Books The six books shortlisted for the 2022 Stella Prize This year’s Stella Prize shortlist consists of six experimental, genre-bending titles that confront issues of justice and truth-telling.
Screen Latest generation of animated heroines gives us hope for a better world for our daughters Recent Pixar / Disney releases show better heroines for the next generation of girls, and it’s about time, don’t you think?
Books ‘We’ve Got This’: The first major anthology by parents with disabilities In We’ve Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill discuss the highs and lows of their parenting journeys and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people’s attitudes.
Books 2022 Stella long-list announced, first time poetry collections are included The 2022 Stella long-list has been announced, and for the first time ever, poetry collections are included in the prize.
Books Quit toxic companies and grow your wealth: Nicole Haddow’s ethical guide to investing Nicole Haddow penned everything she learned about using your money for good in The Ethical Investor, a practical guide.
News & Views Vale bell hooks: A revolutionary author, activist and feminist One of the twentieth century’s greatest cultural critics, author and activist bell hooks, has died aged 69.
News & Views Amanda Lohrey wins $80,000 Prime Minister’s Literary for The Labyrinth Tasmanian novelist Amanda Lohrey’s The Labyrinth, has taken out 2021 Prime Minister’s Literary for Fiction.
News & Views ‘Interview with the Vampire’ author Anne Rice dies at 80 “Interview with the Vampire” author, Anne Rice, died at the age of 80 on Saturday night surrounded by her family.
News & Views Jess Hill: ‘How #MeToo made men sit up and take notice’ Unlike other movements focused on raising the consciousness of women, #MeToo took it a step further: it made men sit up and take notice.
Books Sydney philanthropist Paula McLean donates $1 million to Stella Prize Paula McLean, a Sydney philanthropist and a previous Deputy Chair of the Stella prize, has donated $1 million to the Stella Prize.
News & Views How Leigh Sales & Annabel Crabb created one of the kindest places on the internet Journalists Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb share insights into their friendship and podcast community on this week’s The Leadership Lessons.
News & Views ‘Diverse storytelling builds confidence’: YWCA Australia kicks off Feminist Book Week YWCA Australia has just kicked off Feminist Book Week this week, celebrating feminist authors and aiming to nurture young and diverse voices