Tag Archives: Women Authors
The Stella Prize shortlist for 2016
Hard on the heels of the announcement of the 20 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize longlisted titles comes the Stella Prize shortlist for 2016. Only in its 4th year, the Stella Prize is, like the Bailey’s prize, for women authors. From an enormous … Continue reading
The 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
Appropriately for International Women’s Day, the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has been announced. The longlisted books are: 2016 Chair of Judges Margaret Mountford said of this year’s longlist: “We had a hugely enjoyable and stimulating meeting, as there … Continue reading
Stella Prize Longlist Book of the Day
Here is a message from the Stella Prize people: Since the announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize longlist on 9 February, we’ve had a huge response from readers who are loving the 12 books in contention for the prize. To celebrate, … Continue reading
The 2014 Stella Prize shortlist
The judges of the Stella Prize (Kerryn Goldsworthy (chair); Annabel Crabb; Brenda Walker; Fiona Stager; and Tony Birch) have issued their shortlist of six titles. Awarded to celebrate Australian women’s writing, the shortlist for this year includes : Burial Rites by Hannah Kent – a novel … Continue reading
The 2014 Stella Prize Longlist
Only in its second year, The Stella Prize is a major literary award, named after Stella Maria ‘Miles’ Franklin and is awarded to celebrate Australian women’s writing. (It is not to be confused with the Miles Franklin Literary Award for Australian … Continue reading
Women’s Prize for Fiction
From the twenty books on the Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist blogged about earlier this week, a shortlist of six has been announced at the London Book Fair on Tuesday night London time. And the shortlist includes : Life After … Continue reading