Murnane wins Melbourne Prize, ‘The Boat’ wins Best Writing Award

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 Books+Publishing

Gerald Murnane was announced as the winner of this year's Melbourne Prize for Literature last Wednesday 11 November, with Nam Le picking up the Best Writing Award for The Boat (Penguin). Murnane, who had refused to enter the award in previous years because he thought he would have to spend...