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2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award assessed

· 54 min

Episode 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award assessed

0:00 54:06

A critical assessment of the shortlist and winner of Australia’s most prestigious literary award, The Miles Franklin Literary Award. Kate and Cassie are joined by guests, scholar and literary biographer (and former judge of the MFLA) Bernadette Brennan; and critic and publisher, Geordie Williamson.

BOOKS

• Brian Castro, Chinese Postman, Giramondo • Michelle de Kretser, Theory & Practice, Text • Winnie Dunn, Dirt Poor Islanders, Hachette • Julie Janson, Compassion, Magabala Books • Fiona McFarlane, Highway 13, Allen & Unwin • Siang Lu, Ghost Cities, UQP (WINNER)

GUESTS

Bernadette Brennan, literary scholar; former judge for the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Geordie Williamson, chief literary critic, The Australian; publisher, Picador

CREDITS

• Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh • Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett • Sound engineer, Roi Huberman • Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown

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