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Liz Hobday

EXPLAINED: Author alexis wright wins stella prize for praiseworthy | Vintage Vibes

Alexis Wright's novel Praiseworthy has won the $60,000 Stella Prize for Australian women's writing. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)

It wouldn't do Australians any harm to give their brains a workout by reading big books, author Alexis Wright says.

"People are happy to go to the gym and have a good physical workout, it won't do any harm to have a good workout of your mind as well," she told AAP.

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