Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko wins $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize for her novel Edenglassie
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Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko wins $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize for her novel Edenglassie

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Melissa Lucashenko didn't want to write a book about First Contact. Lucashenko tells ABC Arts the book is a "First Nations love story about how to try to live a good Aboriginal life as society is being transformed around you". It was praised by prize chair journalist Tony Maniaty as an "ambitious, epic" novel and "a fiercely original exploration of Australia's past and its enduring consequences". Lucashenko says it feels amazing to win both prizes: "It's a sign that the country is changing and ready to listen to different stories — it's hungry for different stories." "Narrative is very healing, and it's healing both for the author and for the reader if you do it right," Lucashenko says.

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