The 2021 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 twelve longlisted titles:

• Amnesty by Aravind Adiga

• The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

• At the Edge of the Solid World by Daniel Davis Wood

• Our Shadows by Gail Jones

• Infinite Splendours by Sofie Laguna

• The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey

• The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay

• Lucky’s by Andrew Pippos

• Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi Riwoe

• The Fifth Season by Philip Salom

• Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson

• The Inland Sea by Madeleine Watts

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  This year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist will be announced on 16 June. Find out more about the Award, and the longlisted titles, here.