A trailblazing journey across the globe, Fierceland weaves the past and the present into an emotionally powerful family saga that plays out at a mythical scale.
We are thrilled to share that Fierceland by Omar Musa has won the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
At the award ceremony in Sydney on 5 August, Musa said: 'I am honoured, grateful and completely blown away to have won the Miles Franklin Award. It feels strange and wonderful. I worked very hard on Fierceland over many years, but it’s also the culmination of many other people’s feedback and advice.'
Jojo Jakob, Editor at Penguin Random House Australia, said: 'Everyone at PRH is overjoyed with this recognition for Fierceland. Over many years and many books, we’ve seen first-hand Omar’s dedication to his craft and his unrelenting creative ambition. It certainly keeps us on our toes! This novel is a masterful culmination of a vision that has always been big, bold and unafraid of the moment.'
The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established by prolific author and feminist Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, now best known for her first novel My Brilliant Career. First presented in 1957, the Award celebrates novels of the highest literary merit that tell stories about Australian life.
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