The #2024stellaprize winner, Alexis Wright, will be in conversation with esteemed 2024 judge Cheryl Leavy this Saturday 11 May at Melbourne Writers Festival. Grab your ticket before it is too late. mwf.com.au/program/the-st…

'All these butterflies floated and spun into a silent screeching of hot air in this atmospheric flooding…' - Jenny Grigg on designing the cover of Praiseworthy

Waanyi woman, distinguished author, & Professor at Western Sydney University, Dr Alexis Wright FAHA was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The Uni of Queensland this afternoon. Prof Bronwyn Fredericks led the conferral ceremony with UQ’s Chancellor & VC at the State Library of Victoria.

Today in KYD, we have an extra special interview with Alexis Wright! Read about about her record-setting win of Stella, why she writes big books with big ideas and how her publisher Giramondo Publishing stopped her from putting down her pen for good.

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Congratulations to our Copyright Agency member Alexis Wright for winning the 2024 Stella Prize for her work 'Praiseworthy'!

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Missed the #2024stellaprize award ceremony last night? Watch the moment the 2024 Stella Prize judges reveal Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy as the winner of the Stella Prize: bit.ly/4bl32H5

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'Slow reading leaves space and time to do the deep, hard work of listening. Slow reading is a politics. Praiseworthy calls readers to take part.'
~ Theodora Galanis

Huge congrats to Alexis Wright Giramondo Publishing on winning Stella ✨👏🏽
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Congratulations to Alexis Wright on winning the 2024 Stella for Praiseworthy 🎉

Alexis joined us at Writers' Week earlier this year to speak about Praiseworthy with chair Nicholas Jose. You can listen to the session as a podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ujL7P…

‘The publishing world is a bit stuck. It needs to become more exciting…be more visionary and support writers to go on those journeys into new ways of writing and exploring, expressing what’s happening and bring the readership with them.’ — Alexis Wright
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Congratulations Alexis and Giramondo Publishing !

Is Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy (Giramondo Publishing) the great Australian novel? Beejay Silcox, chair of the Stella Prize judging panel that selected it as this year's winner, thinks it might be. ANU Media's Julieanne Lamond on the #2024stellaprize .
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Congratulations to Alexis Wright for winning Stella for her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (@GiramondoBooks). Congratulations for winning the prize for the second time!

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Congratulations to Alexis Wright, who has made history tonight in becoming the first author to win Stella for the second time with Praiseworthy!

‘A canon-crushing Australian novel for the ages.’ — #2024stellaprize judges

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Alexis Wright's acceptance speech, 'How do we survive an uncertain future? In Praiseworthy, I looked at the reality of our circumstances and what it would mean to face the challenge of living on a burning planet and carrying our culture and ancient wisdom into the future.'…

YEAH!!! Praiseworthy it is!
Congratulations to Alexis Wright!!!
Thank you judges!
Thank you to our partnering presses too, Giramondo Publishing & New Directions!
Also crossing our figures for Alexis for the two shortlists she's currently on, the James Tait Black and Dublin Literary Award!

We are pleased to announce Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy as the winner of the #2024stellaprize !

Beejay Silcox, the 2024 Stella Prize Chair of Judges, & fellow judges announces the winner of the #2024stellaprize :
Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy, published by @giramondoBooks #2024stellaprize

Stella's Executive Director and CEO Fiona Sweet gives an award to each of the shortlisted authors for the 2024 Stella Prize.
'To all the 2024 Stella Prize listed authors. Congratulations on this phenomenal achievement. Your books have touched lives, including mine, and will touch…