |
| Booksellers Choice Award Book People Book of the Year | Adult Fiction Book of the Year | Shortlisted | [9] | |
| British Book Awards | Debut | Shortlisted | [10] | |
| Indie Book Awards | Debut Fiction | Shortlisted | [11] | |
| 2025 | Russell Prize for Humour Writing | —
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Green Dot by Madeleine Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Pirovic, Jasmine (4 October 2023). "Madeleine Gray reimagines the affair novel with debut, 'Green Dot'". RUSSH. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ↑ Kembrey, Melanie (20 October 2023). "Look around. Everyone is reading this buzzy new novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ↑ Chang, Alexandra (27 February 2024). "High-Stakes Capers Starring Low-Wage Workers". New York Times.
- ↑ Kavanagh, Bec (26 October 2023). "Green Dot by Madeleine Gray review – a sassy love story with a bleak worldview". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- 1 2 "'If these books were written by men, we'd just call them literature': Welcome to the sad girl novel". ABC News. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ↑ Gray, Madeleine (23 August 2023). "Madeleine Gray: the 10 funniest things I have seen (on the internet)". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ↑ Gray, Madeleine (21 January 2024). "'A shop can be your castle': the surprising rewards of retail work". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Green Dot by Madeleine Gray – Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Anderson, Porter (8 March 2024). "British Book Awards: 2024 Books of the Year Shortlists". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ ""Shortlist announced for the 2024 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ↑ "Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2025 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.