Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021

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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Winners of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021
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