I’m thrilled to pass on the news that The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld is this year’s Stella Prize winner! If you need a reminder on why I love this novel so much, read my review here.
The Bass Rock is published by Penguin Random House Australia.
#2021StellaPrize Winner: The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
Theresa Smith Writes 
What fantastic news! Thrilled to see this. I share your love of this novel! So very well deserved, Evie Wyld! xx
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She is such a talent!
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Congratulations to the winner! Not the book I chose but a good choice.
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What was your choice?
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The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay, not to everyone’s taste.
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I thought that might have been your pick. Very clever concept!
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You were right! The style goes way beyond quirky 🙂
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And that made it such a worthy consideration.
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Will be interesting to see what both authors write next…
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This whole shortlist was pretty good. I’d also read Fathoms and Stone Sky Gold Mountain, both excellent books.
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Thanks for the reminder re Fathoms, I must bump it up my reading list.
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It’s so good. I’m not a huge reader of non fiction but I loved this one.
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Actually you may have just suggested a good pick for my book club 🙂
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Excellent!
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Thought you’d be happy with this result, even though the picnic scene will continue to haunt us!
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It’s never going to go away. I can still picture it so vividly!
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Thrilled for Evie, and loved her speech(es) for the ceremony!
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Hit “post” too quickly, whoops 😅 Meant to add: did you see that she’ll be in conversation with Bri Lee at the Sydney Writers Festival? I hope it will be streamed or added to the podcast feed quickly, what an amazing match they’ll make in conversation!
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Agree, her speeches were both excellent. I didn’t know that, about the Sydney session. An interesting combo, having them together. I’d love to watch/listen.
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