Siang Lu on his Miles Franklin Win
ABOUT THE SHOW
Meet the 2025 Miles Franklin Award winner!
Earlier this year, Siang Lu took out the nation’s top literary prize for his wildly inventive novel, Ghost Cities – and now, he’s embarking on the next phase of his brilliant career.
Join Lu in conversation with fellow Brisbane author Steve MinOn as he discusses the book that, as the Miles Franklin judges put it, “redefines what Australian literature can be”. You’ll also learn how this prestigious award is already redefining Lu’s career.
PART OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Siang Lu is the author of Ghost Cities and The Whitewash and co-creator of The Beige Index. The Whitewash won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023, the Glendower Emerging Writer Award at the Queensland Literary Awards, and was shortlisted for a NSW Premiers Literary Award. In 2023 he was one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. Siang has written for film and television for Singapore’s Beach House Pictures and Malaysia’s Astro network.
Steve MinOn was an internationally awarded advertising copywriter and a restaurateur before becoming a writer of fiction. He grew up in North Queensland and he now lives in Meanjin/Brisbane. Steve’s debut novel First Name Second Name (UQP 2025) won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards. He has written often about outsiders and his family’s mixed-race ancestral history, and his articles and short stories have been published in SBS Voices, Mamamia and various newspapers and anthologies.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Siang Lu is the author of Ghost Cities and The Whitewash and co-creator of The Beige Index. The Whitewash won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023, the Glendower Emerging Writer Award at the Queensland Literary Awards, and was shortlisted for a NSW Premiers Literary Award. In 2023 he was one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. Siang has written for film and television for Singapore’s Beach House Pictures and Malaysia’s Astro network.
Steve MinOn was an internationally awarded advertising copywriter and a restaurateur before becoming a writer of fiction. He grew up in North Queensland and he now lives in Meanjin/Brisbane. Steve’s debut novel First Name Second Name (UQP 2025) won the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer in the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards. He has written often about outsiders and his family’s mixed-race ancestral history, and his articles and short stories have been published in SBS Voices, Mamamia and various newspapers and anthologies.
