The 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist is: The shortlist will be announced on Wednesday 17 June, with the winner announcement to follow on Thursday 16 July.
2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist. Miles Franklin Literary Award Tuesday, 12 May 2020: The trustee of Australia’s most prestigious literary award, Perpetual, has today announced ten talented authors who have been included in the 2020 Longlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established by prolific author and feminist Stella Maria ... From Miles Franklin finalist Philip Salom comes this new story about the eccentricities, failings … This year, 10 books make up the Miles Franklin 2020 longlist, with stories including harrowing indigenous experiences of loss and the secrets and terrors that haunt our most ordinary suburbs. “This year’s Miles Franklin longlist is a mix of established and newer Australian authors,” said State Library of NSW Mitchell Librarian Richard Neville on behalf of the judges. The 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award Long-list.
The Miles Franklin Award is Australia's most prestigious literary prize — and at $60,000, one of the richest purses.
Ten authors have been longlisted for Australia’s most prestigious literary prize. She bequeathed her estate to fund this award. $29.95 Buy now. The award, first presented in 1957, celebrates the very best writing from the very best Australian authors that tells a story about Australian life. About ANZ LitLovers; ANZLL Indigenous Literature Reading List; Christina Stead; D 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 (1901). To be eligible novels need to be published in 2019 and " presents Australian Life in any of its phases. " The Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist 2020 Read review. The White Girl. Tony Birch. The longlist for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced.This year's longlist is a mix of established and newer Australian authors. The new novel from Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch. The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established by author and feminist Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, best known for her acclaimed novel My Brilliant Career. For lovers of Australian and New Zealand literary fiction; Ambassador for Australian literature .