The 2023 shortlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced! The Miles Franklin Literary Award was celebrates novels of the highest literary merit that tell stories about Australian life, shining a light on some of the country’s most talented writers. Each of the 2022 shortlisted authors will receive $5,000.

Below are the six shortlisted titles.

• Hopeless Kingdom by Kgshak Akec
• Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
• Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
• Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
• The Lovers by Yumna Kassab
• Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor

'The 2023 Miles shortlist celebrates six works that delve deeply into archives and memory, play confidently with style and structure and strike new grounds in language and form. From deeply immersive tales to polished jewels of craft, from lyrical mappings of land to convention- breaking chronicles, this is novel-writing at its freshest and boldest.' — 2023 judges

We’re please to be offering all six shortlisted titles in a specially priced pack for $165 (was $185.90).

This year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award winner will be announced on 25 July. Find out more about the Award, here.