Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 Longlist Announced!

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 Longlist Announced!

The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 longlist has been announced! Twelve brilliant authors will be competing for one of the most prominent literary prizes in Australia, with the winner also receiving $60,000.

The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established by feminist, and author of My Brilliant Career, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin. First presented in 1957, the Award celebrates novels of the highest literary merit that tell stories about Australian life, shining a light on some of the country’s most accomplished writers.

Last year, the Miles Franklin Literary Award was awarded to Amanda Lohrey for her novel, The Labyrinth (2021).

The shortlisted finalists will be revealed on 23 June 2022 and the winner announced on 20 July 2022.

The 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist is:

  • The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad (Hachette Australia)
  • After Story by Larissa Behrendt (University of Queensland Press)
  • Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
  • Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down (Text Publishing)
  • Echolalia by Briohny Doyle (Penguin Random House)
  • The Magpie Wing by Max Easton (Giramondo Publishing)
  • The Dogs by John Hughes (Upswell Publishing)
  • The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Picador Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
  • One Hundred Days by Alice Pung (Black Inc. Books)
  • The Performance by Claire Thomas (Hachette Australia)
  • 7 1/2 by Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin)
  • Grimmish by Michael Winkler (Puncher and Wattman)

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