Stella Count volunteer wanted
The Stella Prize is looking for a Melbourne-based volunteer to assist with the completion of the 2014 Stella Count, helping to compile data on gender representation in each of the major newspapers and...
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Featuring: Clare Wright, Emily Bitto, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, and Aviva Tuffield. Video produced by Connor Tomas O’Brien (http://connortomas.com) Music: ‘It’s A Strawberry Ice Cream...
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30/7/15: Emily Bitto in conversation with Melanie Joosten
The Stella Prize and CAE Book Groups present Emily Bitto in conversation with Melanie Joosten at Kew Library. Emily Bitto’s debut novel The Strays won the 2015 Stella Prize. Melanie Joosten is the...
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18/7/15: Stella @ New Voices Festival
As part of Eltham Bookshop’s 10th annual New Voices Festival, 2015 Stella Prize winner Emily Bitto (The Strays) and Stella shortlisted author Sofie Laguna (The Eye of the Sheep) will be in...
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The Stella Prize partners with Australian Writers’ Week in China
This month, 2014 Stella Prize winner Clare Wright is heading to China as part of a new collaboration between the Stella Prize and the Australian Writers’ Week in China program. Run by the Australian...
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Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 10: Alice Robinson’s Anchor Point
Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize shortlist on March 10, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today is day 10, and...
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Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 11: Charlotte Wood’s The Natural...
Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize shortlist on March 10, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today is day 11, and...
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The Victorian Government partners with the Stella Prize Schools Program
L to R: Veronica Sullivan, Manager of the Stella Prize; Aviva Tuffield, Executive Director of the Stella Prize; The Hon. Fiona Richardson MP, Victorian Minister for Women; Caroline Ryan, Chair of the...
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Five Years On
The Stella Prize grew out of an International Women’s Day panel held on 8 March 2011 at Readings bookstore in Carlton, in partnership with Kill Your Darlings journal. Five years on and the Stella...
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Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 12: Fiona Wright’s Small Acts of...
Each weekday between now and tomorrow’s announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize shortlist on March 10, we’ve been turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today is...
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Announcing the 2016 Stella Prize shortlist
The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the six extraordinary books on the 2016 Stella Prize shortlist. From more than 170 entries, this year’s Stella Prize judges – author and academic Brenda...
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The Stella Interview: Tegan Bennett Daylight
Tegan Bennett Daylight is the author of 2016 Stella Prize shortlisted book, Six Bedrooms. We caught up with Tegan to talk about her inspirations, writing process, and the significant mentors who have...
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The Stella Interview: Peggy Frew
Peggy Frew’s novel Hope Farm is shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. We asked Peggy a few questions about endings, inspiration and the writing process. Stella: Which writers have shaped your...
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The Stella Interview: Elizabeth Harrower
Elizabeth Harrower’s collection of short stories, A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories is shortlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. We spoke to Elizabeth about literary villains, reasons for...
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The Stella Interview: Mireille Juchau
Mireille Juchau is the author of 2016 Stella Prize shortlisted book, The World Without Us. We chatted to Mireille about her mentors, favourite authors and the spaces in which she works. Stella: Which...
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22/5/16: Back to the Future: Women Writers Then and Now @ SWF
How do the experiences of women writers today differ from those who came before? The Stella Prize presents a discussion celebrating the impact and legacy of women’s voices, and looks at the current...
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22/5/16: SWF in the Southern Highlands: Stella’s Book Club
This panel discussion explores the importance of the Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing and includes Stella Prize co-founder and Executive Director, Aviva Tuffield, and author, 2016 Stella...
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21/5/16: Into Stella: A Constellation of Writing by Australian Women [BOOKED...
The Stella Prize is only in its fourth year but it’s already impossible to imagine Australia’s literary landscape without it. The prize, named after My Brilliant Career author Stella Maria Sarah...
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The Stella Interview: Charlotte Wood
Charlotte Wood is the the author of 2016 Stella Prize shortlisted book, The Natural Way of Things. We chatted to Charlotte about the writing process and the real life inspiration behind her book....
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ACT Secondary Schools Writing Prize
On the 17th of March the Stella Schools Program launched at Noted Festival in the ACT and announced the fantastically talented Zoya Patel as our NSW ambassador. We celebrated the launch with a panel...
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