30 Jan 2020

Call for a creative non-fiction category for book awards

From Afternoons, 1:34 pm on 30 January 2020

The Spinoff Books Editor, Catherine Woulfe, is concerned two outstanding books didn't make it onto this year's Ockham Book Award long-list because they don't fit into a category. She believes there should be a creative non-fiction section to allow for books she calls "memoirs of sorts" to be recognised for their literary brilliance. She explain what she means to Jesse.

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