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Liz Hobday

RARE PHOTOS: Tale of new australia in miles franklin shortlist debut | Vintage Vibes

Author Kgshak Akec, nominated for the Miles Franklin Award, at the State Library in Melbourne. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Debut novelist Kgshak Akec is among six writers shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Her book, Hopeless Kingdom, is the story of a mother and daughter's relationship as their family migrates from Africa to Australia.

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