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

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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 Town A “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distinctively Queensland” has won the $…

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  • 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 Town A “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distinctively Queensland” has won the $…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:30:16 UTC.

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