Miles Franklin 2020: Tara June Winch, Carrie Tiffany and Tony Birch shortlisted for Australian writing prize

Legacy of colonialism is a key theme in books nominated for 2020’s $60,000 award

Miles Franklin alumni have dominated this year’s shortlist of Australia’s most high-profile literary award, with four previously nominated authors including Carrie Tiffany and Tony Birch repeating past success with new books.

The legacy of colonialism is a key theme in the shortlist for the $60,000 prize, which celebrates fiction “of the highest literary merit” that presents “Australian life in any of its phases”.

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The White Girl by Tony Birch (University of Queensland Press)

Islands by Peggy Frew (Allen & Unwin)

No One by John Hughes (UWA Publishing)

The Returns by Philip Salom (Transit Lounge)

Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany (Text Publishing)

The Yield by Tara June Winch (Penguin Books Australia)

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