Miles Franklin Award 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced.
Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are:
- Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo)
- The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text)
- Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text)
- Dirt Poor Islanders (Winnie Dunn, Hachette)
- Compassion (Julie Janson, Magabala)
- Politica (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo)
- Ghost Cities (Siang Lu, UQP) *
- Highway 13 (Fiona McFarlane, A&U) *
- The Degenerates (Raeden Richardson, Text)
- Juice (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton).
Ghost Cities and Highway 13 have been reviewed by QRC. Click on the title to read our review.
This year’s shortlist will be announced in June, with the winner announcement to follow in late July.
More information about the award is available on award trustee Perpetual Limited’s website.