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The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2008 Longlist

On 13 March nine novels were selected for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2008.

		Landscape of Farewell Alex Miller Allen & Unwin Read about this novel
		Love without Hope Rodney Hall Picador (Pan Macmillan Australia) Read about this novel
		Orpheus Lost Janette Turner Hospital Fourth Estate (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Read about this novel
		Secrets of the Sea Nicholas Shakespeare Harvill Secker (Random House) Read about this novel
		Sorry Gail Jones Vintage (Random House Australia) Read about this novel
		The Fern Tattoo David Brooks University of Queensland Press Read about this novel
		The Memory Room Christopher Koch Knopf (Random House Australia) Read about this novel
		The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll Fourth Estate (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) Read about this novel
		The Widow and her Hero Tom Keneally Vintage (Random House Australia) Read about this novel

59 books were submitted for this year’s Award.