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    December 2021

    Jess Hill on #MeToo in Australia

    We speak with 2020 Stella Prize-winning author Jess Hill about her new Quarterly Essay.
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    November 2021

    Bernadette Brennan on the ‘enigmatic’ Gillian Mears

    2018 Stella Prize-listed author, Bernadette Brennan, speaks about her new biography of the enigmatic Gillian Mears
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    August 2021

    Interview: Melissa Lucashenko – 2022 Stella Prize Judge (Chair)

    An interview with award-winning Bundjalung author and 2022 Stella Prize Chair of Judges, Melissa Lucashenko.
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    August 2021

    Interview: Cate Kennedy – 2022 Stella Prize Judge

    Get to know award-winning writer and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Cate Kennedy.
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    August 2021

    Interview: Sisonke Msimang – 2022 Stella Prize Judge

    An interview with author, curator and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Sisonke Msimang.
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    August 2021

    Interview: Oliver Reeson – 2022 Stella Prize Judge

    Meet essayist, screenwriter, and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Oliver Reeson.
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    August 2021

    Interview: Declan Fry – 2022 Stella Prize Judge

    An interview with writer, poet, essayist, and 2022 Stella Prize Judge, Declan Fry.
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    August 2021

    A Q&A with Melinda Harvey and Julieanne Lamond of the Stella Count

    The Stella Count is an annual statistical analysis of gender bias in the field of book reviewing in Australia. In this Q&A, we asked the Count’s principal researchers Melinda Harvey and Julieanne Lamond to share some insights from behind-the-scenes.
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    August 2021

    Carol Schwartz in conversation with Aviva Tuffield and Heather Rose

    Hear Stella Founder and Patron, Carol Schwartz, in conversation with Stella co-founder and publisher Aviva Tuffield and Stella Prize winning author Heather Rose about women’s voices in Australian literature.

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    August 2021

    Q&A with Stella’s Executive Director, Jaclyn Booton

    Get to know Stella’s Executive Director, Jaclyn Booton.
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    September 2020

    Interview: Meet the 2021 Stella Prize Judges

    The 2021 Stella Prize judges (Zoya Patel (Chair), Jane Harrison, Elizabeth McCarthy, Ian See and Tamara Zimet) tell us what they’ve been reading.
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    March 2020

    The Stella Interview: Charlotte Wood on The Weekend

    Charlotte Wood on The Weekend, shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.