Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan is proof of Australia's creative talent

By Chris Wallace
Updated October 20 2014 - 9:13pm, first published 8:46pm

Richard Flanagan's Man Booker Prize win for The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a matter of pride for all thinking Australians. It's down to his prodigious talent, of course, but also to a country which, while some pretend it's all and only about mining and sport, has nurtured some great creative talents.

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