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Laura Jean McKay's work about a pandemic was released during a pandemic, before receiving critical acclaim.

Cork In 50 Artworks, No 5: Cork poets mural, by Tom Doig  It may have only lasted a few years, but Tom Doig's mural on North Main Street used a derelict site to pay homage to some of the city's literary talents  Tom Doig's mural on North Main Street in Cork.  Mon, 24 May, 2021 - 18:01 Ellie O’Byrne Of all the Cork artworks in this series, most are meant to stand the test of time: some are monuments, hundreds of years old, while others are housed in galleries and similar institutions. But Tom Doig’s Cork poets mural was far more ephemeral than that. All the artist has left to remind hi...

Owning a home provides security that no amount of rental law cannot. The trouble is that house prices do not reflect the cost of owning a home. They reflect the cost of the expected medium-term capital gains (post bright-line). It wasn't a problem when they reflected the expected gains upon retirement and downsizing, but now who honestly expects to be in that house for thirty years? Or do they expect to flip it in ten years or so? Ad 1.2.1.1.2.1 Agree with the security bit. I've seen the pro's and cons of home ownership debated at length in New Zealand literature. They...

Dr Laura Jean McKay with her prize-winning novel about a pandemic (photo/Dr Kyra Clarke) Now teaching creative writing at Massey’s Manawatū campus, Dr McKay is coming to grips with the “life-changing” success of winning the AU$100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, as well as the AU$25,000 Fiction Award, announced in early February. Her novel, in which a rogue virus gives infected humans the ability to understand animals, was up against shortlisted celebrated writers such as Richard Flanagan. While she defines the book – her first published novel – as “speculative fiction”, as...

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...