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    2. Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017

    Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017

    Monday 5 December 2016

    Hachette Australia is delighted to congratulate our shortlisted authors in the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. 

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    POETRY

    WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS

    The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. The awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas on behalf of the Premier of Victoria.   

    The winners of the 2017 awards will be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on 31st January. We wish Maxine, Zana, Ben and Deng all the best of luck!

    For a full list of all shortlisted authors and books go to: wheelercentre.com.

    • The Hate Race - Maxine Beneba Clarke

      The Hate Race

      'Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller' Dave Eggers, international bestselling author of A HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS.

    • Carrying the World - Maxine Beneba Clarke

      Carrying the World

      ABIA and Indie award winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke (author of Foreign Soil and The Hate Race) is one of Australia's most innovative and celebrated poets.

    • Songs of a War Boy - Deng Thiak Adut, Ben Mckelvey

      Songs of a War Boy

      The teen edition of the bestselling biography of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, Australian lawyer, and man of hope. For readers aged 12+

    • The Bone Sparrow - Zana Fraillon

      The Bone Sparrow

      Subhi's imagination is as big as the ocean and wide as the sky, but his world is much smaller: he's spent his whole life in an immigration detention centre. THE BONE SPARROW is a powerful, heartbreaking, sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting hymn to freedom and love.

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