Stella Prize 2016: fiction stars among 12 longlisted books

By Susan Wyndham
Updated February 15 2016 - 10:08am, first published February 9 2016 - 8:03pm
Mireille Juchau, author of The World Without Us, longlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize, and already a winner this year. Photo: Luis Ascui
Mireille Juchau, author of The World Without Us, longlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize, and already a winner this year. Photo: Luis Ascui

Although the Stella Prize was launched three years ago to recognise both fiction and nonfiction by Australian women, fiction in all its forms dominates the longlist released on Tuesday.