The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual

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awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic ''

My Brilliant Career ''My Brilliant Career'' is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin. It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954), one of the major Australian writers of her time. It was written while she was still a teenager, ...

'' (1901). She bequeathed her estate to fund this award. As of 2016, the award is valued A$60,000. __TOC__

Winners

Controversies

Author Frank Moorhouse was disqualified from consideration for his novel Grand Days because the story was set in Europe during the 1920s and was not sufficiently Australian. 1995 winner Helen Darville, also known as Helen Demidenko and Helen Dale, won for The Hand that signed the Paper and sparked a debate about authenticity in Australian literature. Darville claimed to be of Ukrainian descent and said it was fiction based on family history. Writer David Marr, who presented the award to her said that revelations about her true background did not “alter a single thing about the quality of the story, it knocks completely out of the water her answers to critics who said it was not historically accurate, that she knows because of direct family experience, which appears to be complete bull----." Even before the hoax was revealed, Darville’s book was considered anti-Semitic and justified the genocide of Jewish people. It was also later revealed that she plagiarised from multiple sources. In 2004, judges of the award resigned due to what they viewed as the commodification of the awards. 2022 longlisted writer John Hughes was accused of plagiarising significant sections of his 2021 book The Dogs from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s nonfiction book The Unwomanly Face of War. Nearly 60 similarities and identical sentences were found in a comparison of Hughes’ novel and the English version of Alexievich’s book. The Guardian newspaper also found similarities between incidents described in the books, including the central scene from which The Dogs takes its title. Further investigation found other examples of plagiarism in the novel and that Hughes copied sections of classic texts including The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina without acknowledging the original source. The book was subsequently withdrawn from competition. The

Stella Prize The Stella Prize is an Australian annual literary award established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in all genres, worth $50,000. It was originally proposed by Australian women writers and publishers in 2011, modelled on the UK's Baileys W ...

was created in 2013 as a reaction to the underrepresentation of women as winners of literary prizes, in particular the 2011 Miles Franklin Award shortlist.

Repeat winners

* (4) Thea Astley: 1962, 1965, 1972, 2000 * (4) Tim Winton: 1984, 1992, 2002, 2009 * (3) Peter Carey: 1981, 1989, 1998 * (3) David Ireland: 1971, 1976, 1979 * (2) Jessica Anderson: 1978, 1980 * (2) Rodney Hall: 1982, 1994 * (2)

Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his non-fiction novel '' Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, ...

: 1967, 1968 * (2) Michelle de Kretser: 2013, 2018 * (2) George Johnston: 1964, 1969 * (2) Christopher Koch: 1985, 1996 * (2) Alex Miller: 1993, 2003 * (2) Kim Scott: 2000, 2011 * (2) Patrick White: 1957, 1961

Shortlisted works

Shortlisted titles are only shown for the years 1987 onwards. No record has yet been found for any shortlists being released prior to that year. Winners are listed in bold type.

1980s

In 1989, the date changed from the year of publication to year of announcement, so no award was named in 1988.

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Longlisted works

Longlisted titles are only shown for the years 2005 onwards. That was the first year that such a list was released by the judging panel. The number of works included on the longlist varies from year to year. 2005 *'' Salt Rain'', Sarah Armstrong *''

The Gift of Speed ''The Gift of Speed'' is a 2004 novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It is the second in a sequence of novels, following ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' and followed by ''The Time We Have Taken''. Awards *Miles Franklin Literary Award ...

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Steven Carroll Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at RMIT. He has been Drama Critic for ''The Sunday Age'' news ...

*'' Backwaters'', Robert Engwarda *''

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'', John Harwood *'' The Broken Book'', Susan Johnson *'' Sixty Lights'', Gail Jones *'' A Private Man'', Malcolm Knox *'' The Philosopher's Doll'',

Amanda Lohrey Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey (; born 13 April 1947) is an Australian writer and novelist. Career Lohrey completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 ...

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The White Earth ''The White Earth'' is a 2004 novel by Australian author Andrew McGahan. The book won the 2005 Miles Franklin Award. The stage version, adapted by McGahan and Shaun Charles, premiered at Brisbane's La Boite Theatre in February–March 2009. Pl ...

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Andrew McGahan Andrew McGahan (10 October 1966 – 1 February 2019) was an Australian novelist, best known for his first novel ''Praise'', and for his Miles Franklin Award-winning novel '' The White Earth''. His novel ''Praise'' is considered to be part of t ...

*'' I Have Kissed Your Lips'',

Gerard Windsor Gerard Charles Windsor (born 29 December 1944) is an Australian author and literary critic. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961 and 1962, and a student of Melvyn Morrow. Windsor trained as a Jesuit from ages 18 to 24 befo ...

*'' The Submerged Cathedral'', Charlotte Wood *'' The Last Ride'', Denise Young 2006 *''

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The Garden Book ''The Garden Book'' is a 2005 novel by Australian author Brian Castro. Epigraph ::O where is the garden of Being that is only known in Existence ::As the command to be never there, the sentence by which ::Alephs of throbbing fact have been ba ...

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The Secret River ''The Secret River'' is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aborigi ...

'', Kate Grenville *'' An Accidental Tourist'', Stephen Lang *'' The Ballad of Desmond Kale'',

Roger McDonald Hugh Roger McDonald (born 23 June 1941 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian award-winning author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter. Life and career The middle son of ...

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Prochownik's Dream ''Prochownik's Dream'' is a 2005 novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. In this new novel the double Miles Franklin Award winner dramatises the dichotomy within an artist as he negotiates the creative life.' - Jane Sullivan, 'The Age' Notes ...

'', Alex Miller *'' Sunnyside'', Joanna Murray-Smith *'' A Case of Knives'', Peter Rose *''

The Broken Shore ''The Broken Shore'' (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. Synopsis The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is post ...

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Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living is a 2005 novel by Australian author Carrie Tiffany. It won the 2005 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Miles Franklin Award and the 2007 Orange Prize for ...

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Carrie Tiffany Carrie Tiffany (born 1965) is an English-born Australian novelist and former park ranger. Biography Tiffany was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and migrated to Australia with her family in the early 1970s. She grew up in Perth, Western Australi ...

*'' Dead Europe'', Christos Tsiolkas *'' The Wing of Night'',

Brenda Walker Brenda Walker (born 1957 in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University ...

2007 *'' Theft: A Love Story'', Peter Carey *'' Silent Parts'', John Charalambous *''

The Unknown Terrorist ''The Unknown Terrorist'' is the 2006 fourth novel by the Australian novelist Richard Flanagan. Writing in The Guardian, Scottish novelist James Buchan described the novel as moving Heinrich Böll's 1974 work ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blu ...

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Richard Flanagan Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel ''The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Flanagan was described by the ''Washingt ...

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'', Sandra Hall *'' Dreams of Speaking'', Gail Jones *'' The Unexpected Elements of Love'',

Kate Legge Kate name may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kate (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Gyula Káté (born 1982), Hungarian amateur boxer * Lauren Kate (born 1981), American autho ...

*'' Careless'',

Deborah Robertson Deborah Robertson (1959) is an Australian writer. She was born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, and lives in Melbourne. Awards *International Dublin Literary Award, 2008: longlisted for ''Careless'' *Nita Kibble Literary Award, 2007: winner fo ...

*'' Carpentaria'',

Alexis Wright Alexis Wright (born 25 November 1950) is a Waanyi (Aboriginal Australian) writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel '' Carpentaria'' and the 2018 Stella Prize for her "collective memoir" of Leigh Bruce "Tracker" ...

2008 *'' The Fern Tattoo'', David Brooks *''

The Time We Have Taken ''The Time We Have Taken'' is a 2007 novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It is the third in a sequence of novels, following ''The Art of the Engine Driver'' and '' The Gift of Speed'', which follow the development of an outer Melbourne sub ...

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Love Without Hope ''Love Without Hope'' is a 2007 novel by the Australian author Rodney Hall. Dedication "For Julian Burnside" Epigraph "You are not dying because you are ill. You are dying because you are alive." - Montaigne Awards and nominations *Mile ...

'', Rodney Hall *'' Orpheus Lost'', Janette Turner Hospital *'' Sorry'', Gail Jones *''

The Widow and Her Hero ''The Widow and Her Hero'' is a novel by the Australian author Thomas Keneally set in Australia during World War II. Notes * Dedication: "To the Coverdales - Alex, Rory, Craig, Margaret. With the Author's love." Awards and nominations * Miles ...

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*'' The Memory Room'', Christopher Koch *''

Landscape of Farewell ''Landscape of Farewell'' is a 2007 novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. Awards and nominations *Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2008: shortlisted *Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2008: sh ...

'', Alex Miller *'' Secrets of the Sea'',

Nicholas Shakespeare Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the '' Wall Street Journal'' as "one of the best English novelists of our time". Biography Born in Worcester, England to diplomat ...

2009 *'' The Pages'',

Murray Bail Murray Bail (born 22 September 1941) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel ''Homesickness.'' He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He has lived mos ...

*'' Wanting'',

*''Addition'',

Toni Jordan Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia) is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel ''Addition'', an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award. In 2017 her fourth book, ''Our Tiny Useless Hearts'' ...

*'' One Foot Wrong'',

Sofie Laguna Sofie Laguna (born 1968) is an Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied law before deciding that being a lawyer was not for her. She has worked as an actor and is now a writer and playwright. She now lives in Melbourne. Awards * ...

*'' Ice'', Louis Nowra *'' Fugitive Blue'', Claire Thomas *''

A Fraction of the Whole ''Fraction of the Whole'' is a 2008 novel by Steve Toltz. It follows three generations of the eccentric Dean family in Australia and the people who surround them. Characters Jasper Dean Jasper Dean is Martin Dean's illegitimate son and Terry ...

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Steve Toltz Steve Toltz (born 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian novelist. Works ''A Fraction of the Whole'', his first novel, was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. It is a comic novel which tells the history of a family of Australian outcast ...

*''The Devil's Eye'', Ian Townsend *'' The Slap'', Christos Tsiolkas *''

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Parrot and Olivier in America ''Parrot and Olivier in America'' is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was on the shortlist of six books for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award. The book, according to its publisher, ...

'', Peter Carey *'' The Bath Fugues'', Brian Castro *'' Boy on a Wire'', Jon Doust *'' The Book of Emmett'', Deborah Forster *'' Sons of the Rumour'',

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*'' Siddon Rock'', Glenda Guest *''

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The People's Train ''The People's Train'' is a 2009 novel by Australian novelist Tom Keneally. Plot summary The novel is a fictionalised account of the Australian life of Fyodor Sergeyev, given in the book as Artem Samsurov, a Russian émigré to Australia who w ...

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*'' Lovesong'', Alex Miller *''

Jasper Jones ''Jasper Jones'', is a 2009 novel by Australian writer Craig Silvey. It has won and been shortlisted for several major awards including being shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. The novel was selected by the American Librar ...

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Craig Silvey Craig Silvey (born 1 January 1982) is an Australian novelist. Silvey has twice been named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and has been shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His 200 ...

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'', Peter Temple 2011 *'' Rocks in the Belly'', John Bauer *''

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Honey Brown Honey Brown (born 1972) is an Australian novelist who grew up in Campbell Town, Tasmania. She attended Campbell Town High School and Launceston College before moving to Victoria (Australia), Victoria. In 2009 she was involved in a farming acc ...

*'' The Mary Smokes Boys'', Patrick Holland *'' The Piper's Son'',

Melina Marchetta Carmelina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, '' Looking for Alibrandi'', ''Saving Francesca'' and '' On the Jellicoe Road''. She has twice been awarded the ...

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When Colts Ran ''When Colts Ran'' is a 2010 novel by Australian novelist Roger McDonald. Plot summary The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The ...

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*'' Time's Long Ruin'', Stephen Orr *''

That Deadman Dance ''That Deadman Dance'' is the third novel by Western Australian author Kim Scott. It was first published in 2010 by Picador (Australia) and by Bloomsbury in the UK, US and Canada in 2012. It won the 2011 Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize, t ...

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'', Kirsten Tranter *'' Bereft'', Chris Womersley 2012 *''

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Tony Birch Tony Birch (born 1957) is an Aboriginal Australian author, academic and activist. He regularly appears on ABC local radio and Radio National shows and at writers’ festivals. He was head of the honours programme for creative writing at the Uni ...

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'', Mark Dapin *'' The Precipice'', Virginia Duigan *'' All That I Am'', Anna Funder *''

Sarah Thornhill ''Sarah Thornhill'' (2011) is a novel by Australian author Kate Grenville. It is the sequel to the author's 2005 novel ''The Secret River''. It won the 2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Yea ...

'', Kate Grenville *'' Five Bells'', Gail Jones *''

Foal's Bread ''Foal's Bread'' is a 2011 novel by Australian author Gillian Mears. It was the winner of the 2012 ALS Gold Medal, the Age Book of the Year for Fiction, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award ...

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Gillian Mears Gillian Mears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist. Her books ''Ride a Cock Horse'' and ''The Grass Sister'' won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. ''The Mint Law ...

*'' Autumn Laing'', Alex Miller *'' Cold Light'', Frank Moorhouse *''

Past the Shallows ''Past the Shallows'' (2011) is a novel by Australian author Favel Parrett. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award. It has been published in Australia, the UK, the US, Germany and Italy. Past the Shallows has also been used as a p ...

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Favel Parrett Favel Parrett (born 1974) is an Australian writer. Career Parrett's first novel, ''Past the Shallows'', was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Aust ...

*'' The Street Sweeper'',

Elliot Perlman Elliot Perlman (born 7 May 1964) is an Australian author and barrister. He has written four novels (''Three Dollars'', '' Seven Types of Ambiguity'', ''The Street Sweeper'' and ''Maybe the Horse Will Talk''), one short story collection (''The Re ...

*'' Animal People'', Charlotte Wood 2013 *''

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'', Romy Ash *'' Lola Bensky'',

Lily Brett Lily Brett (born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn 5 September 1946, Feldafing displaced persons camp, Bavaria, Germany) is an Australian novelist, essayist and poet. She lived in North Carlton and then Elwood/Caulfield (suburbs of Melbourne) from 1948 to ...

*'' Street to Street'', Brian Castro *''

Questions of Travel ''Questions of Travel'' is a 2012 novel by Australian author Michelle de Kretser. It won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. Description The novel concerns two main characters: Laura—an Aus ...

'', Michelle de Kretser *'' The Beloved'',

Annah Faulkner Annah Faulkner (1949/1950 – 8 March 2022) was an Australian novelist. At the age of five, Faulkner moved with her parents to Papua New Guinea and later lived on Queensland's Sunshine Coast with her husband. She died in March 2022, after leav ...

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The Daughters of Mars ''The Daughters of Mars'' is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Tom Keneally. Plot summary Sally and Naomi Durance are two nurses from country New South Wales who are shipped to Egypt during World War I end up on the Red Cross hospital ship ...

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*'' The Mountain'', Drusilla Modjeska *'' The Light Between Oceans'', M.L. Stedman *''

Mateship with Birds ''Mateship with Birds '' is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize. Notes * Dedication: For Peter Reviews * ''The Guardian'' * ''The Monthly'' Awards and nominations * 2013 inaugural wi ...

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*'' Red Dirt Talking'', Jacqueline Wright 2014 *'' The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt'', Tracy Farr *''

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*'' The Railwayman's Wife'',

Ashley Hay Ashley Hay (born 1971) is an Australian writer. She has won awards for both her nonfiction science writing and her novels. she is editor of the Griffith Review. Career Hay is the author of three novels, including ''The Railwayman's Wife'', ...

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Melissa Lucashenko Melissa Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australian writer of adult literary fiction and literary non-fiction, who has also written novels for teenagers. In 2013 at The Walkley Awards, she won the "Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words) Award" f ...

*''The Night Guest'', Fiona McFarlane *'' Belomor'', Nicolas Rothwell *''

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The Swan Book ''The Swan Book'' is the third novel by the Indigenous Australian author Alexis Wright. It met with critical acclaim when it was published, and was short-listed for Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award. Plot Introduction ...

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*'' All the Birds, Singing'',

Evie Wyld Evelyn Rose Strange "Evie" Wyld (born 16 June 1980) is an Anglo-Australian author. Her first novel, ''After the Fire, A Still Small Voice'', won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 2009, and her second novel, '' All the Birds, Singing'', won the ...

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In Certain Circles In Certain Circles is an Australian novel by Elizabeth Harrower. Though the novel was written sometime in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was not published until 2014 when it became her first novel published in 48 years. It helped to spur a r ...

'', Elizabeth Harrower *'' Golden Boys'', Sonya Hartnett *''

The Eye of the Sheep ''The Eye of the Sheep'' is a 2014 novel by Australian novelist Sofie Laguna which won the 2015 Miles Franklin Award. Notes * Dedication: For TL, in memory. Abstract "Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space betwe ...

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*'' The Golden Age'', Joan London *''The Lost Child'', Suzanne McCourt *''Here Come the Dogs'', Omar Musa *''When the Night Comes'',

*'' After Darkness'',

Christine Piper Christine Piper is an Australian author and editor. Her first novel, ''After Darkness'', won the 2014 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She won the 2014 Calibre Prize for an Outsta ...

*'' Tree Palace'',

Craig Sherborne Craig Sherborne (born 1962) is an Australian poet, playwright and novelist. He was born in Sydney and attended Scots College there before studying drama in London. He lives in Melbourne. Awards * ''The Ones Out of Town'', 1989 winner Wal C ...

*''Nest'', Inga Simpson 2016 * ''Ghost River'',

* ''Coming Rain'',

Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley (born 1955) is a New Zealand novelist. Daisley won the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for his novel ''Traitor'' and the Ockham New Zealand Book Award, 2016, for his second novel ''Coming Rain.'' Biography ...

* ''Hope Farm'', Peggy Frew * ''Leap'', Myfanwy Jones * ''The World Without Us'',

Mireille Juchau Mireille Juchau (born 1969) is an Australian author. Early life and education Juchau was born in 1969 and was raised in Sydney, New South Wales. She is of Jewish heritage. She received First Class Honours and the University Medal from the Uni ...

* ''The Hands : An Australian Pastoral'', Stephen Orr * '' Black Rock White City'', A. S. Patrić * ''Salt Creek'',

Lucy Treloar Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. Her first novel, ''Salt Creek'', won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. Her second novel, ''Wolfe Island'', won the 2020 ...

* '' The Natural Way of Things'', Charlotte Wood 2017 *''The Easy Way Out'', Steven Amsterdam *''An Isolated Incident'', Emily Maguire *''The Last Days of Ava Langdon'', Mark O'Flynn *''Their Brilliant Careers'', Ryan O'Neill *''A Loving, Faithful Animal'', Josephine Rowe *''Waiting'', Philip Salom *''Where The Trees Are'', Inga Simpson *''Hold'', Kirsten Tranter *''Extinctions'', Josephine Wilson 2018 *''A Long Way from Home'', Peter Carey (Penguin Random House) *''No More Boats'', Felicity Castagna (Giramondo Publishing) *''The Life to Come'', Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin) *''The Crying Place'', Lia Hills (Allen & Unwin) *''The Last Garden'', Eva Hornung (Text Publishing) *''Some Tests'', Wayne Macauley (Text Publishing) *''Storyland'', Catherine McKinnon (HarperCollins Publishers) *''Border Districts'',

Gerald Murnane Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel ''The Plains'' (1982). ''The New York Times'', in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer ...

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From the Wreck ''From the Wreck'' is a 2017 historical and science fiction novel by Australian writer Jane Rawson. It was first published as a paperback original in March 2017 in Australia by Transit Lounge Publishing. The book is based on the 1859 shipwrec ...

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(Transit Lounge) *''The Restorer'', Michael Sala (Text Publishing) *''Taboo'', Kim Scott (Picador Australia/Pan Macmillan Australia) 2019 * ''The Lebs'', Michael Mohammed Ahmad (Hachette) * ''Flames'', Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing) * ''Boy Swallows Universe'',

Trent Dalton Trent Dalton is an Australian journalist and literary fiction, literary fiction author. Early life Trent Dalton grew up in a Queensland Housing Commission, Housing Commission house in Bracken Ridge, Queensland, Bracken Ridge, a suburb on the n ...

(Fourth Estate) * ''A Sand Archive'', Gregory Day (Picador) * ''Inappropriation'', Lexi Freiman (Allen & Unwin) * ''A Stolen Season'', Rodney Hall (Picador) * ''The Death of Noah Glass'', Gail Jones (Text Publishing) * ''Too Much Lip'',

(UQP) * ''Dyschronia'', Jennifer Mills (Picador) * ''The Lucky Galah'',

Tracy Sorensen Tracy Sorensen is an Australian novelist, filmmaker and academic. Career Sorensen is a tutor and lecturer at Charles Sturt University and has published five academic papers. In February 2018 her debut novel '' The Lucky Galah'' was published ...

(Picador) 2020 * ''The White Girl'',

(UQP) * ''Room For a Stranger'',

Melanie Cheng Melanie Cheng is an Australian doctor and author of two books, ''Australia Day'' (2017) and ''Room for a Stranger'' (2019). Cheng draws upon her biracial, Chinese-Australian heritage as well as her experience as a medical professional to inform her ...

(Text Publishing) * ''Islands'', Peggy Frew (Allen & Unwin) * ''No One'', John Hughes (UWA Publishing) * ''Act of Grace'',

Anna Krien Anna Krien is an Australian journalist, essayist, fiction and nonfiction writer and poet. Career Krien has contributed to a number of Australian publications, including ''The'' ''Monthly'', ''The Age'', ''The Big Issue'', ''The Best Australia ...

(Black Inc.) * ''A Season on Earth'',

(Text Publishing) * ''The Returns'', Philip Salom (Transit Lounge) * ''Exploded View'',

(Text Publishing) * ''The Yield'',

Tara June Winch Tara June Winch (born 1983) is an Australian writer. She is the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Award for her book '' The Yield''. Biography Tara June Winch was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in 1983. Her father is from the W ...

(Hamish Hamilton) * ''The Weekend'', Charlotte Wood (Allen & Unwin) 2021 * ''Amnesty,''

Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974) is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, '' The White Tiger'', won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. Biography Early life and education Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 ...

(Picador) * ''The Rain Heron,'' Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing) * ''At the Edge of the Solid World,'' Daniel Davis Wood (Brio) * ''Our Shadows,'' Gail Jones (Text Publishing) * ''Infinite Splendours,''

(Allen & Unwin) * ''The Labyrinth,''

(Text Publishing) * '' The Animals in That Country,''

Laura Jean McKay Laura Jean McKay (born 1978) is an Australian author and creative writing lecturer. In 2021 she won the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for her novel '' The Animals in That Country''. Life and career McKay was bo ...

(Scribe) * ''Lucky’s,'' Andrew Pippos (Picador) * ''Stone Sky, Gold Mountain,'' Mirandi Riwoe (UQP) * ''The Fifth Season,'' Philip Salom (Transit Lounge) * ''Song of the Crocodile,''

Nardi Simpson Nardi Simpson (born 1975) is a Yuwaalaraay musician and writer in Australia. She is a founding member of the Indigenous folk group Stiff Gins. Her debut novel, ''Song of the Crocodile'', was published in 2020. Early life and education Nardi Si ...

(Hachette) * ''The Inland Sea,'' Madeleine Watts (Pushkin Press) 2022 * ''The Other Half of You,'' Michael Mohammed Ahmad (Hachette) * ''After Story,''

Larissa Behrendt Larissa Yasmin Behrendt (born 1969) is an Australian legal academic, writer, filmmaker and Indigenous rights advocate. she is a professor of law and director of research and academic programs at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education ...

(UQP) * ''Scary Monsters,'' Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin) * ''Bodies of Light,''

Jennifer Down Jennifer Down (born 1990) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award for her novel ''Bodies of Light''. Biography Down was in born 1990. She studied arts at Melbourne University before studying ...

(Text Publishing) * ''Echolalia,'' Briohny Doyle (Vintage) * ''The Magpie Wing,'' Max Easton (Giramondo Publishing) * ''The Airways,'' Jennifer Mills (Picador) * ''One Hundred Days,'' Alice Pung (Black Inc.) * ''The Performance,'' Claire Thomas (Hachette) * ''7 ½,'' Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin) * '' Grimmish,'' Michael Winkler (Puncher & Wattmann)