The Stella Prize 2020 shortlist is your shortcut to some of the year's best books by Australian women
ABCWriting by Australian women has found a champion in The Stella Prize, which has been spotlighting not just our local heroes but our emerging stars since 2013. The $50,000 prize, awarded annually to a work of fiction or nonfiction, has so far been awarded to Alexis Wright for her collective memoir of Leigh Bruce "Tracker" Tilmouth, Charlotte Wood's dystopian novel The Natural Way of Things, and first-time author Vicki Laveau-Harvie for her memoir of family dysfunction, The Erratics — among others. This year's field of short-listed works features three novels, a collection of short stories, a memoir, and a journalist's deep dive into domestic abuse. Favel Parrett's third novel is best described as an ode to grandmothers; in this book, "old women carry the world". The story is based on the life of Parrett's grandmother, who came to Australia as an immigrant from the former Czechoslovakia, leaving behind her family — including her beloved sister.
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