Melissa Lucashenko accepts the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Photo: Courtesy of Miles Franklin Literary Award/Belinda Rolland.
The 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been awarded to Bundjalung novelist Melissa Lucashenko for Too Much Lip.
Published by University of Queensland Press, Too Much Lip focuses on the Salters, an Aboriginal family living in a fictional small town in country New South Wales. Evocative and incisive, the story digs deep into the legacies of colonial and interpersonal violence while showcasing Lucashenko’s trademark wit, deft characterisation, and genius for dialogue. It’s a great Australian novel that doesn’t shy away from the rot in the nation’s foundations and how it eats into all of our relationships.