The Miles Franklin Shortlist was announced on 18 June 2017. This episode features interviews with all five shortlisted authors: Emily Maguire (An Isolated Incident), Mark O'Flynn (The Last Days of Ava Langdon), Ryan O'Neill (Their Brilliant Careers), Philip Salom (Waiting) and Josephine Wilson (Extinctions).
The Miles Franklin is one of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes. Established through the will of Stella Miles Franklin, the author of My Brilliant Career, the annual prize is awarded to a novel which is of the highest literary merit.
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