Ellena Savage reads from Blueberries
The boys with callow faces, were they business students? They longed to visit Australia. We swapped email addresses, just as I had swapped them, dropped them, in every city I stepped through. Did...
View ArticleNardi Simpson reads from Song of the Crocodile
PART I The sign the entrance of town is neither informative nor welcoming. To see it emerge, crystallise from the heat of the horizon, is to have travelled a measureless distance over infinite time....
View ArticleElizabeth Tan reads from Smart Ovens for Lonely People
A Girl Is Sitting On A Unicorn In The Middle Of A Shopping Centre It’s Monday and Myer is having the greatest stocktake sale of all time, and there’s a giant backlit poster of Miranda Kerr smiling...
View ArticleJessie Tu reads from A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
1 The ceremony lasts longer than anyone expected. We are gathered at the last minute to provide the music. The wife of the dead man had insisted on having the funeral at noon. Dragged from our...
View ArticleEvie Wyld reads from The Bass Rock
1 I was six and just the two of us, my mother and I, took Booey for a walk along the beach where she and Dad grew up, the shore a mix of black rock and pale cold sand. It was always cold – even in...
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Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize longlist
The 2021 Stella Prize is now in full swing! The longlist was announced on Thursday evening in a special event online, featuring Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton, in conversation with Chair...
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Catch up on the 2021 Stella Prize Longlist Broadcast
Missed the 2021 Stella Prize longlist broadcast? Tune in below to learn more about each of the twelve longlisted titles. Hosted by Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton, in conversation with...
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Join us for the 2021 Stella Prize Award Night
Join us for a very special online event as we announce the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize. Book Now To mark the occasion, much-loved screen and stage icon Noni Hazlehurst AM will host an evening of...
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Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize Shortlist
Stella’s judges — Zoya Patel (Chair), Jane Harrison, Elizabeth McCarthy, Ian See and Tamara Zimet — have selected six exceptional books for the 2021 Stella Prize shortlist. Spanning fiction and...
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Announcing the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize
Stella is delighted to announce Evie Wyld’s gothic tale of toxic masculinity, The Bass Rock, as the 2021 Stella Prize winner. The $50,000 Prize, sponsored by the Wilson Foundation, was awarded tonight...
View ArticleEvie Wyld’s 2021 Stella Prize acceptance speech
I would be grateful for this award in any context. To be in the company of writers as talented as the shortlist, and the longlist, has been a massive privilege and there is a huge amount to be learnt...
View ArticleMirandi Riwoe reads from Stone Sky Gold Mountain
1 Ying dreams of her little brother, Lai Cheng. His dark hair shorn so close to his skull it is merely a field of prickles across his head. Up close, his scalp gleams through, the colour of a boiled...
View ArticleEllena Savage reads from Blueberries
The boys with callow faces, were they business students? They longed to visit Australia. We swapped email addresses, just as I had swapped them, dropped them, in every city I stepped through. Did...
View ArticleNardi Simpson reads from Song of the Crocodile
PART I The sign the entrance of town is neither informative nor welcoming. To see it emerge, crystallise from the heat of the horizon, is to have travelled a measureless distance over infinite time....
View ArticleElizabeth Tan reads from Smart Ovens for Lonely People
A Girl Is Sitting On A Unicorn In The Middle Of A Shopping Centre It’s Monday and Myer is having the greatest stocktake sale of all time, and there’s a giant backlit poster of Miranda Kerr smiling...
View ArticleJessie Tu reads from A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing
1 The ceremony lasts longer than anyone expected. We are gathered at the last minute to provide the music. The wife of the dead man had insisted on having the funeral at noon. Dragged from our...
View ArticleEvie Wyld reads from The Bass Rock
1 I was six and just the two of us, my mother and I, took Booey for a walk along the beach where she and Dad grew up, the shore a mix of black rock and pale cold sand. It was always cold – even in...
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Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize Longlist
The 2021 Stella Prize is now in full swing! The longlist was announced on Thursday evening in a special event online, featuring Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton, in conversation with Chair...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catch up on the 2021 Stella Prize Longlist broadcast
Missed the 2021 Stella Prize longlist broadcast? Tune in below to learn more about each of the twelve longlisted titles. Hosted by Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton, in conversation with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Join us for the 2021 Stella Prize Award Night
Join us for a very special online event, on Thursday 22 April from 7pm AEST, as we announce the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize. Book Now To mark the occasion, much-loved screen and stage icon Noni...
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