An asylum seeker detained on Manus island has won one of Australia’s biggest literature prizes, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for a book that he wrote via WhatsApp. We discuss the significance of the book and how art can contribute to championing the causes of asylum seekers.

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Juliet Jacobs, Kelly Anissa

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Categories:  SME,  Entrepreneurship,  Film,  Literature,  Social Issues

Tags:  no friend but the mountains,  book,  asylum seeker,  australia,  Victorian Prize,  literature,  kurdish,  the daily digest,  the bigger picture,