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The six books on this year’s Miles Franklin shortlist vary in style, themes and the writers’ experience, with veteran novelists and debuts – including an international prize-winner and a 26-year-old.

Six authors are in the running for Australia’s most prestigious book award, which will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s your primer

Five first-time nominees are among the six authors competing for $60,000 award for novels that ‘present Australian life in any of its phases’

Visiting Australia’s oldest LGBTQI+ bookshop was a formative experience for <strong>Madeleine Gray</strong> – but Australian sapphic fiction remains rare