Miles Allinson wins the 2014 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript

Congratulations to Readings staff member Miles Allinson for being named the winner of the 2014 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript!

The award was announced last night at the opening of the Emerging Writers’ Festival where Allinson read from his prize-winning manuscript, ‘Fever of Animals’ which the judges described as elegant and thoughtful. Dense and moody, this is a layered story about one man’s lack of self-knowledge, and about the people, places and memories that slip through his fingers.

Allinson also talked about the importance of awards such as this one for giving much-appreciated support to writers, and thanked those who made it possible.

We recently ran a Q&A with Allinson about his work as a bookseller in which he shared some of the books he loves including Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard. You can read the full Q&A here.

A big congratulations also to the two shortlisted writers: Jennifer Down for ‘Our Magic Hour’ and J.M. Green for ‘Good Money’. You can read more about their work here.

Previous winning (and shortlisted!) manuscripts have found homes with publishers including Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke and The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - a trend we hope to see continued!

Cover image for Foreign Soil

Foreign Soil

Maxine Beneba Clarke

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