Stuart Kells

Stuart Kells is enterprise fellow at the Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, and an adjunct professor at La Trobe University’s College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce. He has written on a wide range of subjects, including local history, libraries, publishing, professional services and diamond mining. His shorter works have been published around the world, including in Smithsonian, The Paris Review, The Guardian and National Geographic Traveler. His history of Penguin Books, Penguin and the Lane Brothers, won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize in 2015. The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award and the NSW Premier’s general history prize. He delivered the 2022 Murray Talk and spoke at the 2024 Chaffey Festival, both in Mildura.