Finalists have been named for the $50,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award, which honors a novel of the highest literary merit and "must present Australian life in any of its phases." This year the judges were authorized "to use their discretion to modernize the interpretation of Australian life beyond geographical boundaries to include mindset, language, history and values." A winner will be announced June 20 in Brisbane. This year's shortlisted titles are:
* Blood by Tony Birch
* All That I Am by Anna Funder
* Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears
* Cold Light by Frank Moorhouse
* Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
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