women in literature

This year’s Booker Prize shortlist authors saw more writers named Paul than writers who are women. 

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards awarded six female authors prizes, spanning across a range of categories including Indigenous Writers’ Prize.

Australian novelist Evie Wyld has won this the 2021 Stella Prize with her third gothic novel, The Bass Rock.

H. Hayek’s new book “Huda and Me”, follows two Lebanese-Australian kids who decide to escape their babysitter by running away to Lebanon

Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for her novel The Yield, taking out the $80,000 fiction category.

Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel The Yield, a story of violence and resistance.

The results of the 2018 Stella Count are in and it looks like counting has worked its magic. The Count is now running 50/50.

Despite a rise in feminist-themed books for children, picture books remain highly gendered overall, writes Sarah Mokrzycki.

Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for her sharp, darkly funny memoir The Erratics.

Catherine Moolenschot had her first book published at age 13, she became a TEDx speaker at only 17 and now, in her mid-twenties, she mentors CEOs.

The Stella Prize, a major literary award celebrating women’s fiction and non-fiction writing in Australia has announced its longlist for 2019.

So Here I am by Anna Russell is a collection of powerful speeches by women in their own words.