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April 2015

3/5/15: 2015 Stella Prize Winner Emily Bitto at Clunes Booktown Festival

Following the announcement of the 2015 Stella Prize, the Wheeler Centre will present a special event at the Clunes Booktown Festival.

Events

April 2015

21/5/15: Stella at Sydney Writers’ Festival: Gender, Genre and Literary Prestige

Kate Grenville and Ceridwen Dovey join Aviva Tuffield and 2015 Stella Prize winner Emily Bitto to discuss the expectations that confront female writers of both fiction and non-fiction, and the role prizes can play in either reinforcing or helping break down gender and genre stereotypes.

Events

April 2015

24/5/15: Stella’s Book Club at Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival

Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival invite you to Stella’s Book Club and afternoon tea. Ticket price includes a copy of the winning book, The Strays, a glass of champagne or tea and coffee, and some tasty sweet treats.

Announcements

April 2015

Emily Bitto’s Stella Prize acceptance speech

Read the full transcript of Emily Bitto’s acceptance speech upon winning the 2015 Stella Prize.

Events

April 2015

5/6/15: Stella at the Emerging Writers’ Festival: #writingwhilefemale

The Stella Prize is delighted to be partnering with the Emerging Writers’ Festival for a full day of events dedicated to #writingwhilefemale and celebrating women in writing.

Announcements

April 2015

Announcing the winner of the 2015 Stella Prize: Emily Bitto for The Strays

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2015 Stella Prize is Emily Bitto for The Strays.

Interviews

April 2015

The Stella Interview: Ellen van Neerven

The Stella Prize chats with Ellen van Neerven, author of Heat and Light.

Events

April 2015

21/6/15: Stella at Women of the World festival: Glittering Prizes

Is there really a need for prizes which are exclusively for women? Hear from those who run these awards and those who have received them, including Stella Prize Executive Director Aviva Tuffield.

Events

April 2015

12/7/15: Emily Bitto at Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival

Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival is delighted to present the 2015 Stella Prize winner and Melbourne writer Emily Bitto in conversation about her remarkable debut novel The Strays.

Events

April 2015

13/7/15: Stella’s Work: Why Women’s Writing Matters

Does a writer’s gender impact on their writing and how does it affect responses to their work? Emily Bitto, winner of the 2015 Stella Prize for The Strays, along with shortlisted author Maxine Beneba Clarke (Foreign Soil), will discuss the ways we approach works by male and female writers with Veronica Sullivan, Stella Prize Manager.

Interviews

April 2015

The Stella Interview: Joan London

The Stella Prize chats with Joan London, author of The Golden Age.

Interviews

April 2015

The Stella Interview: Sofie Laguna

The Stella Prize chats with Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep.