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Last modified on Mon 1 Feb 2021 02.46 EST A first-time novelist has collected Australia’s richest literary prize with her apocalyptic and eerily-timed tale about a world in the throes of a pandemic. Dr Laura Jean McKay took out the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature on Monday for The Animals in That Country, a debut novel described by Guardian reviewer Justine Jordan as a fierce and funny exploration of other consciousnesses, and the limits of language. The prescient nature of the work is purely coincidental, McKay told the Guardian, speaking from her home in New Zealand’s Palmerston...
Breaking news Acting CMO Professor Michael Kidd says blood clots suffered by a 44-year-old Melbourne man are "likely" linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine Laura Jean McKay's pandemic fiction The Animals in That Country wins Victorian Premier's Literary Awards' $100,000 top gong Posted MonMonday 1 updated MonMonday 1 FebFebruary 2021 at 9:01am The Animals in That Country took five years of research and writing by Victorian-born writer Laura Jean McKay. ( Print text only Cancel Victorian author Laura Jean McKay has won the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards with her debut nov...
The debut novel by Victorian writer Laura Jean McKay has taken out Australia's richest literary prize at the 2021 Victorian Premier's Literary...