Book about Kumanjayi Walker's killing wins $80,000 at literary awards
The headline, as it mutated - 2 wordings
- 10 Sept, 10:00Tale of Territory teen shot by police wins book award6 outlets
- 10 Sept, 10:00Book about Kumanjayi Walker's killing wins $80,000 at literary awards1 outlet
- and 2 one-off wordings
What it is about
Who published it, and when
1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 5 original reports, 5 reprints
Thu, 10 September 2026
4 reports- theleader.com.au10:00first to report
An investigative journalist's account of the fatal police shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker is among the winners of...
5 reprints
- dungogchronicle.com.au10 Sept, 10:00their copy
- wellingtontimes.com.au10 Sept, 10:00their copy
- lithgowmercury.com.au10 Sept, 10:00their copy
- blayneychronicle.com.au10 Sept, 10:00their copy
- manningrivertimes.com.au10 Sept, 10:00their copy
- ABC News (Australia)10:00
Kate Wild wasn't sure if she should write about the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker and the ensuing murder trial. Her book just won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.
- ABC News (Australia)10:00
Kate Wild wasn't sure if she should write about the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker and the ensuing murder trial. Her book just won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.
- theguardian.com10:00
Judges praised A Piece of Red Cloth as a ‘landmark achievement in fiction’, with Kate Wild, Zana Fraillon and Rohan Howitt also winning in their categories
Fri, 11 September 2026
1 report- ABC News (Australia)10:01
A novel based on the oral history of Yolŋu people has taken out the fiction prize at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards, with judges describing it as a "profound work of remembrance and re-imagination".