Murray Bail is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel Homesickness.
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". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (1901). She bequeathed her estate to fund this award. As of 2016, the award is valued at A$60,000.
Elyne Mitchell, OAM was an Australian author noted for the Silver Brumby series of children's novels. Her nonfiction works draw on family history and culture.
Hugh Roger McDonald is an Australian author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter.
Emily Maguire is an Australian novelist and journalist.
Dorothy Johnston is an Australian author of both crime and literary fiction. She has published novels, short stories and essays.
Tara June Winch is an Australian writer. She is the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Award for her book The Yield.
David Neil Ireland was an Australian novelist.
To the Islands is a 1958 novel by Australian author Randolph Stow. It won the Miles Franklin Award for 1958 and the ALS Gold Medal in 1959.
Bring Larks and Heroes is a 1967 novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally which won the Miles Franklin Award in 1967.
The Unknown Industrial Prisoner (1971) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author David Ireland.
Swords and Crowns and Rings (1977) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Ruth Park.
Tirra Lirra by the River is a novel by Australian writer Jessica Anderson. It won the Miles Franklin Award. Though written some years before, it was first published in 1978. It is included in Carmen Callil and Colm Tóibín's collection The Modern Library: The Best 200 Novels in English since 1950.
The Ancestor Game is a 1992 Miles Franklin literary award-winning novel by the Australian author Alex Miller.
The Impersonators (1980) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Jessica Anderson. It was published in the United States under the alternative title The Only Daughter.
Dancing on Coral is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Glenda Adams.
The Drowner (1996) is a novel by Australian author Robert Drewe. It was shortlisted for Miles Franklin Award, and won the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year in 1997.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1976.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1979.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1981.
