Thursday March 1, 6-7pm Conference Centre via Entry 3, La Trobe Street, State Library Victoria (or online via Twitter, #CBDLA) Join award judge, Carmel Bird, and Spineless Wonders publisher, Bronwyn Mehan, for an information session to find out how to prepare your digital masterpiece for entry. The 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award is presented … Read More
Wednesday 14 March 8pm 107, 107 Redfern St, Redfern Vaginal Spray: feminist stories brings you stories of women who break away, women who stand their ground and women who stand by each other. Your host for the evening is Walkley Award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, Monique Schafter (Hungry Beast and ABC’s 7.30). A fresh-faced librarian … Read More
Co-hosts of the joanne burns Microlit Award, Newcastle Writers Festival and Spineless Wonders are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 award. Winner of the National category is Tess Pearson for ‘Traces’ (pictured). TESS PEARSON is a Sydney-based writer of poetry and prose. She has been published in the anthologies Hide Your Fires (UTS, … Read More
This week we talk to Yvonne Fein about ‘Time Lies’ which appears in Time, the latest Microlit anthology edited by Cassandra Atherton and published in 2018 by Spineless Wonders. In this interview, Yvonne talks about her approach to writing microlit, what she is reading right now and her favourite time of year for putting pen to paper.
We bring you another instalment in our Where Are They Now series which profiles some of our former interns. We ask them to look back at their internship/work experience with Spineless Wonders and tell us about any highlights and anything they found useful from the experience. Of course, we are curious about what happens to … Read More
This week we talk to Mark O’Flynn about ‘Traces of Nuts’ which appears in Time, the latest Microlit anthology edited by Cassandra Atherton and published in 2018 by Spineless Wonders. In this interview, Mark talks about his approach to writing microlit, what he is reading right now and his favourite time of year for putting pen to … Read More
In this extended interview, Cassandra Atherton, microlit anthology series editor and regular judge of The joanne burns Microlit Award shares her insights into the history as well as the current state of play of the unique literary form, microliterature. She also talks about microlit videos, Japanese culture, micro-cocktails and her obsession with all things tiny. … Read More
This week we talk to Deborah Van Heerkeren about ‘Time of Death’ which appears in Time, the latest Microlit anthology edited by Cassandra Atherton and published in 2018 by Spineless Wonders. In this interview, Deborah talks about her approach to writing microlit, what she is reading right now and her favourite time of year for putting pen … Read More
This week we talk to Raelee Lancaster about ‘Wha’d I tell ya?’ which appears in Time, the latest Microlit anthology edited by Cassandra Atherton and published in 2018 by Spineless Wonders. In this interview, Raelee talks about her approach to writing microlit, what she is reading right now and her favourite time of year for putting pen … Read More
This week we talk to Emma Ashmere about ‘The Historic Present’ which appears in Time, the latest Microlit anthology edited by Cassandra Atherton and published in 2018 by Spineless Wonders. In this interview, Emma talks about her approach to writing microlit, what she is reading right now and her favourite time of year for putting pen to … Read More
