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Announcing the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize: Clare Wright for The...
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize is Clare Wright for The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka. The winner of the Stella Prize, the major new award for Australian women’s...
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The Stella Interview: Clare Wright
The Stella Prize chats with Clare Wright, author of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Stella: Who is your favourite woman? Clare: I try very hard not to play...
View Article2014 Stella Shortlist: in conversation [VIDEO]
The Stella Prize teamed up with the Digital Writers’ Festival to present four of this year’s six shortlisted authors – Fiona McFarlane (The Night Guest), Kristina Olsson (Boy, Lost), Alexis Wright (The...
View Article23/5/14: Stella @ SWF – Judging Women
Do we judge books by women differently? Do we even ask different things of the writers themselves? Join Man Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, writer and 2014 Stella Prize judge Tony Birch and the...
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The 2014 Stella Prize award night: speeches & pics
Annabel Crabb Annabel Crabb gave a fabulous keynote speech: In the last six months, I have slept with more than 160 women. It sounds exhausting, because it is. But I do...
View Article1/8/14: Stella @ Byron Bay Writers Festival
The Importance of Being Stella Stella Prize winners Clare Wright and Carrie Tiffany, plus 2014 Stella judge Tony Birch, in conversation with Stella’s Deputy Chair, Sophie Cunningham. When: 10.00 am...
View Article23/5/14: SWF Curiosity Lecture Series: Clare Wright – On Forgetting
2014 Stella Prize winner, Clare Wright, will deliver a lecture entitled On Forgetting at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival We commemorate Remembrance Day each year, bowing our heads to recall our...
View ArticleHelp Make Stella Forever
In just our second year, the Stella Prize has become a much-loved fixture on Australia’s literary landscape. Thank you for your role in this. Today, you’re part of a large and lively community of...
View ArticleA stellar result in our end-of-financial-year appeal
A very special thank you to those who gave so generously to Stella’s recent end-of-financial-year appeal. We’ve just received a final tally from GiveNow, the not-for-profit group who kindly manage our...
View ArticleStella @ MWF 2014
The Stella Prize is thrilled to be holding three events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival. On Wednesday 27 August, we’ll present an exciting preview of our soon-to-be-launched Stella Prize...
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10/9/14: Stella Goes to School – the launch of the Stella Prize Schools Program
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....
View Article6/9/14: Women and Prizes @ BWF
How should we value women’s writing? Is there a “feminine” subject matter? Clare Wright, winner of the 2014 Stella Prize, Sophie Cunningham, Stella co-founder, and Karen Joy Fowler, founder of the...
View Article31/8/14: LitHop @ MWF – Stella Prize Spelling Bee
LitHop at the Melbourne Writers Festival Explore Melbourne by foot and the 96 tram and celebrate Melbourne’s independent, emerging and fringe writers on this curated literary hop through the city....
View Article30/8/14: Stella Lecture @ MWF: Clare Wright On Forgetting
Clare Wright will deliver the 2014 Stella Lecture, On Forgetting, at the Melbourne Writers Festival This year’s Stella Prize winner, Clare Wright, reflects on the nature of historical memory: how we...
View Article27/8/14: Stella Prize Schools Program @ MWF – Girls’ Books / Boy’s Books
The Stella Prize Schools Program at Melbourne Writers Festival Girls’ Books / Boys’ Books Do you choose a book based on whether it’s a girls’ book or a boys’ book? Is there even such thing? What...
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Stella Schools Interview: Carrie Tiffany
The Stella Prize chats with Carrie Tiffany, Stella Prize-winning author of Mateship with Birds and a speaker with the new Stella Prize Schools Program Stella: What were your favourite books as a child?...
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2015 launch & judging panel + the latest Stella Count revealed
The 2015 Stella Prize is now open for entries! The $50,000 prize will be presented for the best work of literature, fiction or non-fiction, published in 2014 by an Australian woman. Entries are open...
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Stella Schools Interview: Cate Kennedy
The Stella Prize chats with Cate Kennedy, 2013 Stella Prize-shortlisted author of Like a House on Fire and a speaker with the new Stella Prize Schools Program Stella: What were your favourite books as...
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Stella Schools Interview: Louise Swinn
The Stella Prize chats with Louise Swinn, Chair of the Stella Prize Board, editorial director of Sleepers Publishing, and a speaker with the Stella Prize Schools Program Stella: What were your...
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Stella Schools Interview: Fiona Wood
The Stella Prize chats with Fiona Wood, author of Six Impossible Things and Wildlife and a speaker with the new Stella Prize Schools Program Stella: What were your favourite books as a child and a...
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