BONE MEMORIES is a finalist in the 2023 Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance.

Open to all Australian authors, this award is for a work primarily focused on documenting and increasing the awareness of Queensland stories, history or voices.

Judges' comments:

Bone Memories is a deeply considered and multi-layered examination of the way trauma is held in Australian soil. Through the prism of one near-shattered family, the novel shows that healing is possible when radical listening is at the heart of what we do, so we might move towards radical living. 

The winner will be announced on 6 September at a ceremony for the Queensland Literary Awards held at State Library of Queensland.

To view all finalists across the 12 categories of the awards, visit the State Library of Queensland website here.