Bram Presser (born 1976) is a Melbourne writer and musician, known for his involvement in the Melbourne music scene and

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community. He fronted the Jewish punk rock prankster band

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and was the singing voice for

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in the 2006 Australian comedy film ''

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''. Following the breakup of Yidcore in December 2009, Presser turned to writing. He is a monthly columnist for The

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and is the author of the literary blog ''Bait For Bookworms''. His first short story, ''The Prisoner of Babel'', was published in Volume 7 of ''The Sleepers Almanac'' and another story, ''Crumbs'', won The Age Short Story Award for 2011. In an interview with The Age, Presser said the story was part of a novel he had been working on for several years. In 2000, Presser was a Bachelor of Laws Prize recipient, being awarded the Butterworths Prize (Advanced Legal Research). In 2007, Presser was painted by acclaimed Sydney artist and cardiologist Dennis Kuchar for the

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. In 2015 he appeared at the Melbourne Jewish Comedy Festival in the show "What’s So Funny? A Literary L’chaim" On 28 August 2017 Presser released his first book, titled ''The Book of Dirt'', a novel about love, family secrets and Jewish myths. ''The Book of Dirt'' won three prizes in the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards: the Christina Stead Prize for fiction, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, and the People's Choice Award. It also won the 2018

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. ''The Book of Dirt'' was published in the USA in 2018, where it won the

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for Debut Fiction.

Bibliography

* ''Esther : Outside the Box'' (2014) novella * '' The Book of Dirt'' (2017) novel

References

External links

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