2014 shortlisted Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature - Award for Fiction.2013 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards - Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.2013 longlisted International Dublin Literary Award.

2012 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Fiction.2012 shortlisted Nita Kibble Literary Award.2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) - Australian Book of the Year.2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) - Australian General Fiction Book of the Year.2012 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award.2012 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award.2012 shortlisted Indie Awards - Fiction.2012 shortlisted Booksellers Choice Award.2012 winner The Age Book of the Year - Fiction Prize.2012 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction.The novel examines his steady decline into paralysis from the lightning-strike and the effect this has on his horse-riding passion and relationship with Noah. Riding out in a storm one day, Nancarrow is struck by lightning. Roley Nancarrow is the 1926 high jump record holder for New South Wales, and, while competing one day at a country show, is captivated by Noah Childs, a 14-year-old drover's daughter, who can coax tired old horses into extraordinary feats. The main subject of the novel is the golden era of Australian show-jumping between the wars. It was also shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Barbara Jefferis Award. It was the winner of the 2012 ALS Gold Medal, the Age Book of the Year for Fiction, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction. Foal's Bread is a 2011 novel by Australian author Gillian Mears.

Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears