Philanthropy

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2006 Shortlist

	Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Carrie Tiffany Picador "It is a quietly funny, but serious, novel you won't forget." To read about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Ballad of Desmond Kale* Roger McDonald Vintage (Random House Australia) "Kale is an Australian version of the American Johnny Appleseed, though his gift is the fleece rather than the plough." To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Garden Book* Brian Castro Giramondo Publishing Company "But Castro is a writer who never baulks at catastrophe or loss, so it is that promise, held out so tantalisingly, that gives his narrative its extraordinary poignancy and power." To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Secret River* Kate Grenville Text Publishing "In a narrative which is both seductive and shocking. The Secret River delves deeply into the sweat and the grit of the European conquest of Aboriginal Australia." To read more about this novel, please enter here.
	*The Wing of Night* Brenda Walker Viking (Penguin Group Australia) "War is a savage crucible; Brenda Walker understands its terror and its transformative power all too well." To read more about this novel, please enter here.