Miles Franklin shortlist announced
May 6, 2008 12:05 pm Prizes, What to ReadI mentioned the longlist, so I should point out that the short list for the Miles Franklin award has been released. These books seem to be everywhere. I found multiple copies of each of them at my new local bookstore this morning. Of course, I don’t buy new books that often - I just went in there to fondle them and remember what they smell like! So they are:
- The Fern Tattoo - David Brooks University of Queensland Press
- Landscape of Farewell - Alex Miller Allen & Unwin
- Love without Hope - Rodney Hall Picador (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Sorry - Gail Jones Vintage (Random House Australia)
- The Time We Have Taken - Steven Carroll Fourth Estate (HarperCollinsPublishers)
I have just run through the Librarything ratings for those books. There are only a couple of readers of each book. Landscape of Farewell and Sorry are both leading the chase with an average of 4 stars (both from 4 readers).
I was tempted to try to set up a bookcrossing ring for all of these books, as it is sort of a pity that I don’t read Australian fiction as much as I should. However, the judges mention they all are, in some way, non-linear and deal with the nature of time as one of their themes. Not my favourite type of reading, but talk about “expanding your reading horizons.”
Related posts:
- Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist
- Miles Franklin award winner 2008
- Read novels to find conversation starters (includes Commonwealth Writers Prize regional winners)
