Miles Franklin Literary Award 2024
· 55 min
Episode Miles Franklin Literary Award 2024
What does the 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist tell us about our shared imagination? Bernadette Brennan and Geordie Williamson join Kate and Cassie to examine the winner, Alexis Wright's epic novel Praiseworthy, and all the finalists for Australia’s most prestigious literary prize.
BOOKS
WINNER:
Alexis Wright, Praiseworthy (Giramondo)
REST OF SHORTLIST:
Hossein Asgari, Only Sound Remains (Puncher & Wattmann)Jen Craig, Wall (Puncher & Wattmann)André Dao, Anam (Hamish Hamilton)Gregory Day, The Bell of the World (Transit Lounge)Sanya Rushdi, Hospital, (Giramondo)
GUESTS
Bernadette Brennan, literary scholar, biographer, and former judge of the Miles Franklin
Geordie Williamson, literary critic and publisher
CREDITS
Presenter, Kate Evans + Cassie McCullaghProducer, Kate Evans + Sarah CorbettSound engineer, Tegan Nicholls and Ann Marie DebettencorExecutive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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