Alexis Wright wins $60,000 Melbourne literature prize
The Waanyi writer, who won the Miles Franklin award and Stella prize this year for her novel Praiseworthy, has been recognised for her body of work and contribution to Australian culture
August 2024
Best reads of 2024
Praiseworthy: why Alexis Wright’s ‘staggering’ epic is sweeping prizes – and challenging readers
Australian arts in focus
Alexis Wright wins second Miles Franklin prize for Praiseworthy
July 2024
Australian arts in focus
No longer pale, male and stale: your guide to the 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist
Astrid Edwards for the Conversation
Australian arts in focus
Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced
May 2024
Australian arts in focus
‘Perhaps the great Australian novel’: Alexis Wright wins Stella prize for second time with Praiseworthy
The 73-year-old has won the $60,000 prize for Australian female and non-binary writers for her ‘genre-bending’ 736-page novel
April 2024
Alexis Wright nominated for $60,000 Stella prize for second time
Judges have described the Waanyi writer’s fourth novel Praiseworthy as ‘a canon-crushing Australian novel for the ages’
December 2023
Summer essentials
Helen Garner, Diana Reid, Nam Le and others: Australian books to look forward to in 2024
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright review – an Australian epic
April 2023
Australian book reviews
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright review – how can one novel contain so much?
Bookmark this
‘Plenty to savour’, ‘sensual’, ‘a great gift’: the best Australian books out in April
July 2020
The unmissables
The Australian book you should read next: Tracker by Alexis Wright
A chorus of voices about one of the country’s most prominent Indigenous activists is a glorious kaleidoscope of personal testimony
April 2018
Alexis Wright wins Stella prize for 'majestic' biography of Tracker Tilmouth
Book combining interviews, anecdotes and testimony from friends of Indigenous activist wins $50,000 award
March 2018
Stella prize shortlist: Michelle de Kretser and Alexis Wright among nominees
Each shortlisted author receives $3,000 and a writing retreat, while the winner gets $50,000
February 2018
Stella prize: longlist for $50,000 award includes Alexis Wright and Michelle de Kretser
Twelve books in running for award for writing by women showcase ‘a cornucopia of literary riches’, chair of judging panel says
December 2017
Reading Australia
Eight new Australian writers you should read (according to those who know)
We ask industry insiders – publishers, editors, festival directors – for their pick of the new cream of the literary crop
November 2017
Tracker by Alexis Wright review – a weighty portrait of a complex man
Bookmark this
Helen Garner, Peter Carey and Alexis Wright on what they're reading in November
July 2016
Top 10s
Top 10 books about the Australian bush
From Miles Franklin to Bruce Chatwin, these writers show how tightly this spectacular but dangerous territory is bound up with the country’s identity
October 2014
Australia books blog
Five must-read books by Indigenous authors
In response to Barry Spurr’s comments about Indigenous literature, Sandra Phillips says these books ‘astonish, perplex, and at times comfort the reader into re-imagining our relationships’
