The Stella Prize 2021 shortlist spotlights the best books by Australian women and non-binary writers
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The Stella Prize prize emerged from discussions around gender disparity in the Australian literary landscape.
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The shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize brings together key strands of angst and anxiety from the past 12 months pandemics, sexual violence and misogyny, race, the environment.
Two of the books deal with the scourge of sexual violence against women in very different ways: Louise Milligan s Witness is a journalistic survey of sexual assault trials, while Evie Wyld s novel The Bass Rock imagines the lives of women in different eras who are each affected by sexual violence.
The Stella Prize 2021 shortlist spotlights the best books by Australian women and non-binary writers
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The best books of 2020 for your summer reading list
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2020 has been a big year for parks, picnics and reading.
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Was there a year in recent years where we needed books more? Of the many, many our book experts read this year, these are the ones that have lasted the distance; made indelible impressions; surprised and delighted. Enjoy them outdoors if you possibly can.
Amnesty by Aravind Adiga
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Over 24 hours we follow Sri Lankan-born Danny as he traverses the inner suburbs of Sydney as an astronaut but not one bound for the heavens through human ingenuity. He s an underpaid, illegal house-cleaner with the silver canister of a portable vacuum cleaner strapped to his back. In a plastic bag, he carries his food for the day: Black & Gold $2.25-for-ten cheese slices and a 60 cent bread roll . He s part of an underclass that s invisible if you choose not to see it.