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5/5/16: Northcote Highschool’s Literary TalkFest
Northcote High School’s Literary TalkFest is back! Last year’s inaugural TalkFest, on the theme of Writing Women, was a sold out success. In 2016, a panel of Australia’s finest writers discuss the...
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The Stella Interview: Fiona Wright
Fiona Wright is the author of 2016 Stella Prize shortlisted book, Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger. We spoke to Fiona about writing fellowships, her favourite cafés and the people who...
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Announcing the winner of the 2016 Stella Prize: Charlotte Wood for The...
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2016 Stella Prize is Charlotte Wood for her novel The Natural Way of Things. The Stella Prize celebrates Australian women’s contribution to...
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Charlotte Wood’s Stella Prize acceptance speech
I am so honoured, and grateful beyond words, to receive the Stella Prize tonight. I would like first to thank my fellow writers on the shortlist tonight – Mireille, Elizabeth, Fiona, Peggy and my dear...
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2016 Stella Prize Award Night: Chair of Judges Brenda Walker announces the...
This year the Stella Prize had 173 entries: 173 books by women, who in the process of writing these books must have felt, to some degree or other, like Dorothy Hewett, who described herself in her...
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Clare Wright shares the story behind the Stella tradition of All That Swagger
At the 2016 Stella Prize Award Night, Charlotte Wood became the first winner to participate in a new Stella tradition. Clare Wright, 2014 winner of the Stella Prize, has donated a first edition of...
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Sex in YA
In her latest Stella Schools Blog guest post, writer and reviewer Danielle Binks discusses sex and taboos in YA. How far have we come since the release of Judy Blume’s Forever in 1975? Judy Blume’s...
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19/5/16: Women writing place @ Tarneit Public Library
Join Stella Schools Ambassadors Simmone Howell, Ellie Marney, Cate Kennedy and Stella Schools Program Coordinator, Bec Kavanagh, as they discuss writing place, through the lens of being a female...
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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 Magazine. Stella: Do you remember the...
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Stella Schools Interview: Steph Bowe
The Stella Prize chats to Schools Ambassador Steph Bowe, author of YA novels Girl Saves Boy and All This Could End. Stella: What were your favourite books as a child and a teenager? What...
View ArticleThe Stella Prize in 2016: Through Their Eyes [VIDEO]
Learn about the impact the Stella Prize has had across the literary community through the eyes of five individuals who have watched its progress: • Bookseller Di Johnston (Hill of Content) • Reader...
View ArticleWe’re hiring! The Stella Prize is seeking an Assistant Prize Manager
The Stella Prize is looking for a dynamic person to join our small team as Assistant Prize Manager. This is a pivotal role assisting in the management and administration of the Stella Prize;...
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What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?
In the lead-up to Girls Write Up, we asked some of our speakers to look back on their teenage years and share a piece of advice that they would give to their 16-year-old selves if they could. Their...
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13/8/16: The Stella Session @ Mudgee Readers’ Festival
Join 2016 Stella Prize winner Charlotte Wood, and shortlisted authors Fiona Wright and Ellen van Neerven at Mudgee Readers’ Festival as they talk to Stella Schools Ambassador Emily Maguire and Stella...
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The Natural Way of Things giveaway from Dendy Direct
Win a copy of Charlotte Wood’s 2016 Stella Prize-winning novel, The Natural Way of Things, and a $10 Dendy Direct gift card, thanks to Dendy Direct. Ever wondered what films your favourite authors...
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Randa Abdel-Fattah discusses When Michael Met Mina
Stella Schools Ambassador Randa Abdel-Fattah’s new YA novel, When Michael Met Mina, delves into the charged politics of refugee policy in Australia at a time when the treatment of refugees and asylum...
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27/8/16: Winning Women @ MWF
Stella is thrilled to be supporting the event Winning Women at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival. Baileys Prize Winner Eimear McBride (A Girl is a Half-formed Thing) and 2016 Stella Prize...
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Women’s Bodies in Speculative Fiction
For her fourth Stella Schools Blog guest post, writer and reviewer Danielle Binks speaks with YA authors about the representation of women characters in fantasy YA, and how they approach the issue in...
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2017 Stella Prize launch & judging panel + latest Stella Count revealed
The 2017 Stella Prize is now open for entries! The $50,000 Stella Prize will be presented for the best work of literature, fiction or nonfiction, published in 2016 by an Australian woman. Discounted...
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29/8/16: Stories for Everyone @ MWF Schools Program
Join Stella Schools Ambassadors Leanne Hall, Rebecca Lim and Stella Schools Program Manager Bec Kavanagh, as they discuss identity and representation, and why diversity is important in the stories we...
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