Miles Franklin Award winner is Alexis Wright

Congratulations goes to Alexis Wright, this year's winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for her epic novel Carpentaria, set in the Gulf country. The judges described it as a "powerful novel, richly imagined and stylistically ambitious". Alexis said she was deeply honoured to win the prestigious prize now in its 50th year.

To read more from the judges go to the Miles Franklin Award website:

http://www.trust.com.au/Content.aspx?topicID=129

To see the ABC 7.30 Report's interviews with the Alexis Wright go to:

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/21/1958548.htm