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'Brave, ruthless and utterly compelling': Leah Purcell wins big at NSW premier's literary awards by Steph Harmon

The playwright's adaptation of The Drover's Wife will soon tour nationally and abroad, and may become a TV series " with a film already in the works The Indigenous Australian playwright, actor and musician Leah Purcell has won $40,000 at the NSW premier's literary awards, taking out two major prizes for her radical reimagining of Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife " the same work that won Purcell the $100,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM on May 22, 2017

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