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Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize
The Guardian Australia
October 8, 2026
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<p>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</p><p>A “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distinctively Queensland” has won the $30,000 top prize at the
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