Rejected 32 times, The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw wins NSW Premier's Literary Award

By Susan Wyndham
Updated May 25 2015 - 10:13am, first published May 19 2015 - 1:51pm
"I always knew that at 60 I was going to do it": Mark Henshaw returned to writing <i>The Snow Kimono</i> after he retired. Photo: Andrew Meares
"I always knew that at 60 I was going to do it": Mark Henshaw returned to writing <i>The Snow Kimono</i> after he retired. Photo: Andrew Meares

When Mark Henshaw learnt his novel The Snow Kimono had won a NSW Premier's Literary Award, his bank had just told him to cut up his credit card. "So," he says, "the money is a relief."

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