Court registrar becomes first person from PNG to be shortlisted in Commonwealth Short Story prize

Court registrar becomes first person from PNG to be shortlisted in Commonwealth Short Story prize

Sixty-year-old Baka Barakove Bina's regular job is in a courthouse in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, but his real passion is in writing, and it's seen him gain international recognition.  The post Court registrar becomes first person from PNG to be shortlisted in Commonwealth Short Story prize appeared first on Islands Business.

* "The Sun is not yet dead"*, this is the title of Vashish Jaunky's short story, selected for the "Commonwealth Short Story Prize* of 2025, which "traces two days in the life of Raman, an alcoholic protagonist, disoriented and fantasical, who learns the death of his uncle."* The work of this 25-year-old man is one of the 25 new entries selected by an international jury out of 8,000 applications, a record number and an increase of almost 10% comp…