The Australian Society of Authors conducts a poll of its members to decide on a list of 40 favorite Australian books. “While it includes some of the big names in our national canon – Christina Stead, Henry Handel Richardson and Patrick White all make the top 10 – there are no books by Henry Lawson and none by Banjo Paterson. Nor are there any by Les Murray, Thomas Keneally or Robert Drewe. There are some surprise inclusions…”