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The 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award Shortlist Announced

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The 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award Shortlist Announced

Discover the five shortlisted writers in the running for the 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award.

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An extract from Extinctions by Josephine Wilson

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Sunday January 17, 2006

Out the window there was nothing that could be called poetry, nothing wind-swept, billowing, tossing or turning in a streaky sky, nothing other than a taut blue sky and the low drone of air conditioners. In car parks across the city women pulled on soft cotton hats and cowered under brollies. Babies kicked and squalled, itchy with heat rash. Fridges groaned. Water dripped from old rubber seals. Milk soured. Fans turned. The grid strained.

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