‘Islander must do everything together. We crossed the ocean together. We stayed poor together. It must be this way; togetherness is what it meant to be Tongan.’ .Excerpt from Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn . @HachetteAus #MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

In just one week, the winning novel of #MFLA2025 will be revealed – the work deemed most outstanding in Australian literature this year.

‘Our mothers closed doors in order to keep us safe and never stopped warning us about the dangers outside. The Woolfmother said, ‘Imagine!’ and opened doors in our minds.’ .Excerpt from Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser . @text_publishing #MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

‘Writing makes matter out of metaphysics. To do it the other way round is an insult to life. Abe Quin…for that is my name. I am a scrivener. Not Abe Quill, though that would sound better.’ . Excerpt from Chinese Postman by Brian Castro @GiramondoBooks . #MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

“McFarlane’s exquisitely composed and linguistically glittering pieces of plot break away to tell the tales of those whose lives are touched by the vestiges of violence.”. #MFLA2025 Judging Panel.@copyrightagency

“A feat of comedic conjuring, Ghost Cities swings between ancient & modern Zhongguo (China), offering them as mirrors to each other. In Siang Lu’s whacky vision, fact and fiction merge, in audacious metaphors that are informative and inventive.”. #MFLA2025 Judging Panel

“This is a sprawling and magnificent genre-blending epic where colonial gothic meets the unashamedly erotic. Compassion showcases compelling storytelling across history and country.”. #MFLA2025 Judging Panel.@copyrightagency

"Challenging reductive & popular racist representations of a community, Dunn’s debut novel is a captivating read into a world unfamiliar to most, evoking questions about the Australian motherland through the voice & vision of a Tongan-Australian author.".#MFLA2025 Judging Panel

“Theory & Practice is a novel of great subtlety and elegant restraint. It has a deceptive lightness of touch that is difficult to square with the hold it lays on the central wagers of subjective life.”. #MFLA2025 Judging Panel

Make sure you grab a copy of the #MFLA2025 shortlisted titles so you can pick your winner from one of our supporting book retailers Dymocks, Readings, Apple Books, gleebooks and of course independent bookstores Australia-wide. @CopyrightAgency

“Castro has crafted a fine and profound novel. Abe Quin, the anti-hero of this novel, does not always find language consoling, but the lyric beauty of Chinese Postman, its restless wisdom and bitter comedy, bestow a rare gift on readers.”.#MFLA2025 Judging Panel .@CopyrightAgency

Every Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist author receives $5,000 from @CopyrightAgency through their Cultural Fund. Thank you!

According to the judges, “The shortlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award celebrates writing that refuses to compromise. Each of these works vitalises the form of the novel and invents new languages for the Australian experience.”. #MFLA2025 @CopyrightAgency

Announcing the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlist!. Congratulations to these six remarkable authors & their books that exemplify the finest in Australian literary talent. . #MilesFranklin #MFLA2025 @CopyrightAgency

The 2025 #MilesFranklin shortlist is being announced tomorrow, with finalists in the running for the 66th Award, established with philanthropic funds and a grand vision by Miles Franklin. Which of the longlisted novels do you think will get the nod?. #MFLA2025 @CopyrightAgency

Juice is a dystopian novel of climate ruin, moral reckoning & unlikely tenderness. Set in a future Australia ravaged by environmental collapse, Tim Winton shows us an unflinching vision of collapse, survival & extraordinary urgency. @PenguinBooksAus .#MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

The Degenerates is a daring debut novel set in India, Australia & the US, finding its centre in Melbourne's re-imagined laneways & streets. Raeden Richardson writes about loneliness & exile & redrawing the boundaries of belonging. @text_publishing .#MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

Highway 13’s overlapping stories tell a haunting, meditative tale about murder, memory & ghosts. Fiona McFarlane has written an illuminating book about loss & its far-reaching impacts on society. @AllenAndUnwin .#MilesFranklin #MFLA2025

Blending satire with allegory, Ghost Cities follows a Chinese-Australian man whose journey leads him to a surreal film set in a Chinese ghost city. Siang Lu explores the intersection of power, identity and the myths we build for ourselves. #SiangLu @UQPbooks .#MFLA2025

Politica explores the lives of people in a town transformed by revolution & war. Families are torn apart; loyalties tested & society is forever changed. Yumna Kassab’s evocative novel traces the scars left behind through sacrifice & survival.@ultimopress #MilesFranklin #MFLA2025