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SMH 2026 Best Young Australian Novelists announced

Monday, 18 May 2026    Books+Publishing
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The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2026. The writers and their books are: Joseph Earp for Painting Portraits of Everyone I've Ever Dated (Pantera) Zeynab Gamieldien for Learned Behaviours (Ultimo) Lee Lai for Cannon (Giramondo). Now in its 30th year, the award recognises emerging writing...

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