Le awarded $140k Dylan Thomas prize

Tuesday, 11 November 2008 Books+Publishing

One of the highest paying literary awards in the world, the Dylan Thomas Prize (worth £60,000/A$140,000), has been awarded to Melbourne-raised writer Nam Le, author of short story collection The Boat (Hamish Hamilton). Ben Ball, publisher of The Boat, told WBN ‘I'm thrilled for Nam and the book. The Boat's...