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.
2024 in review
Author: Spineless Wonders ~team
Behind The Wonders Podcast
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.
Meet the Slinkies team
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
Finding Freedom with Writing at Green Square
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.
Antonia Pont Q&A
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.
Bel Schenk Q&A
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
Uncovering Lola
To mark the release of Love Letter to Lola, we present a short extract from ‘Reflections’, an exegesis on the writing of this collection by Carmel Bird. Also included below are notes from the author about the choice of front and back cover images. The book is released today, May 1, 2023 and is available … Read More
All the Unloved – Q&A with Susan McCreery
We are delighted to be releasing Susan McCreery’s novella, All the Unloved (Feb 1 2023). Susan’s novella is located on the beautiful beachside of Bondi, enriched with the entangled lives of apartment neighbours as they face the themes of love, longing, isolation, family and unrequited love. In this interview, Spineless Wonders’ Zara McElroy asks Susan … Read More
Anyway, do shadows speak?
We are delighted to repost, with permission, this fascinating review by Julia Prendergast of Dominique Hecq’s collection, Smacked and other stories of addiction.
Q and A with Julia Prendergast
We are thrilled to be releasing Julia Prendergast’s debut short fiction collection, Bloodrust and other stories. In this post, Julia talks with Lucia Roohizadegan and Chloe Cran about the central themes of her collection, about writing literary fiction and offers advice to emerging authors.