Literary prize aims to be 'Asia's Booker'

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Updated May 9, 2008 10:10:05

The Australia Asia Literary Award will be one of the world's richest book prizes, offering more than 100-thousand US dollars for the best novel set in the region.

Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Paul Sharrad, Associate Professor of English at the University of Wollongong; Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong crime writer; Alan Carpenter, Western Australian Premier

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