Stella Prize Longlist 2016
It was standing room only in the Spiegeltent tonight, at the launch of the Stella Sparks campaign and the announcement of the 2016 Stella Prize longlist. Seven wonderful Australian writers (of fiction and non-fiction, prose and songs) each spoke to the assembled literati about Australian women writers that have inspired, provoked and moved them. Carrie…
Stella Sparks – putting your money where your mouth is
I just donated $100 to the Stella Prize and it feels g-o-o-o-d. And if as if that wasn’t enough, the nice people at the Stella have thrown in some sweeteners. Thanks, Stellas! They’re going to send me two literary journals, in hard copy. That should up the IQ at my place. Apparently the journals will…
Popular history writing remains a male preserve, publishing study finds
Here is a fascinating, and depressing, article showing publishing’s overwhelming bias towards male historians and male historical subjects. Slate magazine studied 614 popular history titles published last year in the US and found a genre dominated by generals, presidents and male authors. Of those 614 titles, three-quarters were written by men. Of the published biographies,…
How to get your writing read by a publisher (or seven)
It’s really easy. All you have to do is spend 2-10 years writing, refining and rewriting your work. Then apply for a place in the ACT Writers Centre’s HARDCOPY Program for emerging writers. Then, if you are among the 30 or so people accepted, find the cash to pay for the course as well as…