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Grief, racism and uncertain futures: your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist

  • Written by Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
The six shortlisted authors for this year's Miles Franklin, from left to right: Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Gail Jones, Gregory Day, Melissa Lucashenko, Rodney Hall and Jennifer Mills.Courtesy of the Miles Franklin/ Belinda Rolland

I think it’s fair to say that each year the selected novels on the Miles Franklin shortlist manifest the zeitgeist,...

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