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Continuing gender bias in major Australian literary publications

The 2015 Stella Count finds women writers are still under-represented in Australian newspapers and literary publications.

1 Aug 2016

Brooke Boland

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Writing and Publishing

The 2015 Stella Count has been released today.

Run by the Stella Prize, the count assesses the gender of authors reviewed by Australian publications and the gender of reviewers.

The Stella Count collates this information to provide a picture of how gender bias persists in the Australian publishing industry. It also analyses the length and genre of review coverage.

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Brooke Boland

About the Author

Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.