Miles Franklin award: seven women among the 11 longlisted

Previous winners Alexis Wright and Tim Winton as well as two first-time novelists longlisted for Australias top literary prize

Debut novelists and past winners are among the longlisted authors for the prestigious Australian Miles Franklin literary award, revealed on Thursday.

First awarded in 1957, the Miles Franklin book prize is one of the highest literary honours in the country, celebrating Australian literature which features aspects of Australian life.