daniel davis wood at the edge of the solid world

Greek cafés and milk bars were once a staple of the Australian dining scene. The winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced on July 15. To help you navigate this year's shortlist, we've asked three experts - Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange from ABC RN's The Book Show, and Kate Evans from ABC RN's The Bookshelf - to share their thoughts on each book. Robbie Arnott's The Rain Heron might be considered a surprising choice for a prize focused on literature about Australia, given that it's set in an unnamed country that has experienced a recent coup - suggesting that the judges read the novel's setting as a non-literal version of Australia. Sydney features heavily in the shortlist, as a key setting for Lucky's, The Inland Sea and Adiga's Amnesty, and a lesser setting in Lohrey's The Labyrinth. The 2021 judges are Richard Neville (Mitchell Librarian, State Library of NSW), academic and literary critic Dr Melinda Harvey, literary critic Dr Bernadette Brennan, book critic Dr James Ley, and author and activist Sisonke Msimang.The 2020 Miles Franklin was won by Tara June Winch for The Yield.

Past winners include Patrick White, Ruth Park, Thea Astley, Tim Winton, Peter Carey and Michelle de Kretser.It distinguishes a novel 'of the highest literary merit' which presents 'Australian life in any of its phases'.It was established in the will of author Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (author of My Brilliant Career).The Miles Franklin Award was first awarded in 1957.This year's shortlist is notable for spanning from early-career to established authors, with three debut novels (Andrew Pippos's Lucky's, Madeleine Watts's The Inland Sea and Daniel Davis Wood's At the Edge of the Solid World) up against the fourth novel by Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga, and the eighth book by award-winning author Amanda Lohrey. The Miles Franklin shortlist for 2021 was announced on Wednesday: six novels by Australian writers that are deemed by the judges to be of high literary merit in representing 'Australian life in any of its phases'.īesides being Australia's most prestigious literary prize, it's also one of the richest, with the winning author receiving $60,000.

Daniel davis wood at the edge of the solid world