Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2016: Judges split three of the $80,000 prizes

By Jason Steger
Updated November 14 2016 - 12:09pm, first published November 8 2016 - 10:00pm
Winning words: Lisa Gorton's <i>The Life of Houses</i> shared PM's Literary Award. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Winning words: Lisa Gorton's <i>The Life of Houses</i> shared PM's Literary Award. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer

Two years ago there was quite a kerfuffle when Tony Abbott intervened at the last moment to ensure the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction was shared between the novelist the judges had selected, Steven Carroll, and the PM's captain's pick, Richard Flanagan.

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