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Books & Poetry
Evelyn Araluen’s award-winning book Dropbear is a wild ride – a sizzling collection of poetry and prose that is both deeply funny and deadly serious.
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Books & Poetry
As conversations about literary representation evolve, so does the Stella Prize. Five of the 12 authors on the tenth Stella Prize longlist are Indigenous, one is non-binary, and genre – including poetry – is in the mix.
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The six books shortlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize include fiction and non-fiction titles exploring themes ranging from the lives of whales and the riddle of familial duty, to Australia’s racist colonial history and the devastating impact of sexual violence.
The shortlist for this year’s Stella Prize includes books about courage, strength, compassion and love – all of which we need now, more than ever.
Young people – how they think and feel, and how families, schools, clinics and courts fail them – are a recurring theme in the six surprising and daring books shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize, writes
Alexis Wright has won the 2018 Stella Prize with ‘Tracker: Stories of Tracker Tilmouth’ – a work she describes as her attempt to tell an ‘impossible story’ using the voices of many people to reflect on the life of a visionary figure in Aboriginal politics.
Tasmanian writer Heather Rose has won the 2017 Stella Prize for ‘The Museum of Modern Love’ – one of six remarkable shortlisted books that Camilla Nelson says engage the heart and brain.
