Dirt Poor Islanders: Shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award by Winnie Dunn - ISBN: 9780733649264
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Tongan-Australian girl seeks self, tradition clashes, beauty blooms from poverty.

Dirt Poor Islanders: Shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    27 March 2024

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Summary

WINNER OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD BEST YOUNG NOVELISTS AWARD 2025 WINNER OF THE KATHLEEN MITCHELL AWARD 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE UTS GLENDA ADAMS AWARD FOR NEW WRITING 2025

‘Islanders must do everything together. We painted ngatu together. We crossed the ocean together. We settled on isles tog…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780733649264
ISBN-10:0733649262
Author:Winnie Dunn
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Imprint:Hachette Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:27 March 2024
Weight:380g
Dimensions:232mm x 152mm x 26mm
About The Author

Winnie Dunn

Winnie Dunn is a writer, editor and the general manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Sydney University and was a finalist for the university’s Breakthrough Alumni Award. Winnie’s articles, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Meanjin, Griffith Review, The Guardian and Sydney Review of Books. Her critically acclaimed curated works include: Sweatshop Women (Sweatshop, 2018 and 2019), Another Australia (Affirm Press, 2022) and Straight Up Islander (SBS Voices, 2021) - Australia’s first collection of mainstream Pasifika-Australian stories. Winnie’s writing has been assisted by the Copyright Agency and the Australia Council for the Arts. Dirt Poor Islanders is her debut work of fiction.

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