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Pushback: Further Reading and Resources
Over the past four weeks, our Pushback blog series has been offering a space for alternative voices that reject bigotry, fear and Islamophobia in Australia. We’ve been proud to publish four pieces...
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Give the Gift of Stella
The holidays are well and truly upon us, and there’s no better way to spend the festive season than engrossed in a book. As you make your gift-buying decisions this year, consider the many wonderful...
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7/2/17: Stella Sparks Party and 2017 Stella Prize Longlist Announcement
Buy Tickets When: Tuesday 7 February 2017, 6.00pm–8.00pm Where: Giant Dwarf Theatre, 199 Cleveland St, Redfern NSW 2016 Cost: Tickets $30 / $25 concession. [FREE ENTRY FOR STELLA SPARK DONORS. Donate...
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25/2/17: Body Language @ Perth Writers Festival
The Perth Writers Festival is partnering with Stella Schools to present Body Language: Empowering women and young adults. Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Alison Whittaker and Holly Throsby each present a piece...
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23/2/17: Provocations: No One Way To Be Asian In Australia
What is the danger in presenting a single story of a culture or group of people? How can we push back against cultural stereotypes and generalisations of what it means to grow up Asian in Australia?...
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Now in its fifth year, the Stella Prize is an award associated with some of Australia’s best writers. Past winners include Carrie Tiffany and Charlotte Wood, and shortlists over the years have included...
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29/3/17: Five Years of the Stella Prize @ Avid Reader
Join us for a celebration of Australian women’s writing and the fifth year of the Stella Prize at Avid Reader Bookshop, with current and previous longlisted and shortlisted Stella Prize authors and...
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A Tribute to Georgia Blain and Between a Wolf and a Dog
Tegan Bennett Daylight Georgia Blain’s final novel, Between a Wolf and a Dog, was published in 2016 and is currently shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize. Sadly, Georgia passed away from a brain...
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I’m Not Like You
by Rachel Ang * * * Rachel Ang is an illustration and comics artist from Melbourne. Read more of her work at drawbyfour.com This post is a part of the Provocations series...
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The Stella Interview: Maxine Beneba Clarke on The Hate Race
Maxine Beneba Clarke is shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize for her memoir The Hate Race. Maxine is the first author to be shortlisted for the Stella Prize twice, after her short story collection,...
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For Her
by Sanna Wei She had always been there for me, and I for her. Even though we had been family forever – our parents so close we would accidentally call our respective aunts ‘Mum’ and uncles ‘Dad’ – we...
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The Stella Interview: Catherine de Saint Phalle on Poum and Alexandre
Catherine de Saint Phalle is shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize for her memoir of her parents, Poum and Alexandre. In this special Stella interview, Catherine discusses shifting from writing...
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The Stella Interview: Emily Maguire on An Isolated Incident
Emily Maguire is shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize for her novel An Isolated Incident. In this special Stella interview, Emily discusses the crime genre, the ways we deal with (and fail to deal...
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Good Asian / Bad Asian
By Shu-Ling Chua When I was a child, before I had to make any decisions about sex, being Asian felt simpler. It was Chinese films and pop music, Hello Kitty stationery from my aunt in Hong Kong, and...
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The Stella Interview: Heather Rose on The Museum of Modern Love
Heather Rose is shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize for her novel The Museum of Modern Love. In this special Stella interview, Heather discusses the murky line between fact and fiction, the power of...
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A Tribute to Cory Taylor and Dying: A Memoir
Kristina Olsson Cory Taylor’s Dying: A Memoir is shortlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize. It was written in the space of a few weeks before Cory’s death from cancer in July 2016. To honour her...
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Heather Rose’s Stella Prize acceptance speech
Thank you, dear colleagues in the world of words, writing and publishing, and all the guests here tonight to celebrate the remarkable Stella Prize. I first want to pay my deepest respects to my fellow...
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Write Up
In 2016, the Stella Schools Program launched Girls Write Up, an all-day festival for teens that teaches empowerment through writing and sharing stories; explores the relationship between language,...
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Read Up: Books to empower young people
Read Up is about reading towards empowerment. It is a resource for young people aged 15–24 to help guide their thinking about things that matter: sexuality, relationships, gender, minds and bodies,...
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8/2/18: Stella Sparks Party and 2018 Stella Prize Longlist Announcement
Buy Tickets When: Thursday 8 February 2018, 6.00pm–8.00pm Where: The Melba Spiegeltent, 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood Cost: Tickets $40 / $25 concession (drinks included). Join us for a gala...
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