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Things I can’t write without: Katia Ariel
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections Two things I can’t write without Have you ever wondered what an author might need to write a book? We asked Katia Ariel, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize...
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What I learnt: Ali Cobby Eckermann
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What I learnt The 2024 Stella Prize longlisted author, Ali Cobby Eckermann, delivers a heartfelt response to the question “What did you discover when writing...
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Things I can’t write without: Hayley Singer
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections Things I cannot write without Hayley Singer, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize for the collection of essays Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead,...
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What I discovered about my writing: Katherine Brabon
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What Body Friend taught me about writing Katherine Brabon reflects on Body Friend, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, and what this, her third book, taught...
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The most important thing this book taught me: Alexis Wright
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The most important thing this book taught me: Laura Elizabeth Woollett
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What West Girls showed me about writing Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s latest book, West Girls, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, is the first work of fiction...
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The most important thing this book taught me: Emily O’Grady
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What this book showed me about my writing practice The first draft of Emily O’Grady’s novel Feast, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, took over two years to...
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The most important thing this book taught me: Kate Mildenhall
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections What this book showed me about my writing practice “A book will tell you how it wants to be written,” says Kate Mildenhall, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize...
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What is something unique or special you do when you are writing: Melissa...
2024 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections Something unique or special you do when you are writing Melissa Lucashenko, longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, for Edenglassie, talks about her writing and...
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2016 Past Judges
Brenda Walker (Chair) Brenda Walker is a novelist and Professor Emerita of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of the novels Crush, One More River,...
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2015 Past Judges
Kerryn Goldsworthy (chair) Kerryn Goldsworthy is a freelance writer and critic, and a former lecturer in literature at the University of Melbourne. She has been an editor of Australian Book Review and...
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2014 Past Judges
Kerryn Goldsworthy (chair) Kerryn Goldsworthy is a freelance writer and critic, and a former lecturer in literature at the University of Melbourne. She has been an editor of Australian Book Review and...
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Interview – Zoya Patel
Stella Schools Interview: Zoya Patel The Stella Prize chats with Schools Ambassador Zoya Patel, the founder/editor of online feminist journal Feminartsy, and the former Editor-in-Chief of Lip...
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Interview – Steph Bowe
Interview: Steph Bowe– Stella Schools The Stella Prize chats to Schools Ambassador Steph Bowe, author of YA novels, Girl Saves Boy and All This Could End. What were your favourite books as a child...
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Interview – Leanne Hall
Interview: Leanne Hall – Stella Schools The Stella Prize chats with Schools Ambassador Leanne Hall, the award-winning author of This is Shyness and Queen of the Night. What were your favourite books...
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Interview – Sarah Ayoub
Stella Schools Interview: Sarah Ayoub The Stella Prize speaks to Sarah Ayoub, a journalist, Stella Schools Program ambassador, and the author of Hate is Such a Strong Word. What were your favourite...
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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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Announcing the 2024 Stella Prize shortlist
Announcing the 2024 Stella Prize shortlist The six books that make up the 2024 Stella Prize shortlist are urgent, necessary and vital.These six outstanding books cover a broad range of subjects – from...
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