Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. She is the first person to have won both the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella Prize.

Alexis’ fiction includes:
Tracker (2017), awarded the Stella Prize
The Swan Book (2013)
Carpentaria (2006), awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award
Plains of Primise (1997).

Wright is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Western Sydney University. She has published the non-fiction works Take Power, an oral history of the Central Land Council, and Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory. She is a member of the Australian Research Council research project ‘Other Worlds: Forms of World Literature’, where she is focusing on forms of Aboriginal oral storytelling.

Related episodes:
Other interviews with winners of the Miles Franklin Literary Award include Alec Patric, Sofie Laguna, and Alex Miller.

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The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript of Alexis’ interview is available at www.thegarretpodcast.com/alexis-wright.

<a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/alexis-wright">Alexis Wright</a> is a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria.&nbsp;She is the first person to have won both the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella Prize.
Alexis&rsquo; fiction includes:
<ul>
<li>Tracker (2017), awarded the Stella Prize</li>
<li>The Swan Book (2013)</li>
<li>Carpentaria (2006), awarded the Miles Franklin Literary Award</li>
<li>Plains of Primise (1997).</li>
</ul>
Wright is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Western Sydney University.&nbsp;She has published the non-fiction works&nbsp;Take Power, an oral history of the Central Land Council, and Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory.&nbsp;She is a member of the Australian Research Council research project &lsquo;Other Worlds: Forms of World Literature&rsquo;, where she is&nbsp;focusing on forms of Aboriginal oral storytelling.
Related episodes:
<ul>
<li>Other interviews with winners of the Miles Franklin Literary Award include <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/a-s-patric">Alec Patric</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/sofie-laguna">Sofie Laguna</a>,&nbsp;and <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/alex-miller">Alex Miller</a>.</li>
</ul>
About The Garret
The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript of Alexis&rsquo; interview is available at <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/alexis-wright">www.thegarretpodcast.com/alexis-wright</a>.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.

Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).

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The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on Instagram or Twitter.

You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.
Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).
The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garretpodcast/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/garretpodcast">Twitter</a>.
You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at <a href="https://astridedwards.com/" data-wpel-link="external">astridedwards.com</a>.

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