ANZ LitLovers LitBlog

Announced tonight, the 2023 Stella Prize longlist is:

• The Furies by Mandy Beaumont (Hachette Australia)
• Every Version of You by Grace Chan (Affirm Press)
• We Come With This Place by Debra Dank (Echo Publishing)
• big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills (Affirm Press)
• The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt (University of Queensland Press)
• Hydra by Adriane Howell (Transit Lounge), see my review
• Jack of Hearts: QX11594 by Jackie Huggins & Ngaire Jarro (Magabala Books), see my review
• All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien (HQ Fiction/HarperCollins Publishers)
• Indelible City by Louisa Lim (Text Publishing)
• Iris by Fiona Kelly McGregor (Pan Macmillan Australia), see my review
• Decadence by Thuy On (UWA Publishing)
• Bad Art Mother by Edwina Preston (Wakefield Press), see my review

Congratulations to all the authors, editors and publishers!

Thanks to Terri King from Pitch Projects for sharing the news.