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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Emma Joyce

‘Grand and intimate’: Miles Franklin shortlisted novels grapple with profound questions of our time

Miles Franklin Sean Wilson Omar Musa Randa AbdelFattah University of Queensland Press Australia Affirm press Black Inc Penguin Random House
Six novels in the shortlist for the Miles Franklin literary award: Little World by Josephine Rowe (Black Inc), My Heart At Evening by Konrad Muller (Evercreech Editions), Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah (UPQ), You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson (Affirm Press), Fierceland by Omar Musa (Penguin Random House Australia) and First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn (UQP).
Six novels in the shortlist for the Miles Franklin literary award: Little World by Josephine Rowe (Black Inc), My Heart At Evening by Konrad Muller (Evercreech Editions), Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah (UPQ), You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson (Affirm Press), Fierceland by Omar Musa (Penguin Random House Australia) and First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn (UQP). Composite: Guardian Design/Black Inc, Evercreech, UQP, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Books Australia

Dementia, war, migration and loneliness are among the themes of the six novels selected for this year’s Miles Franklin award, Australia’s most esteemed literary prize, worth $60,000.

Announced on Wednesday, the 2026 shortlist includes four first-time nominees, two of whom are debut novelists: Brisbane-based Steve MinOn for First Name Second Name and Tasmania-based Konrad Muller for My Heart At Evening.

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