Miles Franklin Literary Award 2008

9 books on the longlist. The winner and the shortlist come first.

• The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll

  

  The Time We Have Taken

  Steven Carroll

  Winner
• Landscape of Farewell Alex Miller

  

  Landscape of Farewell

  Alex Miller

  Shortlist
• Love Without Hope Rodney Hall

  

  Love Without Hope

  Rodney Hall

  Shortlist
• Sorry Gail Jones

  

  Sorry

  Gail Jones

  Shortlist
• The Fern Tattoo David Brooks

  

  The Fern Tattoo

  David Brooks

  Shortlist

Also on the longlist, 4 books

• Orpheus Lost Janette Turner Hospital

  

  Orpheus Lost

  Janette Turner Hospital
• Secrets of the Sea Nicholas Shakespeare

  

  Secrets of the Sea

  Nicholas Shakespeare
• That Memory Room Christopher Koch

  That Memory Room

  Christopher Koch
• The Widow and Her Hero Thomas Keneally

  

  The Widow and Her Hero

  Thomas Keneally