Miles Franklin
Literary Award 2016

A. S. Patrić

Black Rock White City
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• Peggy Frew
• Myfanwy Jones
• Lucy Treloar
• Charlotte Wood

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About the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Miles Franklin defies easy categorisation. Her books, letters and diaries provide evidence of a complex personality, one who often struggled, but who persevered with her life’s work: to redefine the meaning of Australian literature.

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• About Miles Franklin
• About the Cultural Fund
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Opening Night Speech at Melbourne Writers' Festival 2016

Chair of the Copyright Agency, Kim Williams AM, delivering the opening night speech at Melbourne Writers Festival.

“Copyright is not some arcane legal architecture designed to deny people what they are due. It is a simple codification of respect.”

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Proud Supporter of the Miles Franklin Literary Award

The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has been a proud supporter of the Miles Franklin Award since 2004, granting more than half a million dollars to this premier Australian literary prize.

The Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund supports a wide variety of projects assisting writers, artists, publishers and the Australian cultural community to deliver fresh new initiatives.

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• $80,000 Author Fellowship
• $10,000 Publishing Fellowship