Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Books: 1995 to 1989
1995 : Seasonal Adjustments by Adib Khan
1994 : The Case of Emily V by Keith Oatley
1993 : The Thousand Faces of Night by Githa Hariharan
1992 : Divina Trace by Robert Antoni
1991 : Shape-Shifter by Pauline Melville
1990 : Visitors by John Cranna
1989 : Women of Influence by Bonnie Burnard