In any event, Pascoe went on to win the prestigious Book of the Year award.

In the end we agreed that Pascoe and van Neerven should share the prize. Keneally and our fellow judge strongly supported Pascoe, but I resisted, arguing instead for the merits of Ellen van Neerven’s Heat and Light, a dazzling work of fiction I considered of greater depth and literary worth than Dark Emu. Postscript : “In 2016 I sat on the judging panel for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, alongside Thomas Keneally, when Pascoe was nominated in the Indigenous writer category.

Co-authored entries will only be considered if both writers are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.” As reported here. The prize is open to those who are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, and who are accepted as such by the communities in which they live. About the Prize :“The Indigenous Writers' Prize ($30,000) is offered biennially.The prize is intended to acknowledge the contribution made to Australian literary culture by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. AWARD = $15,000 on about, for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2016-Indigenous Writers Prize to Bruce Pascoe (Joint winner) for Dark Emu, (Magabala Books). The property is owned and run by Bruce Pascoe, a Yuin man …The farm will produce native grains and tubers for the food industry which is already desperate for the product…” As reported on page 12 here of this grant scheme here.Ģ. The company is based at Black Duck Farm which on is situated on the Wallagraugh River in ‘Yuin Country’. To Pascoe Publishing Pty Ltd, with Bruce Pascoe as Director for, “Black Duck Foods is a company that has been established to support the inclusion of indigenous Australians in the production of native food.

GRANT = $25,263 on about from the Australian Government - Small Farms Round 2. Income from books sales and royalties, possibly of approximately $360,000 ( Note 2).ġ. Income, if any, from the Professorship at UTS, Lecture circuits, Elder in Residence and Appearances and

Professor Pascoe and his entities appear to have received Grants of up to approximately $371,000 Ĭrowd Funding for farming projects of approximately $59,000

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