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The Burrow by Melanie Cheng review – a tender, compelling story of family and grief

A small family tries to rebuild after an incomprehensible tragedy, in a pandemic-set novella that’s both skilful and restrained

The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2024

The award-winning 108-page novella that took a decade to finish

Why the novella is having a resurgence.

The Canberra Times · Nov 16, 2023

The revamped Prime Minister's Literary Awards reward 'fresh ways of seeing' in 2023

Jessica Au’s precise, poetic novella, Cold Enough for Snow (Giramondo), an elegant meditation on its unnamed narrator’s trip to Japan with her ageing mother, continues its sweep of major literary awards.

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2023

Queer disobedience and uncomfortable truths: your guide to the 2023 Miles Franklin shortlist

This year’s Miles Franklin shortlist takes us from Sydney’s criminal underclass in the 1930s and the quiet waters of rural Tasmania in the 1940s to shopping for design objects in contemporary Japan.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

Morning Mail: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing, Indigenous plea on fracking, Ashes Test a thriller

Search for missing Titanic tourist sub with five on board; Northern Territory community in desperate fight to stop gas expansion

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023

Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize

Five first-time nominees are among the six authors competing for $60,000 award for novels that ‘present Australian life in any of its phases’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023

Tale of new Australia in Miles Franklin shortlist debut

First-time author Kgshak Akec has made the Miles Franklin shortlist with a "novel of national significance" grounded in her own experience as a new Australian.

AAP · Jun 19, 2023

Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature with Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au's novel exploring the fraught but loving relationship between mothers and daughters just won the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

Melbourne writer takes out $100,000 literary prize

Melbourne writer Jessica Au has taken out the top prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

AAP · Feb 2, 2023

Melbourne author Jessica Au wins $125,000 for ‘quietly powerful’ novella

Five of the eight winners at this year’s Victorian premier’s literary awards are debuts, with Au winning two categories for her second book, Cold Enough for Snow

The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2023