Cannon by Lee Lai, becomes first graphic novel to win Stellar Prize

In winning the 2026 Stellar Prize, Montréal, Canada, based Australian cartoonist Lee Lai becomes the first graphic novelist to claim the Australian literary award, with Cannon. Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was shortlisted for the 2022 award, which went on to be won by Evelyn Araluen, with her poetry collection Dropbear. Dropbear was the first work of poetry to take out the Stellar, and Araluen was in the running for the 2026 award, with The Rot, her follow up collection of […]

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The longlist for the 2026 Stella Prize literary award

Twelve titles have been included on the longlist for this year's Stella Prize, the Australian literary award recognising the work of women and non-binary writers. 58 Facets: On violence and the law, by Marika Sosnowski Ankami, by Debra Dank Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea, by Natalie Harkin Cannon, by Lee Lai Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family, by Micaela Sahhar Fireweather, by Miranda Darling I Am Nannertgarrook, by Tasma Walton KONTRA, by Eunice […]

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The Rot, by Evelyn Araluen, wins 2026 Victorian Prize for Literature

Naarm/Melbourne based Australian poet Evelyn Araluen has won both the Victorian Prize for Literature, and Prize for Indigenous Writing, in this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for her second collection of poetry, The Rot. Araluen won the Stella Prize, one of Australia's major literary awards in 2022, for her debut poetry collection, Dropbear. Her win in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards surely puts The Rot in good stead to be awarded the Stella Prize again this year. That […]

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