Stella is delighted to announce The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt (), published by , as the winner of the 2023 Stella Prize. #2023StellaPrize
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What an honour to get to meet, spend time with and then listen to the 2023 winner Sarah Holland-Batt () read from her book of poetry, The Jaguar. I took this clip on stage while listening to Sarah read the opening poem in her book, My Father as a Giant Koi
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A good day is hanging out with fabulously talented women like this!!! In Bendigo for the with ❤️❤️❤️ #bwf
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In bendigo for , relieved that the heckler was moved on before my radio slot! Ah the joy of live radio… instagr.am/p/Cr11rMkSKCU/
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Loved doing this interview with Lyndal :)
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On the road …. to Bendigo 🚗 Say hello to who just won the and who leads the … We are on our way to the #bwf
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It’s official! Fatimah Asghar is the winner of the first ever Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for their novel, When We Were Sisters ( ). Asghar has won $150K USD, generously donated by , and a residency at the award-winning Fogo Island Inn.
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See the newly announced #2023StellaPrize winner Sarah Holland-Batt () this Friday 5 May at .
Sarah will be joined by Stella Prize-winners and , Stella Ambassador , and .
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Beautiful speech from about the relationship between care and writing, especially for women.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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How her father’s death led to Sarah Holland-Batt's Stella prize-winning poetry
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Absolutely stunning @the_sbhb - and very resonant. Both my parents lived to read and died with books in close proximity.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Congratulations and ! Another incredible year for and another powerful acceptance speech.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Today’s Daily Reading is, of course, The Jaguar by winner , published in Meanjin Autumn 2020:
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Beautiful and extraordinary
“The care we writers take with language is not disconnected from our care for other human beings. Both are a recognition that we exist in relation to others, an act of communion”
- Sarah Holland-Batt
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So heartfelt, sensitive & accurate - thank you for your wise reflections that resonate with me, as I’m sure they do with many women caregivers. I look forward to listening to The Jaguar.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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“Among my female friends who are writers & artists, I don’t know a single one who hasn’t felt, at some point, the impossibility of fulfilling the duty to care, while maintaining artistic momentum & financial security.”
A speech to guide us all.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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What an exceptional speech.
Huge congratulations - thank you for speaking so powerfully about caregiving and the tricky tangle upon women’s work and lives.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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"It is the unacknowledged nature of caregiving that is the burden, not the work itself." A profound and moving reflection on this frequently invisible work, often performed by women and its impact. Thank you for this speech and to for sharing.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Get into it this morning!
Sarah Holland-Batt joins Andrew to talk about her Stella win for The Jaguar!
From 10am on or online 2ser.com/final-draft
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writes that 's collection The Jaguar 'brings the full power of poetic language to bear on experiences often pushed to the edges of public life.'
Read the rest of her piece about the 2023 winner:
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Such a pleasure to meet my fellow shortlistees and salute who gave a beautiful speech. Lovely night all round! instagr.am/p/Crk4vYsyB7n/
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Thankyou for your magnificent words -in The Jaguar & in your speech We need to reflect on the role of caregiving in women’s lives & its exquisite, bittersweet relationship with art & poetry. Systems,policies & Budgets must lift to your challenge #auspol
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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I think the most moving, articulate and graceful speech I’ve ever heard.
Women, please watch!
The imaginary library…
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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“I think of this imaginary library often - of the art that might be made were the weight of care on women not so heavy … it is the unacknowledged nature of caring that is the burden, not the work itself.” - Sarah Holland-Batt #2023StellaPrize #auslit #caregiving
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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“The care we writers take with language is not disconnected from our care for other human beings”
Oh my, this speech 🥹💙💫 I will carry so much for what says here with me forever👏👏
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Congratulations to Sarah Holland-Batt winner of 2023, to the Stella team, publishers, partners and philanthropic supporters whose commitment to supporting women's voices is working to creating a more #equitable and vibrant national culture. #genderwise
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In today's @smh , Sarah Holland-Batt (@the_shb) speaks to @jasonfsteger about mapping the trajectory of grief through her 2023 Stella Prize-winning work, The Jaguar.
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Enormous congratulations to eleventh winner who won for her incredible book of poetry, The Jaguar. Congratulations, too, to all the writers listed for this year’s Prize which celebrated a phenomenal body of work! stella.org.au/prize/2023-pri
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Our Stella Event lineup is now complete!
Congratulations to Sarah Holland-Batt, this year's winner of
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Sarah Holland-Batt has won the 2023 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for her poetry collection The Jaguar (). 👏
Congratulations to and thank you to . 🎉 🥳
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This year’s prestigious Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing has gone to Sarah Holland-Batt and her book, The Jaguar, a poetry collection shaped by the author’s experience with caregiving.
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Editor, critic and poet Sarah Holland-Batt () has taken out 2023 for a tender but unflinching collection on mortality:
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Sarah Holland-Batt becomes the second poet in a row to win The Stella Prize ().
📖 Her third poetry collection, The Jaguar, is an extension of her activism against human rights abuses in aged care in Australia, writes ().
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In today's , Sarah Holland-Batt () speaks to about mapping the trajectory of grief through her 2023 Stella Prize-winning work, The Jaguar.
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