Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party! Join us on Thursday 6 February at 6...
Mark your calendars! The 2020 Stella Prize Longlist Party will be held at the beautiful Melba Spiegeltent in Melbourne on...
"I really do believe that it is through literature that our vision is enlarged and our circle of empathy is expanded."
"The winning book elegantly tramples all over the Stella requirements: it is excellent, engaging and original in spades."
"This prize rewards women who write truth – historical, political, and the truth of the heart and the soul: the truth of individuals, of each of us, and the truth of the world we live in."
Maria Tumarkin is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for Axiomatic. In this special Stella interview, Maria discusses the necessity of...
Melissa Lucashenko is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Too Much Lip. In this special Stella interview, Melissa...
Vicki Laveau-Harvie is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her memoir The Erratics. In this special Stella interview, Vicki discusses...
Jamie Marina Lau (劉劍冰) is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Pink Mountain on Locust Island. In...
Enza Gandolfo is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel The Bridge. In this special Stella interview, Enza...
Jenny Ackland is shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize for her novel Little Gods. In this special Stella interview, Jenny...
As we get closer to the end of the year, Mirandi Riwoe is here with some Stella Stocking Stuffer ideas...
Today our Stella Stocking Stuffer is thanks to Michelle Law. If you need more gift-giving inspiration, this is sure to...
Join us for a celebration of women’s writing, as we reflect on the stories and women that inspire and shape our world and announce the longlist of the 2019 Stella Prize.
Our first Stella Stocking Stuffer is from Louise Swinn, Chair of Judges in the 2019 Stella Prize and co-founder of Stella....
It’s been a big year here at Stella. This year, we’ve worked with over 600 teens in four states across Australia through Girls Write Up in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Wodonga.
What happens when a group of avid readers come together to share their views about fabulous books? The Stella Book...
A note from Stella's new Executive Director, Michelle Scott Tucker.
The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director, Michelle Scott Tucker.
With the sixth annual Stella Count released, author Susan Johnson examines why gender bias in book reviewing matters, and how the Stella Prize and its offshoot the Stella Count have changed Australia’s literary landscape.
In the lead-up to Girls Write Up Melbourne, we asked some of the festival artists to tell us what advice they would give to their teenage selves.
Join 2018 Stella Prize winner Alexis Wright and writer and researcher Evelyn Araluen for a special conversation about the process of recording and crafting history that is both intimate and national.
Join 2014 Stella Prize-winner Clare Wright for Northcote High School's Talkfest with Helen Garner, Andy Griffiths, Sofie Laguna and Jock Serong.
In the lead-up to Girls Write Up Brisbane, we asked some of the festival artists to tell us what advice they would give to their teenage selves.
Join Alexis Wright, Claire G. Coleman and Shokoofeh Azar at Eltham Library to celebrate their powerful books and the 2018 Stella Prize.
Read the full speech given by Chair of Judges Fiona Stager at 2018 Stella Prize Award Night, announcing the winner.
Read the full transcript of Alexis Wright's beautiful acceptance speech upon winning the 2018 Stella Prize.
Alexis Wright is shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize for Tracker, the collective memoir of Aboriginal leader and visionary Tracker Tilmouth. In this special Stella interview, Alexis shares insights into how the book came about, the importance of Tracker Tilmouth’s legacy and what she’s working on next.
Join us at Readings Hawthorn to hear from Shokoofeh Azar, author of The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize.
Mirandi Riwoe is shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize. In this special Stella interview, Mirandi shares her favourite contemporary Australian female writers, and the background to – and inspiration for – her novella, The Fish Girl.