The winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards will be announced on Thursday 12 September. Photo: radu_floryn22, Pixabay.
This morning (15 August) Creative Australia has revealed the shortlists for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the richest literary prize in the nation. The awards celebrate the talents of emerging and established Australian writers, illustrators, poets and historians. Â
There were 533 entries submitted this year across six literary categories: fiction, non-fiction, young adult literature, children’s literature, poetry and Australian history. Â
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
Her debut, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, came out in 2020 and was released by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP). Her second collection, Decadence, was published in July 2022, also by UWAP. Her third book, Essence, will be published in 2025.
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