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Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize

Published by The Guardian Australia · Australia 4 h ago

Lenora Thaker wins $30,000 prize for ‘a work of state significance’ for The Pearl of Tagai Town, which draws on her family’s history in Cairns-Malay TownA “stunning” debut novel…

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