#1.9 Stella Prize 2024 Shortlist, Part 2

Hello friends! Sarah is joined by delightful friend-of-the-podcast Belle today for a discussion about the second half of the Stella Prize 2024 shortlist. They discuss their feelings about Abandon Every Hope, Praiseworthy, and Feast, as well as some recent reads. 

Stella prize
Why did Belle do an Acknowledgement of Country?
Review of Abandon Every Hope
Review of Praiseworthy in The Guardian 


Books mentioned

• Abandon Every Hope: Essays for the Dead by Hayley Singer
• Feast by Emily O'Grady
• Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright  
• I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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