The Miles Franklin Award shortlist has been announced:
Emily McGuire: An Isolated Incident, Picador (Pan Macmillan), 2016, see my review
Mark O’Flynn: The Last Days of Ava Langdon, UQP (University of Queensland Press), 2016, see my review
Ryan O’Neill: Their Brilliant Careers, Black Inc Books, 2016 see my review
Philip Salom: Waiting, Puncher and Wattman, 2016 – see my review, and yes, this is the one I think should win.
Josephine Wilson: Extinctions, UWAP (University of Western Australia Press, 2016), see my review
Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!
I am unfamiliar with this latest crop of Australian authors. Where do I start ?
By: Anokatony on June 19, 2017
at 1:21 pm
I found this line by Philip Salom in your review of Waiting. Great line:
“He is a man who looks like a man used to look like.”.
By: Anokatony on June 19, 2017
at 1:24 pm
I have a wounded wing after a cortisone injection an hour ago so my time at the computer is limited and I am typing one-handed…
but yes, Waiting, definitely!
By: Lisa Hill on June 19, 2017
at 1:43 pm
I have my eye on Extinctions.
By: Guy Savage on June 19, 2017
at 2:10 pm
Yes, a very good book indeed. I liked it very much.
By: Lisa Hill on June 19, 2017
at 8:54 pm
A bit pricey over here still but if it wins perhaps an American publisher will pick it up.
By: Guy Savage on June 20, 2017
at 12:24 am
I saw this list announced earlier and figured you’d be happy!
By: roughghosts on June 19, 2017
at 2:13 pm
You’ve read and reviewed them all. Wow! Good work, Batman 🤣 These are all first-time nominees, right? How wonderful to see new, unfamiliar names.
By: kimbofo on June 19, 2017
at 5:05 pm
Kim, I’m not sure, and not feeling chirpy enough to check… I think O’Flynn might have published before and I know Slalom has but poetry not a novel – but am happy to stand corrected if I’m wrong,
Am off to bed now with a knockout painkiller and hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling more like my usual self.
By: Lisa Hill on June 19, 2017
at 8:56 pm
Oh, get better soon, Lisa. I’ve had arthritic flare up in my neck for past 3 weeks. Absolute agony, especially when lying down or sitting down. Hence I have walked more than 45 miles this past week alone cos only thing that helps is walking!
By: kimbofo on June 21, 2017
at 8:35 am
It’s Day 3 today and it does feel a little better so *fingers crossed* I’m on the mend.
45 Miles! Amber is NOT happy that she hasn’t had a walk, not even round the block. I can’t take the weight of my arm by my side at the moment, it’s propped on a pillow as I write this, so my ambitions are just to get around the block in due course.
By: Lisa Hill on June 21, 2017
at 10:15 am
Thanks for putting me onto this list. I haven’t read any of them yet. I recently read hugh McKay’s: “Selling the Dream”. I’ve many of his non-fictional works and wasn’t disappointed. Have you read it? Thought you might enjoy my review: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/must-read-hugh-mackay-selling-the-dream/
I largely have an overseas audience so I was looking at introducing a man who needs no introduction at home, to possibly unknown territory.
xx Rowena
By: Rowena on June 20, 2017
at 1:18 am
Hi Rowena, I hope you find something you like in the list:)
By: Lisa Hill on June 20, 2017
at 9:50 am
Hi Lisa, I hope your wounded wing is getting better and that you enjoyed your tv programs. I have read all but Waiting. I must do so when I return from my holiday in Portugal. I did like An Isolated Incident and Extinctions.
By: Meg on June 20, 2017
at 10:36 am
Codeine is my new best friend.
I watched The Dressmaker – fabulous book, great movie!
By: Lisa Hill on June 20, 2017
at 10:54 am
I’m beyond thrilled to see Josephine Wilson on that list! (And I hope you recover quickly and well, Lisa. x)
By: amandacurtin on June 20, 2017
at 11:48 am
Thank you, Amanda, and I am delighted too. She is a terrific writer and Extinctions is a splendid book. UWAP must be thrilled as well!
By: Lisa Hill on June 20, 2017
at 12:37 pm
Oh, take care. It does sound painful.
By: kimbofo on June 22, 2017
at 8:45 am