Tara June Winch has won Australia’s two major writing prizes in one year. Penguin Random House December 10, 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards: The Yield and The Lost Arabs throw fragile lines across cultural and linguistic divides Jen Webb, University of Canberra These two prize-winning books speak volumes about how we face trying times, might recognise the beauty in brokenness and maybe find ways to repair the wounds of the past.
Tara June Winch, author of The Yield. July 16, 2020 The Yield wins the Miles Franklin: a powerful story of violence and forms of resistance Jen Webb, University of Canberra The winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin award is a powerful and deeply moving book, unstinting in its depiction of sociopolitical disasters.
Becca Tapert/Unsplash July 8, 2020 Trauma, resilience, sex and art: your guide to the 2020 Miles Franklin shortlist Jen Webb, University of Canberra This year's six shortlisted novels shimmer with relevance.