The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".

Miles Franklin 2025 Winner:  

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu  

The Miles Franklin shortlist for 2025 is:

Chinese Postman by Brian Castro

Theory & Practice by Michelle de Krester

Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Compassion by julie Janson

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane

MILES FRANKLIN LONGLIST 2025

Chinese Postman by Brian Castro

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng

Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser

Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn

Compassion by Julie Janson

Politica by Yumna Kassab

Ghost Cities by Siang Lu

Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane

The Degenerates by Raeden Richardson

Juice by Tim Winton