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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Omar musa - Caught on Camera

Miles Franklin winner Omar Musa eschews caution and pushes limits

The Queanbeyan author's brave voice has won hearts and praise.

The Canberra Times

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The Canberra Times

This Queanbeyan author just bagged Australia's most prestigious literary award

Miles-Franklin winning author Omar Musa 'blown away' by win.

The Canberra Times

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Omar Musa’s Miles Franklin win rewards epic, ambitious Australian writing with a global scope

Omar Musa has won the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Fierceland, an energetic, formally adventurous novel that confirms his place as one of the most ambitious voices in contemporary Australian literature.

The Conversation

Omar Musa wins Miles Franklin literary award for ‘tour de force’ novel Fierceland

The novelist, poet and rapper won $60,000 for his novel about two siblings who reckon with the legacy of their late father, a palm oil baron in Malaysian Borneo

The Guardian - AU

Six years, 21 drafts earn hip-hop poet top book prize

Author and hip-hop artist Omar Musa moved to Borneo to write his second novel Fierceland, which has taken out Australia's premier literary award.

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‘Grand and intimate’: Miles Franklin shortlisted novels grapple with profound questions of our time

Six writers in running for $60,000 prize, including first-time nominees Randa Abdel-Fattah, Steve MinOn, Konrad Muller and Sean Wilson

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Indigenous poet claims richest state book prize

A poet's latest work has been lauded for its emotional intelligence, while Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah has won an award by popular vote.

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Evelyn Araluen wins $125,000 for ‘politically uncompromising’ poetry at Victorian premier’s literary awards

Poet’s second collection The Rot won the Victorian prize for literature and the Indigenous writing category

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The epic novel runs amok in Omar Musa’s Fierceland

Omar Musa’s new book, Fierceland, ranges across five distinct geographies and covers a period of some 170 years. It is told from at least ten perspectives and encompasses prose, poetry and visual art. It is, in every way, an epic endeavour.

The Conversation

The 25 best Australian books of 2025

Just in time for last-minute gifts: Guardian Australia critics and staff pick out the best books of the year, featuring Helen Garner, Dominic Amerena, Evelyn Araluen and more

The Guardian - AU

Chinese funeral traditions, Australian migration and India’s future: OzAsia 2025 traverses the globe

OzAsia 2025 once again affirmed its status as Australia’s leading multi-arts celebration of unique creativity. Despite South Australia’s comparatively small Asian population, OzAsia has grown into a significant platform that integrates music, literature, dance, comedy and visual arts.

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Fierceland by Omar Musa review – poet and rapper’s second novel pulses with life

Following two siblings who must grapple with their father’s legacy after his death, Fierceland is at its best when Musa plays with language

The Guardian - AU

Kathleen Folbigg’s memoir, an ode to condiments and ‘a work of art’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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'I'm impressed': How protests are birthing young poets in the city

Meet Mahdi Souweid, 12, a young rapper with big dreams.

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High calibre of Canberra authors recognised as ACT Book of the Year finalists revealed

"If you have an idea, a story to tell, I encourage you to write that book and make that dream a reality."

The Guardian - UK

Zahra Jama obituary

Other lives: Pioneering female Somali emigrant to London who became a mother figure in her community

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Omar Musa blends words and the wood carving of Borneo to explore beauty, rage and history

Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.

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