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Australian poetry classics: Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s A Song of Hope created a legacy to build on

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people.

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Publishing tips, poetry and witty takes on classics: 6 of the best Australian literary podcasts

The events where Australian readers have long gathered to hear writers speak about their work are often annual (like festivals) and mostly in the big cities. As podcasts have become a way Australians consume culture, literary conversation has migrated to a more accessible space: the commute, the dog walk, the…

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With The Rainbow Serpent, Dick Roughsey shared the spirit of our country. His work is a gift to us all

Miles Franklin-winner Alexis Wright pays tribute to the first book that visualised this powerful ancestral being from an Indigenous imagination

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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.

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The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’

More than 280,000 people have voted for the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century in a Radio National poll, with Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe taking the top spot. The vote considered books by Australian and overseas authors (fiction and non-fiction), with four of the top 10 and 26…

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Nobel Literature Buzz Tips Swiss Postmodernist, Australians For Prize

Swiss postmodernist novelist Christian Kracht and Australia's Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright are among the favourites for the Nobel literature prize, experts told AFP ahead of the Swedish Academy's much-anticipated announcement on Thursday.

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Alexis Wright has revitalised Australian literature, but a new book by a ‘superfan’ overlooks an important aspect of her work

Is there an author more fêted and adored in Australia right now than Alexis Wright? In the two years since the publication of her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (2023), she has been garlanded with awards and ascended to new heights of international recognition, including entering the betting table last year as…

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Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing

“Earning a humanities degree was not only life changing, in terms of opening up a world of knowledge otherwise beyond my reach, it also turns out to have been enormously productive – for me and many, many people around me,” said Tim Winton this week. “My little arts degree has…

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Little World, what are you? Josephine Rowe’s latest novel is a precisely drawn enigma

The unusual element of Josephine Rowe’s short novel Little World is that the heroine remains utterly impassive throughout the events of the narrative. This is for the simple reason that she is dead.

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Neneh Cherry and Anne Applebaum longlisted for Women’s prize for nonfiction

Sixteen authors are in contention for the £30,000 prize launched last year to redress the gender imbalance in nonfiction awards in the UK

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‘A story is where we begin’: two Indigenous poets face monsters of invasion with words of love and hope

I like to read poetry on long flights. I think it’s the climbing motion of the plane against the constant roar of the engine that creates a space for words to hum and move. But poetry can connect us to home, even when we are distant, away, sky high.

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‘I didn’t want to fit in a box of what an Aboriginal person should write’: how Alexis Wright found her voice

As her ground-breaking biography of Aboriginal activist Tracker Tilmouth is re-issued, the acclaimed Australian author remembers her late friend and talks about her latest novel, Praiseworthy

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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

The Guardian - AU

Praiseworthy: why Alexis Wright’s ‘staggering’ epic is sweeping prizes – and challenging readers

The 700+ page novel has been described as a ‘mind-altering experience’ and a massive antidote’ to short attention spans. It’s not an easy read – but it’s not meant to be

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Alexis Wright wins second Miles Franklin prize for Praiseworthy

The 73-year-old Waanyi writer takes home $60,000 for Australia’s most esteemed literary prize, after having won in 2007 for her novel Carpentaria

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Praiseworthy makes history: Alexis Wright is the first author to win the Miles Franklin and the Stella Prize for one book

Waanyi writer Alexis Wright and her magnum opus Praiseworthy have made history by winning this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. She’s now the first writer to win the Miles Franklin and The Stella Prize (both national literary prizes) for the same work.

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Praiseworthy author Alexis Wright wins Miles Franklin

Author Alexis Wright has become a two-time winner of the prestigious $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award, with her epic novel Praiseworthy.

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No longer pale, male and stale: your guide to the 2024 Miles Franklin shortlist

Shortlists are odd things. Put two lots of judges in separate rooms with the same works and you will not come up with the same one. But it is always interesting when their choices overlap.

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Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced

Much-lauded Praiseworthy joins works by Gregory Day, André Dao, Sanya Rushdi, Jen Craig and Hossein Asgari competing for Australia’s highest literary honour

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'Unwilling participant' helps secure major arts prize

An "unwilling participant" captured hanging out with horses and an accomplished author bathed in moonlight are featured in two award-winning portraits.

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'Sparse yet powerful': moonlit portrait takes $30,000 prize

The photographic prize is one of Australia's most popular shows.

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‘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

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Author Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize for Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright has become the first author to win the Stella Prize twice, taking out the 2024 award with her epic novel Praiseworthy.

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Afternoon Update: Lehrmann defamation case reopens; Netanyahu’s top rival calls for early elections; and why we turn our clocks back

Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach, whose allegations resulted in the case being reopened, entered the witness box today

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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’

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