Alexis Wright has been announced as the winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Award, for her novel Carpentaria.
I actually put this decision down to me. It's the only one of the four shortlisted novels I haven't either read or started. In 2006, Roger McDonald's novel was the only one I hadn't got to. In 2005, I read all the shortlisted works and picked the winner, so I see a pattern here, even if no-one else does.
But anyway, from all reports Wright is a worthy winner. The shortlisted novels were:
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones
Careless by Deborah Robertson
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
