Scribe congratulates authors Julian Burnside, Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard for their nominations for the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2008 Human Rights Medals and Awards Literature Non-Fiction Award.

The books nominated are Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia by Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard and Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice by Julian Burnside.

The shortlist for each award category (excluding the Human Rights Medal and the Young People’s Human Rights Medal) are available on the Commission’s website at: [www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards[( www.humanrights.gov.au/hr_awards)

Winners and highly commended entries will be announced and presented at a gala luncheon ceremony at the Grand Ballroom, Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney, on 10 December from 12-3pm.