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Feather Man, poet Rhyll McMaster's debut novel (Brandl & Schlesinger), has won the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.
Feather Man, poet Rhyll McMaster's debut novel (Brandl & Schlesinger), has won the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.
Feather Man, poet Rhyll McMaster's debut novel (Brandl & Schlesinger), has won the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.
Founded by the late ABC film critic John Hinde to commemorate his author wife, the $35,000 award honours ‘the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society.’
Feather Man tells the story of a sexually abused young girl growing up in 1950s suburban Brisbane. ‘It’s a very powerful and dark and disturbing book, but one where you cheer along with the main character,’ Brandl & Schlesinger publisher Veronica Sumegi told us.
‘She’s a very strong female … who overcomes very oppressive relationships and manages to retain her integrity (in situations) where many people wouldn’t.’
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