'Edenglassie' longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award

Congratulations to Melissa Lucashenko on being longlisted for her novel Edenglassie in the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.

Dublin Literary Award has honoured excellence in world literature since 1996. Presented annually, the Award is one of the most significant literature prizes in the world, worth €100,000 for a single work of international fiction written or a work of fiction translated into English.

The 2025 Longlist features 71 books nominated by 83 libraries from 34 countries around the world.

Edenglassie was nominated by The State Library of Queensland.

About the book: Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice. Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Grannie Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives. In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

The State Library of Queensland Says:

Edenglassie opens with a scene at South Bank, and much of the novel is set around Kurilpa Point and Maiwar, as well as West End, central Meanjin/Brisbane, Frog’s Hollow, and Eagle Street. State Library considers it to be a fine historical novel that reimagines and explores much of Meanjin’s history from the mid-1800s onwards.

Edenglassie is a moving and beautifully told novel grounded in research and truth-telling about the ongoing relationships, displacement and survival of First Nations people. Its well-crafted, compelling love stories offer humour and historical insights.

Edenglassie has won and been shortlisted for multiple awards across Australia including winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 – Fiction, winning the Indie Book Awards 2024 and being longlisted for both the 2024 Miles Franklin and the Stella, and more.

Furthermore, as Sarah Malik says:

It’s an ambitious novel that is beautiful, boisterous, and deeply moving – a lens on Australia’s past that inspires you to think about how we might shape a more equitable future.

The shortlist will be announced March 25, 2025, with the winner being announced May 22, 2025.

Congratulations again to Melissa!