# Is "The Broken Shore" by Peter Temple a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Broken Shore by Peter Temple (Text Publishing, 2005) is identified by: Australian Text Publishing first, 2005 — the true first, preceding all overseas editions. The Australian Text 2005 edition is the true first; the UK Quercus (2007) and US Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2007) editions are first-thus and post-date it by two years — a common collector trap.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Australian Text Publishing first, 2005 — the true first, preceding all overseas editions
- Hardcover in dust jacket from the Text imprint; the copyright page shows 'First published 2005' with the Text colophon
- Won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction and the 2007 CWA Duncan Lawrie (Gold) Dagger, Temple being the first Australian to win the Gold Dagger
- Publisher imprint reads Text Publishing
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Peter Temple |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
| Year | 2005 |
| True first | Australian edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Australian Text Publishing first, 2005 — the true first, preceding all overseas editions |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Australian Text Publishing first, 2005 — the true first, preceding all overseas editions. Hardcover in dust jacket from the Text imprint; the copyright page shows 'First published 2005' with the Text colophon. Won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction and the 2007 CWA Duncan Lawrie (Gold) Dagger, Temple being the first Australian to win the Gold Dagger.

## Is this the true first?
The Australian Text 2005 edition is the true first; the UK Quercus (2007) and US Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2007) editions are first-thus and post-date it by two years — a common collector trap.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
UK and US 2007 settings and any later printing are not the true first. Because the Gold Dagger was won in 2007, a genuine 2005 first does NOT carry any 'Winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger' banner; that wording appears only on later printings and editions.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Broken Shore* by Peter Temple a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-broken-shore
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.