Another glittering award for Melissa Lucashenko, as she takes out the ARA Historical Prize

Announced yesterday (23 October), Melissa Lucashenko has added another trophy to her cabinet, picking up the richest individual literary prize in Australia, the ARA Historical Novel Prize, for her acclaimed work of historical fiction Edenglassie. Worth $100,000, the prize outranks the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards ($80,000 for each of the six category winners), the Miles Franklin Award ($60,000 for the winner), the Stella Prize (also $60,000 for the winner) and the Booker Prize (£50,000, which currently equates to AU$97,200) – at least in terms of remuneration.