The 2015 Stella Prize shortlist

Following on from the longlist announced last month, here are the six brilliant books shortlisted for this year's Stella Prize, a literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing.

1. Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke




2. The Strays by Emily Bitto

3. The Invisible History of the Human Race by Christine Kenneally

4. The Golden Age by Joan London

5. Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven

6. The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna

The 2015 Stella Prize will be awarded in Melbourne on the evening of Tuesday 21 April.