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

October 8, 2026 · 10:30 am 1 sources

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• Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize
  The Guardian · October 8, 2026 10:30
  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 $30,000 top prize at the Queensland literary…