Robert Lukins

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Robert Lukins is an Australian writer.

Career

Lukins' debut novel The Everlasting Sunday was released by UQ Press in 2018 and received favourable reviews in major Australian publications [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and on Radio National's The Book Show. [7] The book was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Fiction and the UTS Glenda Adams New Writing Award in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 [8] and was longlisted for The Voss Literary Prize [9] and for The ALS Gold Medal for Literature. [10] In January 2020 he was awarded an Australia Council fellowship. [11]

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References

  1. Romei, Stephen (30 June 2002). "Robert Lukins's The Everlasting Sunday: slender and heart-rending". The Australian. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. MacDonald, Anna (April 2018). "Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Everlasting Sunday' by Robert Lukins". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. Scott, Ronnie (17 March 2018). "Characters look for reassurance: Glenda Guest, Robert Lukins" . Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. Kenneally, Peter (14 March 2018). "The Everlasting Sunday review: Robert Lukins' affecting first novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. Barnes, Sophia (29 October 2018). "Found by Trouble". Sydney Review of Books. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. SH, Reviewer (10 March 2018). "The Everlasting Sunday". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. Nichols, Claire (10 August 2018). "Debut writers series: Robert Lukins' debut novel The Everlasting Sunday". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 Kembrey, Melanie (28 February 2019). "2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlist announced". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Long List 2019". The Voss Literary Prize. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 "ALS Gold Medal 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  11. "Writers awarded OzCo international residencies for 2020–21". Books+Publishing. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  12. "The best books of 2018 ... and a few more as well". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  13. al, Michelle de Kretser, et. "Books of the Year 2018". www.australianbookreview.com.au. Retrieved 10 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)