The 2021 Miles Franklin Longlist is here!

The 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist has just been announced, including books by authors such as Sofie Laguna, Gail Jones, Nardi Simpson and more.

Introduced in 1957 to celebrate literature that tells stories of Australian life, the $60,000 prize is one of the most prestigious in Australia, with previous winners including Tara June Winch, Alexis Wright, Peter Carey and the Stella Prize winner of 2021, Evie Wyld.

Richard Neville, State Library of NSW Mitchell Librarian and Chair of Judges, said:

‘The 2021 Miles Franklin longlist is a rich mix of well-established, early career and debut novelists whose work ranges from historical fiction to fabulism and psychologism. Through an array of distinctive voices these works invite their readers to engage with questions regarding the natural and animal worlds, asylum, sexual abuse, colonialism, racism and grief. These are stories about trauma and loss, and also about beauty, resilience and hope.’

The shortlist will be revealed on 16 June and the winner on 15 July. Scroll down to check out the full 2021 Miles Franklin longlist!

Amnesty by Aravind Adiga (Pan Macmillan Australia)

The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing)

At the Edge of the Solid World by Daniel Davis Wood (Brio)

Our Shadows by Gail Jones (Text Publishing)

Infinite Splendours by Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin)

The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey (Text Publishing)

The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe Publications)

Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe (University of Queensland Press)

The Fifth Season by Philip Salom (Transit Lounge)

Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson (Hachette Australia)

The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts (Pushkin Press)

Congratulations to all of the authors longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award!

Find out more about the Miles Franklin Literary Award here

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