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Announcements

Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 5: Sonya Hartnett’s Golden Boys

Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist on March 12, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today’s book is Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett.

Announcements

Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 4: Helen Garner’s This House of Grief

Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist on March 12, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today’s book is This House of Grief by Helen Garner.

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Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 3: Ceridwen Dovey’s Only the Animals

Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist on March 12, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today’s book is Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey.

Announcements

Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 2: Emily Bitto’s The Strays

Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist on March 12, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today’s book is The Strays by Emily Bitto.

Events

11/3/15: Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Lunch – Clare Wright

‘Knocking at the Door or Banging Loudly to Be Heard? A Short History of Women and Democracy in Australia’ Oration by Associate Professor Clare Wright

Announcements

Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day, Book 1: Maxine Beneba Clarke’s Foreign Soil

Each weekday between now and the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist on March 12, we’ll be turning the Stella spotlight on a different longlisted author and their book. Today’s book is Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke.

Events

2015 Stella Prize longlist readings

Watch and listen to video readings by 9 of the authors on the 2015 Stella Prize longlist.

Announcements

Announcing the 2015 Stella Prize longlist

The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the 2015 Stella Prize longlist.

Schools

The Stella Schools Program returns!

Stella returns to school this year, following the incredibly successful launch of the Stella Schools Program in Victoria in 2014.

Events

13/2/15: Stella at Digital Writers’ Festival – Reviewing Masterclass

The Stella Prize Reviewing Masterclass is an invaluable opportunity for emerging reviewers and books writers to hone their craft, under the guidance of two of Australia’s most respected literary critics.

Events

16/2/15: Stella at Digital Writers’ Festival – Presenting the Stella Prize Longlist

The 2015 Stella Prize Longlist will be announced on Thursday 12th February. Just a few days later, a selection of the longlisted authors will join the Digital Writers’ Festival to read from their remarkable books in this online event.

Events

21/2/15: Stella at Perth Writers Festival – Domestic Double Standards

How does a writer’s gender affect critical and popular responses to their work? Three of Australia’s boldest and most engaging authors discuss the ways we approach works by male and female writers at this Perth Writers Festival event.