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Alexis Wright

Alexis Wright
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Alexis Wright

Alexis Wright is one of Australia's finest writers, a member of the Waanyi nation of the southern highlands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Her books inlcude Grog War, a study of alcohol abuse in the outback town of Tennant Creek, and the novel Plains of Promise, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize, the Age Book of the Year Award and the NSW Premier's Award for Fiction, and translated into French as Les Plaines de l'espoir.

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Carpentaria will be released on May 18, 2010 in Trade Paperback
May 18, 2010
Carpentaria is now available in Trade Paperback
May 18, 2010
Carpentaria is now available in Hardcover
Apr 07, 2009
Carpentaria will be released on April 07, 2009 in Hardcover
Apr 07, 2009
Carpentaria is now available in Hardcover
Apr 07, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Carpentaria
Mar 01, 2009
Carpentaria will be released on April 07, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008

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Arts Hub, May 7, 2013
...Nations Australian Writers Network National coordinator, Cathy Craigie. ‘Two Aboriginal authors have won the Miles Franklin Award – Alexis Wright with Carpentaria in 2007 and Kim Scott with The Deadman Dance in 2011. Herb Wharton was awarded the 2012...
Women's Agenda, May 3, 2013
...fifth women to win the award since 2000. Other winners have included Kim Scott, Thea Astley, Tim Winton, Alexis Wright, Peter Carey and Shirley Hazzard. Only ten women have won the award in 65 years, with Jessica Anderson winning twice and Thea Astley...
Melbourne Age, April 16, 2013
...Tiffany was considering the books sitting on her desk the other day, works by Christina Stead, Shirley Hazzard, Alexis Wright, Helen Garner and other female Australian writers. And it struck her that without the sentences they had created she would have...
Portsmouth Herald, March 31, 2013
...Jury sees sex video, man paying Alexis Wright $250 - 2/28/2013 By David L. Ulin Los Angeles Times (MCT) March 31, 2013 2:00 AM A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki Viking (422 pages, $28...
Waterville Morning Sentinel, March 29, 2013
...PORTLAND — The latest chapter in the internationally known Kennebunk prostitution case came to a close Friday as Alexis Wright pleaded guilty to 20 misdemeanors in an agreement with prosecutors, avoiding a trial. click image to enlarge Alexis...
Hampton Union, March 21, 2013
...Kennebunk man wins $1 million in Maine Lottery game - 3/20/2013 Alexis Wright to resume prostitution plea deal talks - 3/20/2013 Police seek suspect who stole diamond ring at Fox Run Mall - 3/20/2013 Medical marijuana bill passed by N.H. House...
Portsmouth Herald, March 7, 2013
...Jury sees sex video, man paying Alexis Wright $250 - 2/28/2013 'Annie' to be the Prescott Park summer musical - 3/6/2013 Man charged with Grinch-like Christmas crime in Rye - 3/6/2013 Snowstorm heading toward Seacoast - 3/6/2013...
KRDO.com, June 1, 2013
...fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine. Related Content In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors dropped more than...
WCTI12.com, June 1, 2013
...of her fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine. In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors dropped more than 80 other...
WGAL Channel, June 1, 2013
...crackdown sparks anti-government... 9min 4 firefighters killed in Houston blaze 2hr In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors...
KESQ, June 1, 2013
...of her fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine. In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors dropped more than 80 other...
KSAT 12, June 1, 2013
...of her fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine. In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors dropped more than 80 other...
KTXS-TV, June 1, 2013
...of her fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine. In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors dropped more than 80 other...
KCCI, June 1, 2013
...crackdown sparks anti-government... 7min 4 firefighters killed in Houston blaze 2hr In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay over $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum. Prosecutors...