The boy is back in Town
Go, James Roy! Winner of the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award (Ethel Turner Prize) for Town, his crafty collection of short stories.

In March, James made Lili’s Clayton’s shortlist; now he’s taken it all the way to Sydney.
This SMH story goes big on Li Cunxin’s The Peasant Prince (adaptation of Mao’s Last Dancer, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas).
Judith Ridge was there to see and hear all.


