Ta da! The 2016 Stella Prize shortlist has been announced.
- Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight
- Hope Farm by Peggy Frew
- A Few Days in the Country: and other stories by Elizabeth Harrower
- The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
- The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
- Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger by Fiona Wright
So I picked four of the six. Not bad, right?
Today I buy the Frew, Harrower, Juchau and the Wright in preparation for the Stella Prize Shortlist Reading Group. I already have the Daylight and I’ve read the winner* Wood.
*you heard it here first.
I have not a single one of these. Think I’ll wait until the winner is announced and then decide if it’s for me.
I reckon The Natural Way of Things will win but time will tell! (Don’t think it’s actually available in the UK yet).
shall have to keep my eyes pealed then
I’ve heard a lot about ‘The Natural Way of Things,’ many of which have made me feel a bit scared of reading it … maybe I’ll try for something gentler from the list
Hope Farm sounds excellent, as does The Natural Way of Things (neither of which are available here, of course). Also, the proposed US cover of Wood’s novel is rather grisly, yours is much better (maybe I’ll change my opinion post-read).
Must admit that I’m a bit lukewarm about Hope Farm, only because I didn’t love her first book – hope this one changed my mind.
I’m always fascinated by the differences between book covers in different countries. The Australian cover for Wood’s book is spectacular – a bouquet of flowers, handcuffs and dead animals – so can’t wait to see what they do in the US.
Rusty chains. That’s it, just rusty chains.
That will be very fitting.
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