Shortlists are odd things. Put two lots of judges in separate rooms with the same works and you will not come up with the same one. But it is always interesting when their choices overlap.
Two novels on this year’s Miles Franklin shortlist were also on that of this year’s Stella Prize: Sanya Rushdi’s Hospital, which explores her experience of psychosis, and Alexis Wright’s Praiseworthy, a monumental epic that is also this year’s Stella winner (both published by Giramondo).
