Jennifer Down wins 2022 Miles Franklin award for Bodies of Light - The Guardian

Book prize judges have praised ‘ethical precision’ of Melburnian’s second novel, a poised unpacking of the horrors of institutional failure

Jennifer Down missed the call telling her shed won the Miles Franklin. She was in a hotel room on a Zoom call for work, and rang back later with no idea of the news waiting for her. I was quite speec… [+5422 chars]

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