The 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist

17 May 2025

Ten novels have been included on the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist, which was published on Thursday 15 May 2025.

  • Chinese Postman, by Brian Castro
  • The Burrow, by Melanie Cheng
  • Theory & Practice, by Michelle de Kretser
  • Dirt Poor Islanders, by Winnie Dunn
  • Compassion, by Julie Janson
  • Politica, by Yumna Kassab
  • Ghost Cities, by Siang Lu
  • Highway 13, by Fiona McFarlane
  • The Degenerates, by Raeden Richardson
  • Juice, by Tim Winton

Australia’s oldest literary award, the Miles Franklin honours novels “of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases“. The shortlist will be announced next month on Wednesday 25 June, with the winner being named a month later on Thursday 24 July.

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