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Leah Purcell wins the 2017 Victorian Prize for Literature.
Plus see who has taken out the individual awards for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing for Young Adults. Read more
The 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Announced
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have just been announced at a function in Melbourne. Let’s take a look at the winners! FICTION To Name Those Lost by Rohan Wilson From the bestselling author of The Roving Party, comes a moving father and son story set amidst the beauty and the violence of the poor and preyed upon of our colonial past. Summer 1874, and Launceston teeters on th... Read more
2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Winners
People’s Choice Award Burial Rites by Hannah Kent In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait out the time leading to her execution on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderess in their midst, the family avoids speaking with ... Read more