Australian Women Writers Challenge discussion

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.”
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.

I created a list of these on Listopia if anyone else wants to vote. I haven't read all of them but I have read a good few and am really enjoying them.

Do you have a link Alexandra?

Sure...https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_v...

Let's try that again.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/user_v...

Thanks:)