We all need a dream. It’s one of the things that distinguishes us from pebbles. This week, Angela the Spineless Wonders Intern shares here blue-sky wishlist about talents she wishes she possessed. Talent number one is…
5 Things I Wish I Was Good At
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Celebrating LGBTQI+ writing with Olivia Garcia
Calling all LGBTQI+ writers! In today’s post, you will meet emerging editor, Olivia Garcia who is assisting with the Spineless Wonders’ call out for Queer writing in any genre. We’ve already received some amazing submissions but don’t worry, you have until Nov 1 to submit or to let LGBTQI+ creatives know about this fab opportunity.
Q&A with CBdlA author Brooke Dunnell
In this post, Bridgette Sulicich and Dahlia Mikha interview Brooke Dunnell about her award-winning short story collection, Female(s and) Dogs. Brooke talks about the importance of creating complex characters, about the origins of some of the stories in her collection. She answers the key questions of why dogs and why female dogs and shares her … Read More
Q&A with CBdlA author Katerina Cosgrove
In this post, Spineless Wonders’ Bridgette Sulicich and Dahlia Mikha quiz Katerina Cosgrove about her award-winning novella Zorba The Buddha – about the challenges of fictionalising real people and events and what initially drew her to the story of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers. You will learn how Cosgrove goes about researching and overcoming … Read More
Q&A with 2020 CBdlA author Michalia Arathimos
In this post, Bridgette Sulicich and Dahlia Mikha from Spineless Wonders ask our latest author, Michalia Arathimos about her award-winning short story collection, Apologia, about the challenges of tackling tough topics, about writing from different points of view and about the influence of her Greek heritage on her writing. In this fascinating and wide-ranging interview … Read More
Adult-onset Righteous Anger and Indignation
It’s Hump Day and Angela Jin is back with some musings from a publishing intern’s desktop. Last week she invoked the Hollywood blockbuster, ‘I Am Legend’ to illustrate life in 2020 for this twenty-something. In this week’s post her life could be mistaken for a tragic plot-line from Itchy and Scratchy. What has all this … Read More
Arathimos, Cosgrove and Dunnell take out 2020 Carmel Bird Awards
We are excited to announce the results of the 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. Top honours go to Michalia Arathimos for her short-story collection Apologia with runner up status is conferred on Katerina Cosgrove for her novella, Zorba The Buddha and Brooke Dunnell for her debut collection, Female(s and) Dogs. Our prize judge Justin … Read More
What Do We Owe To Each Other (In a Post-Apocalyptic Australia)
In this new blog series, we invite publishing intern Angela Jin to share her latest musings with us. This week she’s been up at 3am contemplating life as Will Smith in ‘I Am Legend’.
#Litfest2444 Phone It In winners announced
The winning entry in the 2020 National Phone It In Competition is Jocelyn Saunders for her piece, ‘Only In My Mind’. Jocelyn receives a $200 book voucher. Thanks to all those who took part in the People’s Choice poll. Tamzin Ward Kucurs whose story ‘Second Wife ‘ received 383 votes and the voter chosen at … Read More
2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award shortlist announced
We are very pleased to announce the following nine shortlisted finalists in this year’s award. Justin Wolfers selected the finalists from a very strong field of submissions. The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Awards is for collections of short fiction and novella up to 30, 000 words. The winner and two runners up who will receive … Read More