The Final Draft Great Conversations podcast is all about books, writing and literary culture. We're dedicated to exploring Australian writing, looking into the issues that drive our storytelling to discover more from the books you love.These are the stories that make us who we are.The Stella Prize is now in its tenth year, beginning when a group of women in Australian publishing banded together to address the huge and unacknowledged disparity in the ways women's writing was represented in Australia.Jaclyn Booton is the Executive Director of The Stella Prize and she joins Andrew to talk about the work of The Stella Prize, the recent achievements of the Stella Count and the 2022 Shortlist announcement.In alphabetical order by author surname, the 2022 Stella Prize shortlist is: TAKE CAREby Eunice Andrada (Giramondo Publishing) * Dropbearby Evelyn Araluen (University of Queensland Press) * No Documentby Anwen Crawford (Giramondo Publishing) * Bodies of Lightby Jennifer Down (Text Publishing) * Stone Fruitby Lee Lai (Fantagraphics) * Homecoming*by Elfie Shiosaki (Magabala Books)

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