On Alexis Wright: Writers on Writers

by Geordie Williamson

Overview

An insightful exploration of one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, the award-winning Alexis Wright

'Do you have a heart? her books ask. Is it still beating? Do you want to live? If the answer is yes, she says, then you're with me. There is something exhilarating in the breadth of her church. For a congenital doomscroller with ancestor issues like myself, Wright opens a door to the potential for justice, comity and healing. It's one I walk through with gratitude and relief.'

Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2007 and 2024 and the Stella Prize in 2018 and 2024, Alexis Wright is the most eminent and influential Indigenous creative writer of recent times. In this eloquent essay, noted critic Geordie Williamson reflects with deep insight on Wright's powerful work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781743824191
Publisher:	Schwartz Books Pty. Ltd.
Publication date:	09/15/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	116
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Geordie Williamson is chief literary critic of The Australian newspaper and a publisher at large at Pan Macmillan. His essays and reviews have been widely published in newspapers and magazines here and in the UK. In 2011, he won the Pascall Prize for criticism, Australia's only major national prize awarded for critical writing. He published The Burning Library, a collection of essays on neglected Australian writers, in 2012. He lives in the Blue Mountains with his family.