Ghost Bird was also shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young PeopleвЂ™s Literature in the 2021 NSW PremierвЂ™s Literary Awards.Дў020 ACT BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS вЂ“ WINNER Ghost Bird has previously won the David Unaipon Award for an Unpublished Indigenous Writer, as well as the Griffith University Young Adult Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards, the Norma K Hemming Award, and Readings Young Adult Book Prize. Ghost Bird was released by University of Queensland Press. Lisa is a member of Us Mob Writing, the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, the First Nations Australia Writers Network, and the Canberra Society of Editors. She has previously published poetry, blogs and short fiction and has won numerous awards and fellowships. Lisa Fuller is a Wuilli Wuilli woman from Eidsvold, Queensland, and is also descended from Gooreng Gooreng and Wakka Wakka peoples. It is graphic and visual while containing nuance that explores the depths of the challenges faced by Australian society,вЂќ the judges said. вЂњSuspenseful and energetic, it evokes the frustrations and discoveries of teenage years, and the struggles and deep bonds of family and community relationships.

The judging panel considered Ghost Bird a complex and ambitious novel that uses young adult supernatural fiction to drive a harrowing analysis into colonial trauma. Ghost Bird is a Young Adult novel with many layers that appeals to people of all ages,вЂќ Ms Cheyne said. We have an invigorating culture of writing practice in the ACT, and LisaвЂ™s work is an excellent example of this. вЂњI warmly congratulate Lisa Fuller on winning the 2020 ACT Book of the Year award. Minister for the Arts Tara Cheyne today named Ghost Bird by local author Lisa Fuller as ACT Book of the Year and recognised two highly commended authors, Nigel Featherstone and Tim Bonyhady.

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