A groundbreaking collaboration, 'A Piece of Red Cloth', has won the $80,000 Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, marking a landmark achievement as the first co-authored book to receive the award.
The book, written by Leonie Norrington and Yolngu cultural custodians Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga, and Djawundil Maymuru, draws on Yolngu oral history and was announced as the winner at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
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The award recognizes the importance of collaborative storytelling and the preservation of oral history
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