Too Much Lip
Miles Franklin Literary Award · 2019 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Literary Award | 2019 | Winner |
About This Book
A novel about Kerry Salter, a queer Bundjalung woman who returns home to her family as they face the threatened demolition of their ancestral land.
About the Author
Melissa Lucashenko is an Australian author of Goorie (Bundjalung) and European heritage whose novel Too Much Lip (2018) won the Miles Franklin Award. She is one of Australia's most prominent Indigenous authors and has been a vocal activist for Indigenous rights and culture. Too Much Lip is a novel about Kerry Salter, a queer Bundjalung woman who returns to her family as they face the threatened demolition of their ancestral land by a developer backed by local government. Read more →
