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Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024
Winners Announced!
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Dassi Erlich
In Bad Faith
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Brittany Spanos
Swiftmania (Taylor’s Version)
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Imagining the Future

Stephen Mushin, Bec Kavanagh

7 Feb

Sharlene Allsopp: The Great Undoing

Sharlene Allsopp, Sophie Black, Tim Loveday

12 Feb

Brittany Spanos: Swiftmania (Taylor’s Version)

Brittany Spanos, Brodie Lancaster

13 Feb

Darcy Moore in Conversation

Darcy Moore, Patricia Karvelas

Booked out

15 Feb

Wheeler Education

Launch of the Australian Children’s Laureate 2024 - 2025

20 Feb

Disinformation and Democracy: Why we need to fix the news

Stan Grant, Ulrik Haagerup, Jan Fran

Booked out

20 Feb

Dassi Erlich: In Bad Faith

Dassi Erlich, Ellen Whinnett, Sarah Krasnostein

21 Feb

Best of Australian Poems 2023

Adalya Nash Hussein, Alex Creece, Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, Jeanine Leane, Leah Muddle, Autumn Royal, Thabani Tshuma

22 Feb
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2024 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Winners Announced

2 Feb 2024

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Take It From Me: World of Worries

1 Feb 2024

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Young Voices, Big Reads: Exploring the newest category in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

30 Jan 2024

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Trent Dalton: Lola in the Mirror

29 Jan 2024

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Lonnie Holley: Thumbs Up for Mother Universe

25 Jan 2024

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Hot Desk Extract: Overachievers

24 Jan 2024
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