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Meet the winner of the 2016 Patrick White Literary Award, Carmel Bird

Friday 11 November, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Join us to honour Carmel Bird, this year’s winner of The Patrick White Literary Award, for her outstanding contribution to Australian literature.

Help us to celebrate Carmel’s achievement and recognise Patrick White’s legacy as a philanthropist and Australia’s only recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His foresight continues to have a positive impact on the lives of writers, such as Carmel, and the broader Australian literary community.

Free, but please book here.

The Patrick White Literary Award managed by Perpetual as Trustee.

Location
Readings Carlton Wurundjeri Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton

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