Kate Grenville on Stella

Here’s a paragraph from Kate Grenville’s recent blog post about Stella. You can read the rest of the post on her website.

‘I’m not supporting the Stella Prize out of self-interest – at my age, I may not have too many books ahead of me, and thanks to the Orange Prize I’ve had my moment in the sun. But for the sake of all those women writers who come after this generation, and all the women readers too, let’s get the heavy machinery out and start levelling that playing-field.’