Miles Franklin

Siang Lu, Lauren Foley, Alan Fyfe: when book rejection leads to publishing success
Six Australian authors, including Katrina Cosgrove and Scarlett Harris, open up about their slow path to publication.

Miles Franklin winner 2025: Siang Lu, Ghost Cities
The Miles Franklin winner, Ghost Cities, is a beguiling, metafictional novel set in a film set. But who's directing who?

2025 Miles Franklin shortlist
A mix of six established and new authors have been nominated for the prestigious literary award.

10 Australian literary scandals
The Australian book world has long been enlivened with scams and misdemeanours.

Musical review: My Brilliant Career, Sumner Theatre
It's an all-singing, all-keyboard playing and totally exuberant Sybylla Melvyn.

Praiseworthy indeed: Alexis Wright wins Miles Franklin Award 2024
Alexis Wright wins the most prestigious literary prize in Australia for the second time.

Should literary prizewinnings be shared among the shortlist?
Should the winner take it all?

Shankari Chandran wins 2023's Miles Franklin Award
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens takes out the most prestigious literary prize in Australia.

Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist announced
11 novelists are longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Award, presented annually and named after the author of 'My Brilliant…

Jennifer Down wins the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award
An epic novel about trauma, vulnerability and regeneration takes out the nation's top literary prize.