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    April 2017

    The Stella Interview: Heather Rose on The Museum of Modern Love

    In this special Stella interview, Heather Rose discusses the murky line between fact and fiction, the power of art, and what it feels like when a character in your book gives you feedback.
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    April 2017

    The Stella Interview: Emily Maguire on An Isolated Incident

    In this special Stella interview Emily discusses the crime genre, the ways we deal with (and fail to deal with) violence against women, and her favourite Australian women writers.
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    March 2017

    The Stella Interview: Catherine de Saint Phalle on Poum and Alexandre

    In this special Stella interview Catherine discusses shifting from writing fiction to nonfiction, being mentored by books, and the differences (and similarities) between French and Australian literary culture.
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    March 2017

    The Stella Interview: Maxine Beneba Clarke on The Hate Race

    In this special Stella interview Maxine Beneba Clarke shares some thoughts about the process of memoir-writing, the pull of the poetic form, and what it’s really like to write while female.
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    July 2016

    Randa Abdel-Fattah discusses When Michael Met Mina

    Stella Schools Ambassador Randa Abdel-Fattah discusses her new YA novel, When Michael Met Mina.
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    May 2016

    The Stella Prize in 2016: Through Their Eyes

    Learn about the impact the Stella Prize has had across the literary community through the eyes of five individuals who have watched its progress.
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    May 2016

    Stella Schools Interview: Steph Bowe

    The Stella Prize chats to Schools Ambassador Steph Bowe, author of YA novels Girl Saves Boy and All This Could End.
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    May 2016

    Stella Schools Interview: Zoya Patel

    The Stella Prize chats with Schools Ambassador Zoya Patel, the founder/editor of online feminist journal Feminartsy, and the former Editor-In-Chief of Lip Magazine.
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    April 2016

    The Stella Interview: Fiona Wright

    In this special Stella interview, we spoke to Fiona Wright about writing fellowships, her favourite cafés and the people who inspire and influence her.
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    April 2016

    The Stella Interview: Charlotte Wood

    In this special Stella interview Charlotte Wood reflects on her writing process and the real life inspiration behind her book.

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    April 2016

    The Stella Interview: Mireille Juchau

    In this special Stella interview, we spoke to Mireille Juchau about her mentors, favourite authors and the spaces in which she works.
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    March 2016

    The Stella Interview: Elizabeth Harrower

    In this special Stella interview we spoke to Elizabeth Harrower about literary villains, reasons for writing and her trusty Olympia typewriter.