Stella is the major voice for gender equity and cultural change in Australian literature.

Founded in 2012, the organisation’s flagship program is the annual Stella Prize – a major literary award celebrating Australian women and non-binary writing.

Stella also delivers a suite of year-round initiatives which actively champion Australian women writers, tackle gender bias in the literary sector, and connect outstanding books with readers.

Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature.

We are so excited to be back in Hobart for our second Stella Day Out, featuring incredible authors Michelle de Kretser and Hayley Singer.

Session 1: Theory, Practice, and the Spaces They Meet
1pm - 2pm
Join 2025 Stella Prize winner Michelle de Kretser as she sits down to discuss her seventh novel Theory & Practice and how she blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction.
Moderated by Kate Kruimink.

Session 2: The Language of the Living
3pm - 4pm
How do we find words for the loss and transformation of the natural world in a time of climate crisis? 2024 Shortlisted author Hayley Singer explores this in conversation with Erin Hortle.