Defying genres, Big Beautiful Female Theory by Eloise Grills is part graphic memoir, part essay collection, part poetry, part comic book. The theme that runs through the illustrations and text focuses on self-image and the female body and its depiction in art and popular culture. Continue reading
The 2023 Stella Prize longlist has been announced (and I picked two and one supplementary, my worst result yet!): Continue reading
Okay, it’s been a bit hasty and I accept that my predictions are usually the kiss of death, but… Continue reading
This is the list I’ll be making my 2023 Stella Prize longlist predictions from. Sing out if there are errors (for example the book was not actually published in 2022) or if there are books I’ve missed – my compilation of this list involves absolutely no quality control.
The longlist will be announced on March 2, 2023. Continue reading
The 2022 Stella Prize longlist has been announced (and I picked four, continuing my marginal record): Continue reading
Okay, it’s been a bit hasty and I accept that my predictions are usually the kiss of death, but… Continue reading
01. Two things have happened this week that felt ‘normal’ (dare I say it?). The first was sitting in a full theatre to see the musical production of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. It was terrific – the transitions between Alison as a child, young adult, and adult were so clever. And there was one song (the children’s advertisement for the family funeral home, complete with a Jackson Family beat) that had me crying tears of laughter. Continue reading
This is the list I’ll be making my 2022 Stella Prize longlist predictions from. Sing out if there are errors (for example the book was not actually published in 2021) or if there are books I’ve missed – my compilation of this list involves absolutely no quality control. Continue reading
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld is the winner of the 2021 Stella Prize.
Thoughts: well, that picnic scene is still running through my mind, almost a year after reading it… and a book focused on male violence and misogyny is certainly topical.
Congratulations to Evie Wyld and all the short and long-listed authors.