by Paula | Jun 19, 2013 | News
Congratulations to Michelle de Krester who has won this year’s Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel. Congratulations also to all those longlisted and shortlisted for the award. Speaking on behalf of the 2013 judging panel, Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian,...
by whisperinggums | Jun 12, 2013 | Round-ups
It’s getting exciting here in literary fiction land: we are only a week away from the announcement of this year’s Miles Franklin award. What will win? Carrie Tiffany’s Mateship with Birds which has already won two significant awards this year? Or...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | May 20, 2013 | Round-ups
First, I apologise for the tardiness of my April round-up. I’ve been on the road and am only now settling back to routine. April was a special month for Literary Fiction: we had the announcement of the inaugural Stella Prize and then of the all-women shortlist...
by Paula | May 1, 2013 | News
Wonderful news – we have an all-female Miles Franklin shortlist for 2013 which includes three debut novelists. Miles would be so proud! The shortlisted titles are: Romy Ash – Floundering Annah Faulkner – The Beloved Michelle de Kretser –...
by whisperinggums | Apr 10, 2013 | Round-ups
The year is hotting up and it’s starting to get serious here in Literary-and-Classics land. Not only were significantly more reviews posted in March but the awards season is well underway. The Miles Franklin Longlist was announced in March (and reported on this...
