Alex Miller is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a recipient of the Centenary Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life.

His books and awards include:
The Ancestor Game, awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Prize and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in 1993
Conditions of Faith, awarded the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2001 NSW Premier's Awards
Journey to the Stone Country, awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Prize in 2003
Landscape of Farewell, awarded the 2008 Chinese Annual Foreign Novels 21st Century Award for Best Novel and the Manning Clark Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life
Lovesong, awarded the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2011 NSW Premier's Awards
Autumn Laing, awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2012
Coal Creek, awarded the 2014 Victorian Premier's Literary Award.

Related episodes:
Alex was awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award twice, in 1993 and 2003. If you are interested in literary fiction, listen to our interviews with Sofie Laguna (awarded the prize in 2015) and Alec Patric (award the prize in 2016), as well as with the 2017 Miles Franklin Shortlist.

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The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript and interactive show notes of Alex's interview are available at www.thegarretpodcast.com/alex-miller.

<a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/alex-miller">Alex Miller</a> is twice winner of Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a recipient of the Centenary Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life.
His books and awards include:
<ul>
<li>The Ancestor Game, awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Prize and the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize in 1993</li>
<li>Conditions of Faith, awarded the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2001 NSW Premier's Awards</li>
<li>Journey to the Stone Country, awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Prize in 2003 Landscape of Farewell, awarded the 2008 Chinese Annual Foreign Novels 21st Century Award for Best Novel and the Manning Clark Medal for an outstanding contribution to Australian cultural life</li>
<li>Lovesong, awarded the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the 2011 NSW Premier's Awards</li>
<li>Autumn Laing, awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2012</li>
<li>Coal Creek, awarded the 2014 Victorian Premier's Literary Award.</li>
</ul>
Related episodes:
<ul>
<li>Alex was awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award twice, in 1993 and 2003. If you are interested in literary fiction, listen to our interviews with <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/sofie-laguna/">Sofie Laguna</a> (awarded the prize in 2015) and <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/a-s-patric/">Alec Patric</a> (award the prize in 2016), as well as with the <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/miles-franklin-shortlist-2017/">2017 Miles Franklin Shortlist</a>.</li>
</ul>
About The Garret
The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript and interactive show notes of Alex's interview are available at <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/alex-miller/">www.thegarretpodcast.com/alex-miller</a>.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.

Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).

The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).

The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on Instagram or Twitter.

You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.
Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).
The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garretpodcast/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/garretpodcast">Twitter</a>.
You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at <a href="https://astridedwards.com/" data-wpel-link="external">astridedwards.com</a>.

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