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Michelle de Kretser, one of Australia's most decorated authors, has won the 2025 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for her novel Theory & Practice.

It's a case of third time lucky for the Sri Lankan-born author, who has been twice shortlisted for the Stella, a literary award for women and non-binary writers established in 2013. (That year, Questions of Travel was shortlisted and The Life to Come followed in 2018. Both novels went on to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award).

Stella CEO Fiona Sweet describes de Kretser's winning novel as "another example of the depth of her talent as a writer".
In their report, the 2025 Stella Prize judges described it as "a brilliantly auto fictive knot, composed of the shifting intensities and treacheries of young love, of complex inheritances both literary and maternal, of overwhelming jealousies and dark shivers of shame".

In 2025, the Stella Prize received more than 180 entries. It was the first year the Stella shortlist featured books exclusively by women of colour.

De Kretser says she's thrilled to have finally won the prize.

"It's wonderful to have this book recognised."

Read more through the link in our bio.

Photos by Teresa Tan for ABC Arts

Running a business in Nigeria is not for the faint-hearted.
Running a company while managing six businesses? Even harder.
But if anyone is built for this journey, it’s me.

Yesterday, at the African Choice Awards, I was honored with the Female Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 award — and as I stood there receiving it, all I could think about was that eight-year-old girl who started it all.

At eight years old, after losing my father, I made a promise to myself — and to him — that no matter what, I would finish school.
With no parent to fall back on and no relatives stepping in, I turned to what I had: resilience, determination, and a drive to survive.
I began supplying mangoes and fruits from my father’s house to women in the market at wholesale, raising the funds I needed for my education, one sale at a time.

That young girl, who learned to fend for herself when the odds were stacked against her, has come full circle.

Today, I run multiple businesses, lead a company, and continue to chase the dreams that little girl dared to dream.
This award is not just a recognition — it’s a reminder: where you start doesn’t define where you’ll go.

Thank you to the African Choice Awards @africachoiceawards for this honor, and to every woman out there fighting silent battles and building dreams from scratch — this is for you.

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OMG y’all!!! We just hit 20k followers!!!
Thank you so much—I appreciate all of you. Yes, Kanye… even you… even though you like fish sticks in your mouth. You’re all loved, and I’m so grateful for the support you’ve shown me and my content.

I started this account because I used to just post memes on Reddit in my free time. But then they booted me for saying things people didn’t like, or asking questions people didn’t want to answer, like:

“Who’s a person whose work ignited passion in others and left a lasting impact on the world?”

“Who’s someone whose untimely death left a gap, but whose influence is still felt today?”

“Who’s someone who spoke with a unique accent, but still managed to have a huge impact on the world?”

I guess Reddit got tired of me going on and on about Alan Turing—who history misunderstood as just a “codebreaker,” probably because, like Kanye, he liked fish sticks in his mouth. He was wildly underrated. His work laid the foundation for modern computing and AI, but he died too young, just as he was exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning. And yet… no one ever guessed him. Nope. They always said [deleted]—who I’ve never heard of??? And seriously, who besides Elon Musk names their kid [deleted]???

Anyway. While I love posting memes and (hopefully) bringing laughter to your day, I equally—or maybe even more so—love writing the long, winding captions accompany them and that most of the time go nowhere, but this time might lead to your doorstep.

So if you’ve made it this far and follow this account:
Comment your answer to the questions above before the sun sets on Kanye West’s birthday (6/8) and you may be the lucky one to receive a small token of appreciation from me to you for your support. I promise it won’t be fish sticks.

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