Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Prize
The Miles Franklin Literary Awards shortlist for 2023 has been announced, and we are thrilled to see Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor shortlisted for this prestigious award.
Adding to the growing list of nominations for Iris, this is what the judges had to say about the six shortlisted novels:
The 2023 Miles shortlist celebrates six works that delve deeply into archives and memory, play confidently with style and structure and strike new grounds in language and form. From deeply immersive tales to polished jewels of craft, from lyrical mappings of land to convention-breaking chronicles, this is novel-writing at its freshest and boldest.
The winner of this year’s prize will be announced 25 July. Find out more about the prize here.
About the book
Who is Iris Webber?
A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover.
A scammer, a schemer, a friend.
A musician, a worker, a big-hearted fool.
A woman who has prevailed against the toughest gangsters of the day, defying police time and again, yet is now trapped in a prison cell.
Guilty or innocent?
Rollicking through the underbelly of 1930s sly-grog Sydney, Iris is a dazzling literary achievement from one of Australia’s finest writers. Based on actual events and set in an era of cataclysmic change, here is a fierce, fascinating tale of a woman who couldn’t be held back.
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