Who cares if Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna is a woman? She's a writer
Meredith Jaffe
An award that has drawn criticism for its bias towards books written by blokes about the bush and the past is capable of more than one kind of surprise
Miles Franklin: Craig Sherborne's extract from Tree Palace – 'The first paragraph came like a musical riff'
The Miles Franklin nominated author Craig Sheborne introduces an extract from his shortlisted novel set in Victoria’s Wimmera Mallee
Miles Franklin: Joan London's extract from The Golden Age: 'It holds the seeds of all the book's drama'
The Miles Franklin nominated author Joan London introduces an extract from her shortlisted novel about a Hungarian immigrant in Western Australia
Miles Franklin: Sofie Laguna's extract from The Eye of the Sheep: 'Jimmy isn't aware how high the stakes are'
Miles Franklin: Sonya Harnett's extract from Golden Boys –'It's about the secretive silences of the suburbs'
Miles Franklin: Christine Piper's extract from After Darkness: 'It's a nod to the brilliance of Yasunari Kawabata'
May 2015
Debut novelist Christine Piper joins shortlist for 2015 Miles Franklin prize
Vogel award-winning Australian-Japanese author’s novel After Darkness is one of a five-strong shortlist for Australia’s most prestigious literary prize
March 2015
Miles Franklin award longlist 2015: eight out of 10 nominees are women
Elizabeth Harrower on the longlist for Australia’s foremost literary prize as well as three debut novelists including poet and rapper Omar Musa
