If the 2022 Stella prize shortlist showcased the rise of Australian poetry, this year’s shortlist is a story about the publishers – with all six titles chosen by the judges coming from small and independent publishers.
Announced on Thursday morning, the shortlist includes Gudanji/Wakaja writer and educator Debra Dank’s memoir-of-sorts We Come With This Place, out through Echo Publishing; big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills, a book of essays and illustrations from Affirm Press; Sarah Holland-Batt’s poetry collection The Jaguar, from UQP; and Adriane Howell’s novel Hydra, from Transit Lounge.
