Watson picks up book of the year and the award for non-fiction while Mark Henshaw’s The Snow Kimono wins for best fiction and Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook takes top accolade for scriptwriting
Don Watson’s The Bush, a meditation on the heartland of Australia, won the 2015 book of the year and non-fiction prizes at the New South Wales premier’s literary awards.
Watson was awarded $50,000 total prize money at the ceremony at the State Library of NSW on Monday night. In his award speech, he spoke of the gloominess of rural Australia and the challenges of writing. He said, “You need encouragement when you’re young but also when you’re old.”
He dedicated his prize to the “cause of the bush” and added that if there was a subliminal message in his book it’s that “we have buggered it up”.
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Watson was awarded $50,000 total prize money at the ceremony at the State Library of NSW on Monday night. In his award speech, he spoke of the gloominess of rural Australia and the challenges of writing. He said, “You need encouragement when you’re young but also when you’re old.”
He dedicated his prize to the “cause of the bush” and added that if there was a subliminal message in his book it’s that “we have buggered it up”.
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