Stella Day Out Ballarat: Travel Writing - Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett in conversation

Adriane Howell and Favel Parret in conversation with Fiona Sweet. Do you need to be somewhere to write about it? Join Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett as they discuss their travels to Greece and Antarctica to write their books. Moderated by Fiona Sweet. Adriane Howell is a Melbourne-based writer. Her debut novel, Hydra, was shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize; the 2023 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards, National Awards for Fiction. Favel Parrett‘s career was launched with her acclaimed debut Past the Shallows. It was shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award and won the Dobbie Literary Award. There was still Love, Favel’s third novel, which was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and won Book of the Year – The Indie Book Awards 2020. She lives in Victoria and is passionate about surfing and dingoes. Fiona Sweet is the Creative Director and CEO of Stella. She is the past Artistic Director and CEO of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and the inaugural Director of the National Centre for Photography.