SBS News
If you’ve travelled on public transport this week, you may have come across a novel or two with a bright green sticker on the front cover. It was probably one of the hundreds of free books being distributed across the country by the team behind the Stella Prize, a major literary award celebrating Australian women and non-binary people’s writing.
Fiona Sweet, chief executive of Stella, said the “driving force” behind the initiative was to expose more Australians to different perspectives… Once you pick up one of the books and read it, Sweet said it’s up to you what you do with it.
“They can give it to someone in their household. They can put it back on the public transport, which is great. They’re more than welcome to keep them, too,” Sweet said.
“We’re not setting any rules, but we are going to keep putting more and more books constantly around Australia on public transport to keep growing the message about reading and reading other people’s stories and hearing about other people’s stories.”..
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