Mateship with Birds

Mateship with Birds is a 2012 novel^[1] by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize.

Mateship with Birds

First edition, Pan Macmillan Australia
Author	Carrie Tiffany
Language	English
Set in	Rural Australia, 1950s
Publisher	Picador, Australia
Publication date	21 June 2012
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	211
ISBN	9781742610764 (1st ed. AUS paperback)
OCLC	756699969
LC Class	PR9619.4.T545 M38 2012
Preceded by	Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

Synopsis

The novel is set in the 1950s in Cohuna, a town in northern Victoria. Betty, a nurse, lives on the outskirts 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.^[2]

Romana Kaval in The Monthly found "the book full of wisdom and humour."^[3]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2013	Miles Franklin Award	—	Shortlisted	[4]
	New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards	Christina Stead Prize for Fiction	Won	[5]
	Stella Prize	—	Won	[6]
	Women's Prize for Fiction	—	Longlisted	[7]
2014	International Dublin Literary Award	—	Longlisted	[7]