Interview: Anna Reynolds, Stella Ambassador
Stella spoke with the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Councillor Anna Reynolds, who has joined Stella as an ambassador. Anna began her career establishing a community legal centre in North Queensland and then...
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What are your favourite books about Tasmania?
To celebrate Stella Day Out and the designation of Hobart as a UNESCO City of Literature, award-winning authors Michelle Cahill, Amanda Lohrey, Heather Rose and Danielle Wood share with Stella their...
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Book of the month: The Hate Race
Maxine Beneba Clarke’s best-selling, award-winning memoir, The Hate Race, has been adapted to the stage. Prior to its premier in Melbourne, Stella spoke with the Carribbean-Australian writer about the...
View ArticleAre you Stella’s next Chair?
We are seeking applications for the role of Chair of the Board. Stella is a small non-for-profit cultural organisation that operates under the governance of a volunteer Management Committee (“The...
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Keren Murray to step down as Chair of Stella
After 7 years on the board, Keren Murray is stepping down from her role after this year’s winner announcement in May. The Stella team and Board thank Murray for her leadership, advocacy and vision for...
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Edwina Preston – Bad Art Mother
Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Bad Art Mother – Edwina PrestonFiction · Wakefield Press About the BookGood mothers are expected to be selfless. Artists are seen as selfish. So what does this...
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Eloise Grills – Big Beautiful Female Theory
Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Eloise Grills – Big Beautiful Female TheoryGraphic Memoir · Affirm Press About the Book Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, big beautiful female theory is a...
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Mandy Beaumont – The Furies
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize The Furies – Mandy BeaumontFiction · Hachette Australia About the BookCynthia was just about to turn sixteen when the unthinkable happened. Her mother was taken...
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Grace Chan – Every Version of You
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Every Version of You – Grace ChanFiction · Affirm Press About the BookGrace Chan is a speculative fiction writer and psychiatrist. Her writing explores brains,...
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Ngaire Jarro & Jackie Huggins – Jack of Hearts
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Jack of Hearts – Ngaire Jarro & Jackie HugginsNonfiction · Magabala Books About the BookJack of Hearts: QX11594 is a moving and unpretentious project by Dr...
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Decadence – Thuy On
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Decadence – Thuy OnPoetry · UWA Publishing About the Book“Funny, clever and keenly observed, Decadence is a profound musing on literature and language, that deftly...
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All That’s Left Unsaid – Tracey Lien
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize All that’s Left Unsaid – Tracey LienFiction · HQ Fiction/HarperCollins Publishers About the Book“Just let him go.” Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The...
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Iris – Fiona Kelly McGregor
Longlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize Iris – Fiona Kelly McGregorFiction · Pan Macmillan About the BookIn late 1932, Iris Webber arrives in Sydney looking for work but it’s the Great Depression and...
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Sarah Holland-Batt – The Jaguar
Winner of the 2023 Stella Prize The Jaguar – Sarah Holland BattPoetry · University of Queensland Press About the BookWith electrifying boldness, Sarah Holland-Batt confronts what it means to be mortal...
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Debra Dank – We Come with this Place
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Maggie MacKellar – Graft
Longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize Maggie MacKellar – GraftNonfiction · Penguin Random House About the BookA gorgeously written reflection, set in Tasmania, on motherhood, farming, nature and...
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What I learnt: Stephanie Bishop
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What I learnt Stephanie Bishop, author of the 2024 Stella Prize longlisted book The Anniversary, reflects on her writing process and what she calls following a...
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What I discovered about my writing: Sanya Rushdi
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What I discovered writing my latest book Sanya Rushdi reflects on the writing lessons learnt after publishing Hospital, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize....
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Things I can’t write without: Maggie MacKellar
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections Things I can’t write without We asked Maggie Mackellar, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, to give us a glimpse of her writing habits. These are the things...
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