The longlist for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award was released last night.
The list is:
Blood by Tony Birch
Spirit of Progress by Steven Carroll
Spirit House by Mark Dapin
The Precipice by Virginia Duigan
All That I Am by Anna Funder
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Five Bells by Gail Jones
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears
Autumn Laing by Alex Miller
Cold Light by Frank Moorhouse
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman
Animal People by Charlotte Wood
Seems like a pretty good list - decent mixture of old and new, M and F, etc, etc. Also good to see that the main award website was updated in a timely manner.
The shortlist will be announced on May 3, and the winner on 20 June.
The list is:
Blood by Tony Birch
Spirit of Progress by Steven Carroll
Spirit House by Mark Dapin
The Precipice by Virginia Duigan
All That I Am by Anna Funder
Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
Five Bells by Gail Jones
Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears
Autumn Laing by Alex Miller
Cold Light by Frank Moorhouse
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman
Animal People by Charlotte Wood
Seems like a pretty good list - decent mixture of old and new, M and F, etc, etc. Also good to see that the main award website was updated in a timely manner.
The shortlist will be announced on May 3, and the winner on 20 June.
