Photos: author Sofie Laguna, Sofie in conversation with interviewer Amy Heap, Sofie chatting with Gala Dinner guests, and the cover of The Eye of the Sheep.

The novel selected for One Book One Wagga 2016 was The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna.

Told from the mesmerising point of view and in the inimitable voice of Jimmy, this is an extraordinary novel about a poor family struggling to cope with a different and difficult child.

More than 500 library members borrowed The Eye of the Sheep, and around 100 people attended that year's Gala Dinner, with interviewer Amy Heap, held on May 27th in the Mirage Room at Wagga RSL.

The Eye of the Sheep was later longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2016. It was shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize 2015, shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2015, and it won the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015.