The Stella Prize Longlist 2019

February 9, 2019.Reading time 19 minutes.

Hello,

The Longlist for The Sella Prize was announced last night! And there are some amazing books listed.

For those of you who don’t know, The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing, and who are also champions of cultural change. Both fiction and non fiction books are eligible for entry. The prize is named after one of Australia’s most iconic writers, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin. She published her work under the name Miles Franklin. The first Stella award was given in 2013.

Stella Reads: An Uncertain Grace

April 17, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

AN UNCERTAIN GRACE

Author: Krissy Kneen

Publisher: Text Publishing

First Published: 31 August 2017

Rating: 5 stars

“I shellfish down into myself, now as I did them when I met her, curling up into the calcium carbonate whorls of me.”

Stella Reads: The Fish Girl

April 2, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

THE FISH GIRL

Author: Mirandi Riwoe

Publisher: Seizure

First Published: 24 August 2017

Rating: 4.5 stars

“In vain, her eyes search beyond the other houses and palm trees for a glimpse of the sea. She will run away. She will flee to the water’s edge and the Ocean Queen will tell her what to do”

Stella Prize 2018 Shortlist

March 8, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello and Happy International Women’s Day!

Today has been a very big day for literary prize. Today we see the announcement of The Women’s Prize longlist along with The Stella Prize shortlist.

Words of the Roses

Tag: The Stella Prize