The 2022 longlist 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.

Below are the eleven longlisted titles:

• The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
• After Story by Larissa Behrendt
• Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
• Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
• Echolalia by Briohny Doyle
• The Magpie Wing by Max Easton
• The Airways by Jennifer Mills
• One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
• The Performance by Claire Thomas
• Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
• Grimmish by Michael Winkler

This year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist will be announced on 23 June. Find out more about the Award, here.