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It was a night of mixed emotions as Georgia Blain won a posthumous Victorian Premier's Literary Award and playwright Leah Purcell took out the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature.
Veronica Roth will be distracted from her concern at the advent of President Donald Trump by the launch of Carve the Mark, the follow-up to her trilogy.
She's already sold the film rights to her first novel, Dry, but praise from the New York Times is more than welcome to Jane Harper.
Australians have won many Academy Awards over the years across multiple categories, from Best Production Design to Best Picture.
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