Pageturners are getting ready to discuss the Miles Franklin longlisted books on Wednesday 8th June at 5.30pm. We will also try and pick the winner. The judges are looking for “the novel which is of the highest literary merit and which must present Australian life in any of its phases.” The longlisted novels are:
Ghost River by Tony Birch
Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley
Hope Farm by Peggy Frew
Leap by Myfanwy Jones
The World Without Us by Miriella Juchau
The Hands: an Australian Pastoral by Stephen Orr
Black Rock White City by A.S. Patric
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar for Salt Creek
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood