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Author: Spineless Wonders ~team

What Do We Owe To Each Other (In a Post-Apocalyptic Australia)

September 9, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamguest blog, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), THE COLUMN
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

July 3, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamAudio, microlit, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), THE COLUMN
#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

June 5, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), THE COLUMN
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

SW Audio Bookclub ‘Paper Anniversary’ by SJ Finn Wed 10 June 8pm

June 2, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), THE COLUMN
SW Audio Bookclub ‘Paper Anniversary’ by SJ Finn Wed 10 June 8pm

Natalie is excited to celebrate her first year of marriage but the arrival of a piece of paper in the post turns the anniversary sour. Join us for a discussion of SJ Finn’s ‘Paper Anniversary’ at the next audio bookclub on Facebook. You can listen to the Little Fictions On Air episode featuring SJ Finn … Read More

Audio Bookclub ‘My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His’ Wed 27 May 8pm

May 19, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage)
Audio Bookclub ‘My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His’ Wed 27 May 8pm

Join author Carmel Bird, the Little Fictions On Air team and a bunch of avid readers next Wednesday night, May 27 between 8pm and 9pm on the SW Audio Bookclub Facebook group for a discussion of this powerful audio story about child sexual abuse within religious institutions. Award-winning author Carmel Bird’s story is set in … Read More

Infectious Fictions Playlist

May 13, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamInfectiousFiction, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Shop, THE COLUMN
Infectious Fictions Playlist

For the past two months, we have been posting an audio story daily as part of the Infectious Fictions series. We hope they have brought you some welcome distraction in these challenging times. If you would like to re-listen or to share them, you can find them here. And if you are looking for more … Read More

Infectious Fiction Ep 56 It Stretches Our Shape

May 12, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamInfectiousFiction, THE COLUMN

What are Infectious Fictions? Each day we will be delivering the world to you in the form of short audio stories under 5 minutes in length. Narrated by actors at some of our recent live events or recorded in studio by some of authors, these stories are drawn from our annual microlit anthologies. Infectious Fictions … Read More

Infectious Fiction Ep 55 Suspension/Destruction

May 10, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamInfectiousFiction, THE COLUMN

What are Infectious Fictions? Each day we will be delivering the world to you in the form of short audio stories under 5 minutes in length. Narrated by actors at some of our recent live events or recorded in studio by some of authors, these stories are drawn from our annual microlit anthologies. Infectious Fictions … Read More

Infectious Fiction Ep 54 Sea Womb

May 9, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamInfectiousFiction, THE COLUMN

What are Infectious Fictions? Each day we will be delivering the world to you in the form of short audio stories under 5 minutes in length. Narrated by actors at some of our recent live events or recorded in studio by some of authors, these stories are drawn from our annual microlit anthologies. Infectious Fictions … Read More

Infectious Fiction Ep 53 Meniere’s

May 8, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamInfectiousFiction, THE COLUMN

What are Infectious Fictions? Each day we will be delivering the world to you in the form of short audio stories under 5 minutes in length. Narrated by actors at some of our recent live events or recorded in studio by some of authors, these stories are drawn from our annual microlit anthologies. Infectious Fictions … Read More

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