In previous years, I’ve posted a list of all the books that I’m aware of that are eligible for the Stella Prize. And then followed it up with a post of my predictions. Unfortunately, I’m seriously pressed for time at the moment and none of that happened.
Here’s the official longlist, announced this afternoon –
Translations by Jumaana Andu (fiction)
Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali (poetry)
The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (fiction)
Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe (non-fiction)
Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser (fiction)
A Language of Limbs by Dylin Hardcastle (fiction)
Rapture by Emily Macguire (fiction)
Black Witness by Amy McQuire (non-fiction)
Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi (non-fiction)
The Thinning by Inga Simpson (fiction)
Always Will Be by Mykaela Saunders (fiction)
Peripathetic by Cher Tan (non-fiction)
I’ve read two (de Kretser and Cheng), and have a couple more in the reading stack (Abdu, Macguire, Hardcastle, and Simpson).
The shortlist will be announced on April 8 and the winner on May 23.