This very special free event for teachers, librarians, educators and students will feature acclaimed Australian writers Carrie Tiffany, Cate Kennedy and Tony Birch in conversation with Bec Kavanagh.
When: Wednesday 10 September, 4.30–5.30 pm
Where: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
RSVP (for individuals or school groups): info@thestellaprize.com.au
About the Stella Prize Schools Program
Nearly 70% of Victoria’s Year 12 English texts are by male authors. And Australian women writers are still underrepresented in the review pages and as literary prize winners. How will the next generation of women see writing as a career that’s equally for them when male writers are the status quo? And what about the next generation of readers?
To change this culture and inspire students – girls and boys alike – the Stella Prize has developed its own schools program.
This exciting new program for girls and boys Years 7–12 offers:
- school visits by notable Australian writers, educators and publishers
- hands-on writing workshops
- teaching notes on all Stella Prize shortlisted books (for Years 10–12)
- resources for all secondary-school levels
- PD for teachers and librarians
Let your students be inspired by Australian women’s writing, and help them to build their own brilliant careers.
Find more information on the Stella Prize Schools Program here
The Stella Prize Schools Program launch speakers
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CARRIE TIFFANY won the inaugural Stella Prize for her second novel, Mateship with Birds. Her first novel, Everyman’s Rules for Scientific Living, was shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Orange Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and won the 2006 Dobbie Award and WA Premier’s Award for Fiction. Carrie spent her early twenties working as a park ranger in the Red Centre and now lives in Melbourne, where she works as an agricultural journalist and creative-writing teacher.
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CATE KENNEDY is a prizewinning author of two short-story collections, Dark Roots and Like a House on Fire, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Stella Prize. She is also the author of a novel, The World Beneath; a travel memoir, Sing, and Don’t Cry; and the poetry collections Joyflight, Signs of Other Fires and The Taste of River Water, which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry in 2011.
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TONY BIRCH was a judge of the 2014 Stella Prize. He is the author of Shadowboxing, Father’s Day and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His latest collection of short stories is The Promise. Tony teaches writing at the University of Melbourne.
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BEC KAVANAGH is a writer, reviewer and educator. A YA specialist, she was the founder of A Thousand Words Festival, which celebrated young adult fiction. Bec is the Education Resources Development Officer for Stella Prize Schools Program.
The Victorian pilot of the Stella Prize Schools Program is proudly supported by the Readings Foundation and AndyInc Foundation.
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