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Julienne van Loon for the Conversation

Miles Franklin 2023: a guide to the shortlist of Australia’s biggest literary prize

Miles Franklin Robbie Arnott Jessica Au Australia Jamila Yumna Kassab Shankari Chandran Akito Amir Ned
Five first-time nominees, including a debut novelist: the Miles Franklin shortlist for 2023.
Five first-time nominees, including a debut novelist: the Miles Franklin shortlist for 2023. Composite: Ultimo Press/Pan Macmillan Australia/UWA Publishing/Text Publishing/Giramondo Publishing)

This year’s Miles Franklin shortlist takes us from Sydney’s criminal underclass in the 1930s and the quiet waters of rural Tasmania in the 1940s to shopping for design objects in contemporary Japan.

Its styles range from the sparse, economical prose of the experimental novella to an intricately plotted page-turner.

And the six shortlisted writers include a debut novelist and a Miles Franklin veteran; just one is male-identifying.

Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor

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