Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey wins prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Labyrinth
Detail from The Labyrinth book cover. Text Publishing
And the winner of 2021’s Miles Franklin Literary Award is The Labyrinth, by Amanda Lohrey!
Two of Lohrey’s previous novels (Camille’s Bread in 1996 and The Philosopher’s Doll in 2005) have...
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