We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Moya Costello in October this year. We were enormously proud to publish and showcase Moya’s inventive prose poems in many of our microlit anthologies over the past thirteen years and honoured that she judged the 2019 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. As well as appearing … Read More
Adaptation Gala Award The SmartFone Flick Fest and Spineless Wonders Best Adaptation Film Award features some of the best Australian short stories ready to jump from the page to the screen. Read this information article by emerging publisher, Cindy Jones.
Are you a passionate filmmaker searching for your next great story? Unforgettable short films begin with a spark. Spineless Wonders invites you to explore a selection of their best micro-fictions to find that spark of inspiration for your entry into the 2025 SmartFone FlickFest. Emerging publisher, Ren Topfer takes a peek behind some of the … Read More
The Novella Prize is offered in partnership by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Spineless Wonders publishing (SW). Enter here. Enter the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Spineless Wonders publishing (SW) ‘Novella Prize’ for your chance to win. If you win you will receive: a judges’ report from an established literary … Read More
This year has been a corker for Spineless Wonders – thanks to the wonderful team of people and partner organisations who have made this year’s projects possible. Publisher and creative director, Bronwyn Mehan does a quick recap.
Take a peak behind some of the great audio projects produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio. You’ll hear from writers, directors, curators, producers, voice actors and sound designers who team up to create engaging and immersive audio stories. Read about the first two episodes of Behind The Wonders, here.
This year Spineless Wonders were delighted to collaborate with the Swinburne Internship Program, coordinated by Associate Professor Julia Prendergast, to produce the 2024 Slinkies anthology. Marketing intern, Miah Foster reports on what she and the other hardworking publishing interns, Zara, Nilushi, Vanessa and Erin had to say about the 13-week internship as editorial and promotional assistants in … Read More
What started as volunteering at a writer’s workshop ended up helping me realise what the most important aspects of writing are. Madison Woods reports.
In this interview with writer Tanya Vavilova, Antonia Pont talks about her creative practice, the inspiration for The Memory Library, about world-building, about the themes that this novella explores and about her next projects.
In this interview Melbourne writer, Bel Schenk discusses the politics and moral implications of a sexual assault which happens within the sporting community depicted in her debut novella, The Most Famous Boy in Town. In this fascinating chat with Spineless Wonders’ Sinead Heap, Bel talks about the challenge and rewards of depicting complex characters and … Read More
