Omar Musa shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Congratulations to Omar Musa who has been shortlisted for the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Fierceland (Penguin), an emotionally powerful family saga that plays out at a mythical scale. The judges describe Fierceland as “a psychologically layered and storied reckoning with the world we have inherited,” while Moshin Hamad, the author of Exit West, says it is “an impressive, urgent novel by a talented and courageous writer.” You can read more about the shortlist here.