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“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.”
Here are the longlisted titles:
Floundering by Romy Ash (Text Publishing)
Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman (UQP)
The Burial by Courtney Collins (Allen & Unwin)
The People Smuggler: The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi, The 'Oskar Schindler Of Asia' by Robin de Crespigny (Penguin)
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (Allen & Unwin)
Sufficient Grace by Amy Espeseth (Scribe Publications)
The Sunlit Zone by Lisa Jacobson (5 Islands Press)
Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy (Scribe Publications)
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
The Mind of a Thief by Patti Miller (UQP)
An Opening: Twelve Love Stories about Art by Stephanie Radok (Wakefield Press)
Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany (Picador)
The judges will now decide on a shortlist that will be announced on Wednesday 20 March and the world’s first Stella Prize will be awarded in Melbourne on the evening of Tuesday 16 April.