Miles Franklin 2021: shortlist announced for Australia’s most prestigious literary prize

A theme of ‘destructive loss’ is shared by the six books shortlisted for the $60,000 award

Two first-time novelists, a previous Man Booker prize-winner and a veteran writer of eight works of fiction are among the six authors shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin award, Australia’s highest literary honour.

Announced at the State Library of NSW on Wednesday night by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, the chair of the judging panel, Richard Neville, said there appeared to be common thread of “destructive loss” among the six works shortlisted.

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