So, accepts a literary award from Abbott and in his acceptance speech, says, Im giving it to one of the programs that this government has cut funding to... noice! I intend to donate this $40,000 to The Indigenous Literacy Foundation. My mortgage will go on as mortgages do, but if one of those books helps a few children to advance beyond the most basic literacy to one that is liberating, then I will consider the money better spent. Thats what Richard Flanagan, joint winner of the Prime Ministers Literary Award for his novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, said about why he donated his prize winnings.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:34:56 +0000
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