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Australian writer in the running for Commonwealth Book Prize

Stories ranging from the trials and tribulations of modern day life in Nigeria to the 1970s socialist regime in Jamaica.
15 May 2013
Mia Barry
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Stories ranging from the trials and tribulations of modern day life in Nigeria to the 1970s socialist regime in Jamaica have been honoured in the Commonwealth Writers Prize.

 

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Mia Barry
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Mia Barry is a Melbourne writer.

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