Philanthropy

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2005 Shortlist

	*Salt Rain* Sarah Armstrong Allen & Unwin “Sarah Armstrong writes in a distinctively Australian, vigorous vernacular. Her characters ring true as does the way they speak; she balances the flow of action perfectly with a deep love of place in the telling of her tale.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*Sixty Lights* Gail Jones Vintage, Random House “Through the metaphor of photography Jones explores many themes, including ways of seeing and perceiving, memories and stories and how they are passed on, and dealing with grief and loss.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Gift of Speed* Steven Carroll HarperCollins Publishers “Carroll successfully uses the different voices of his memorable characters to examine moments in their memory as he takes their story forward.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Submerged Cathedral* Charlotte Wood Vintage, Random House “It is a pleasure to read an Australian novel so in touch with the elemental, both in human interaction and in the natural world.” To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The White Earth* Andrew McGahan Allen & Unwin "The White Earth draws on the full resources of the novel as an imaginative form to explore some of the most urgent social and political issues haunting Australians today." To read more about this novel, please enter here.