The Trust Company

Philanthropy

• The Trust Company Foundation
• Corporate and Individual Giving
• Awards and Scholarships
  • Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers
  • Max Afford Playwrights' Award
  • Portia Geach Memorial Award
  • R & M McGivern Prize
  • Thelma Afford Theatre, Stage, TV or Film Costume Design Award
  • Vasanta Scholarship
  • Michael Kieran Harvey Scholarship
  • Sir Robert Askin Operatic Travelling Scholarship
  • Lady Mollie Askin Ballet Travelling Scholarship
  • Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships
• Applying for Funding

The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009 Shortlist

On 16 April, it was announced that the following five novels were shortlisted for this year's Award:

	Breath Tim Winton Penguin To read about this novel, enter here
	Ice Louis Nowra Allen & Unwin To read about this novel, enter here
	The Pages Murray Bail Text Publishing Melbourne Australia To read about this novel, enter here
	The Slap Christos Tsiolkas Allen & Unwin To read about this novel, enter here
	Wanting Richard Flanagan Knopf (Random House Australia) To read about this novel, enter here

To read what this year's Judging Panel had to say please enter here

The winner, who will receive $42,000 will be announced at a gala dinner held at the State Library of New South Wales Thursday 18 June 2009.

55 books were submitted for this year's Award.