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’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailStella prize winner Alexis Wright has been nominated for the $60,000 award a second time, for her 700-page “canon-crushing” novel Praiseworthy.The Waanyi writer won the Stella prize, intended to reward the work of Australian women and non-binary authors, in 2018 for her biographical novel Tracker.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Judges have described the Waanyi writer’s fourth novel Praiseworthy as ‘a canon-crushing Australian novel for the ages’
Stella prize winner Alexis Wright has been nominated for the $60,000 award a second time, for her 700-page “canon-crushing” novel Praiseworthy.
The Waanyi writer won the Stella prize, intended to reward the work of Australian women and non-binary authors, in 2018 for her biographical novel Tracker.
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