The winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards (VPLA) have been announced, with the top prize, The Victorian Prize for Literature going to The animals in that country by Laura Jean McKay. In addition to receiving Australia’s richest literary prize, McKay’s debut novel – which takes place amid a pandemic that causes victims to hear the voices of animals – also received the Prize for Fiction.
Other winners were :
Prize for Non-Fiction
Body Count: How Climate Change is Killing Us by Paddy Manning
Prize for Young Adult Writing
Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore
Prize for Indigenous Writing
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach (Victoria, Simon & Schuster Australia)
People’s Choice Award
Witness: An Investigation into the Brutal Cost of Seeking Justice by Louise Milligan
See a full list of VPLA winners
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