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Hall will are holding our annual Madman DVD sale panel before the selected books from each Book Prize 2018 be working on her forthcoming YA novel throughout August, featuring a wide range decade faced a month-long public vote on After lively debate among the judging panel The celestial about celebrity, politics, race, of releases including documentaries such the Man Booker website. – consisting of Readings staff and author performance and identity in Melbourne on Melissa Keil – we’re proud to announce the eve of WWII. For more information, visit that Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough is the the fellowships page on the State Library winner of this year’s Readings Young Adult Victoria’s website at slv.vic.gov.au Book Prize. Chair of Judges Nina Kenwood describes this book as “Part queer rom- com, part feminist heist, [and] a joy to The Melbourne Writers Festival 2018 read”, and special guest judge Keil says The 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival “Gough’s writing is steeped in humour, wit runs from Friday 24 August to Sunday and warmth, and deftness of touch that 2 September. Some highlights of this allows her characters to navigate the ups year’s festival include international guests and downs of a romantic comedy narrative”. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ronan Farrow, Mara Congratulations to Erin Gough, who receives Wilson, Juno Dawson and Irvine Welsh, as $3000 in prize money. We’d like to extend our well as local authors Tim Winton, Magda congratulations to the other five shortlisted Szubanski, Jimmy Barnes, Kitty Flanagan books for offering such strong competition. and Michael Robotham. 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