The titles longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award have been announced

The longlisted titles are:

• Lovesong (Alex Miller, A&U)

• The Bath Fugues (Brian Castro, Giramondo Publishing)

• Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey, A&U)

• Sons of the Rumour (David Foster, Picador)

• The Book of Emmett (Deborah Forster, Vintage)

• Siddon Rock (Glenda Guest, Vintage)

• Boy on a Wire (Jon Doust, Fremantle Press)

• Figurehead (Patrick Allington, Black Inc.)

• Parrot and Olivier in America (Peter Carey, Hamish Hamilton)

• Truth (Peter Temple, Text Publishing)

• Butterfly (Sonya Hartnett, Penguin)

• The People's Train (Thomas Keneally, Knopf)

The award shortlist will be annouced in April, with the winner to be awarded at a presentation dinner on 22 June.