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Climate fiction prize announces finalists including Madeleine Thien and Robbie Arnott

The authors of The Book of Records and Dusk join Keshava Guha, Susanna Kwan, Maria Reva and Helen Phillips on the shortlist for the £10,000 prize

The Guardian - UK

The 25 best Australian books of 2024: Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Nam Le and more

Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best

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Dusk by Robbie Arnott review – big cat hunters become the hunted in beautiful Tasmanian western

Deeply felt book reimagines myths with fascinating results in story of twins Iris and Floyd

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‘Primal and indifferent’: a puma prowls Tasmania’s forests in Robbie Arnott’s wild eco-Western

Robbie Arnott’s fourth novel, Dusk, opens with a nod to a persistent and almost comical rumour that circulates in Australian folklore: the tale of big cats prowling the bush and forests. While there is little evidence to suggest pumas were ever transported to or held in captivity in Lutrawita/Tasmania, the…

The Conversation

‘Urgent’, ‘stunningly written’, ‘a feat of imagination’: the best Australian books out in October

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

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

Six authors are in the running for Australia’s most prestigious book award, which will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s your primer

The Guardian - AU

Queer disobedience and uncomfortable truths: your guide to the 2023 Miles Franklin shortlist

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.

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Miles Franklin award 2023: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize

Five first-time nominees are among the six authors competing for $60,000 award for novels that ‘present Australian life in any of its phases’

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Tale of new Australia in Miles Franklin shortlist debut

First-time author Kgshak Akec has made the Miles Franklin shortlist with a "novel of national significance" grounded in her own experience as a new Australian.

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Dylan Thomas prize shortlist includes four debuts

Three British writers are among the six nominees including Saba Sams for her short story collection, Send Nudes, and Warsan Shire for Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head

The Guardian - UK

Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott's new novel Limberlost captures his climate anxiety and passion for the natural world

Climate anxiety is at the heart of Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott's fiction, with his latest novel, Limberlost, garnering rave reviews and awards buzz.

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Limberlost by Robbie Arnott review – a whole life in closeup

From the cradle to the grave, the simple story of a Tasmanian man’s journey through life is luminously told

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Arnott's eco-fiction uses myth and metaphor to depict a wounded world

Robbie Arnott’s third novel Limberlost follows two impressive earlier works. Richard Flanagan described Arnott’s first book, Flames (2018), as “strange and joyous”. Bram Presser, responding to The Rain Heron (2020), credits Arnott with “singlehandedly reinventing Australian literature”.

The Conversation

The best new books released in October as selected by avid readers and critics

A spin on the colonial ‘missing child tale’, a collection of essays dissecting horror and a Miles Franklin nominee’s small masterpiece are among our critics' top picks for the month.

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Limberlost by Robbie Arnott review – a sweet and moving song of man and landscape

Set in a vividly captured Tasmania, Arnott’s third book describes one man’s life with a sense of beauty, serious and quiet

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‘Funny’, ‘punchy, ‘a gorgeous writer’: the best Australian books out in October

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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