Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Annouced

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Here are the winners. Some great reads to follow up.
Wanting by Richard Flanagan has won the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for fiction. 'This distinguished Australian writer brings history to life in this fascinating novel based on events in early colonial Australia and England,' say the judges. The other winners are:

Non-fiction book: The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper

Unpublished Indigenous Writer: The Boundary by Nicole Watson

Film Script: Max and Mary by Adam Elliot

Television Script: False Witness by Peter Gawler

Drama Script: Realism by Paul Galloway

Poetry Collection: The Striped World by Emma Jones

Short Story Collection: The Boat by Nam Le

Children's Book Award: Little Blue by Gaye Chapman

Young Adult Book Award: A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard

Science Writer's Award: Pasteur's Gambit by Stephen Dando-Collins

History Book Award: Stella Miles Franklin by Jill Roe