Our managing co-editor Kevin Brophy headed along to support Lisa Jacobson. ’The Sunlit Zone’ did not take out the main prize, but congratulations to the gracious winner Carrie Tiffany who selflessly shared some prize-money with the shortlist. Thanks also to the organizers of the Stella Prize, especially Megan Quinlan, for running such a tight ship.
CLICK HERE to read a Q&A that The Stella Prize conducted with Lisa, it gives you exclusive insight into her “writing place”.
Five Islands Press are proud to announce that is available in both hardcopy ($29.95 + $5 shipping)
and as an e-book ($11.29).
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1273665-the-sunlit-zone-availability
and to celebrate we have uploaded an online excerpt of The Sunlit Zone. Remember, it is available as an eBook if you wish to keep reading.
Judge’s comments can be read here: http://thestellaprize.com.au/2013/shortlist
You can view the long-list here and for those of you who haven’t read The Sunlit Zone yet, this introspective Cordite review by Jessica Wilkinson may be of interest to you.
Chair of the Stella Prize judging panel, Kerryn Goldsworthy, says:
Out of the almost 200 original entries, the judges have arrived at a varied and eclectic longlist that reflects the breadth of imagination, knowledge and skill in contemporary Australian women’s writing. The list includes a collection of short stories, a fantasy novel, a speculative-fiction verse novel, and three non-fiction books with very different subjects and styles. There are mixed-genre books involving biography, history, memoir and art; there are novels about real people, and nonfiction books using the beautiful writing techniques of fiction. There are stories from the past and from the future; stories of children at risk, of racial tension, of world travel, and of unimaginable danger and loss.
The judges will now decide on a shortlist that will be announced on Wednesday 20 March.
… will take place at Brunswick Street Bookstore on Monday the 17th of December, from 6pm.
Click here to read the review (15/10/12).
is available here via Rochford Street Review…
by Liam Davidson – published in the weekend Australian on the 22nd of September 2012.
To celebrate National Poetry Week go along to Collected Works VIC at 6pm tonight to launch Brook Emery‘s latest poetry collection, Collusion
— Australian Poetry(@AusPoetry) September 4, 2012