Too Much Lip
2018 novel by Melissa Lucashenko
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Too Much Lip (2018) is a novel by Australian author Melissa Lucashenko. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing[1][2] and the Stella Award.[3] It was the winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.[4]
Plot summary
Protagonist Kerry returns to her hometown of Durrongo on a stolen Harley to bid farewell to her dying grandfather. A fugitive with warrants out for her arrest, she does not intend to stay in town for long. However she soon becomes embroiled in dramas with regards to her family, her local family history, and the overdevelopment of the local community, and unexpectedly finds love with a local dugai (white man[5]) named Steve.[6]
Awards
- Stella Prize - 2019 - Shortlisted[3]
- Australian Book Industry Awards - 2019 - Longlisted[7]
- Miles Franklin Award - 2019 - Winner[8]
- Queensland Literary Awards - Courier Mail People’s Choice Award - 2019 - Shortlisted[9]
- Queensland Literary Awards - Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance - 2019 - Shortlisted[10]
- Queensland Literary Awards - The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award - 2019 - Shortlisted[11]
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards - 2019 - Shortlisted[12]
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing - Shortlisted[1]
- Voss Literary Prize - 2019 - Shortlisted[13]
References
- ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Too Much Lip.
- ^ a b "2019 Stella Shortlist Announced!". The Booktopian. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Convery, Stephanie (30 July 2019). "Miles Franklin 2019 winner Melissa Lucashenko: 'We need a revolution'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Nichols, Claire. "The Book Show: Melissa Lucashenko's Too Much Lip". ABC.
- ^ "Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko - Review by Karen Wyld". Sydney Review of Books. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "2019 ABIA Longlist announced". The Booktopian. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Convery, Stephanie (30 July 2019). "Miles Franklin 2019 winner Melissa Lucashenko: 'We need a revolution'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ cowers (12 September 2019). "2019 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlists announced". www.minister.communications.gov.au. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Short List 2019". the voss literary prize. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
Further reading
- Melissa Lucashenko: Too Much Lip was a frightening book to write
- Stella Prize assessment
- Author Melissa Lucashenko aims for the heart by Maxine Beneba Clarke
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