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The animals in that country [Paperback]

The animals in that country [Paperback] [Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 - Prize For Fiction - Winner]
McKay, Laura Jean
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Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She's never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly.

 

Body count : how climate change is killing us [Paperback]

Body count : how climate change is killing us [Paperback] [Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 - Prize For Non Fiction - Winner]
Manning, Paddy
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When the country caught fire, people realised what the government has not: that climate change is killing us. But climate deaths didn't start in 2019. Medical officers have been warning of a health emergency as temperatures rise for years, and for at least a decade Australians have be...

 

Metal fish, falling snow

Metal fishfalling snow [Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 - Prize For Young Adult Writing - Winner]
Moore, Cath
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Dylan and her adored French mother dream of one day sailing across the ocean to France. Paris, Dylan imagines, is a place where her black skin won't make her stand out, a place where she might feel she belongs. 

 

Tell me why : the story of my life and my music

Tell me why : the story of my life and my music [Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 - Prize For Indigenous Writing - Winner]
Roach, Archie, 1955-
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A powerful memoir of a true Australian legend: stolen child, musical and lyrical genius, and leader. No one has lived as many lives as Archie Roach - stolen child, seeker, teenage alcoholic, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, and leader - but it took him almost a lifetime to fin...

 

Witness : an investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice

Witness : an investigation into the brutal cost of seeking justice [Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 - Prize For People's Choice - Winner]
Milligan, Louise
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A masterful and deeply troubling exposé, Witness is the culmination of almost five years' work for award-winning investigative journalist Louise Milligan. Charting the experiences of those who have the courage to come forward and face their abusers in high-profile child abuse and sex...
 
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