Lenora Thaker Lenora Thaker i(21710812 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander
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Lenora Thaker won the 2021 Boundless Indigenous Writer's Mentorship, for manuscript of an historical novel set in a Torres Strait Islander community on the mainland in the 1930s. Thaker was mentored by Burruberongal writer Julie Janson.

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Personal Awards

2022 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Elevate : First Nations Storytelling to attend the Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival in Melbourne to build important networks and develop her skills as a fictional genre writer.
2021 winner Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship for 'Pearl of Shantytown'.
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