The Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist has been announced. The longlisted authors are:
- Peter Carey: The Long Way Home (Penguin Random House)
- Felicity Castagna: No More Boats (Giramondo Publishing)
- Michelle de Kretser: The Life to Come (Allen & Unwin)
- Lia Hills: The Crying Place (Allen & Unwin)
- Eva Hornung: The Last Garden (Text Publishing)
- Wayne Macauley: Some Tests (Text Publishing)
- Catherine McKinnon: Storyland (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Gerald Murnane: Border Districts (Giramondo Publishing)
- Jane Rawson: From the Wreck (Transit Lounge)
- Michael Sala: The Restorer (Text Publishing)
- Kim Scott: Taboo (Picador Australia)
For more on the longlist go to: https://www.perpetual.com.au/insights/three-past-winners-make-miles-franklin-literary-award-longlist
And here is an ABC news item: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-23/miles-franklin-award-longlist-2018/9788492
We will be talking about these books at Pageturners on Wednesday 8th August.
Upcoming discussions are:
13 June: Macbeth by Jo Nesbo
11 July: Our classic read is Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
8 August: Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist (Choose one to read and try to predict the winner)
12 September: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
