To celebrate MicroLit Month, we bring you interviews with Flashing The Square authors. Today we feature, Ruth Wyer whose piece, ‘I Don’t Use My Powers For Good’ you can listen to below. 1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Flashing the Square? I commute 3 hours a day and … Read More
Words and sound: collaborating with composers
Spineless Wonders’ new micro-lit collection inspires emerging composers Emerging composers are creating soundscapes inspired by micro-literature in an exciting new collaboration between Spineless Wonders and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Four aspiring composers have chosen a work from Spineless Wonders’ upcoming micro-literature anthology Out of Place to fuel their creative process. Each finished composition will … Read More
Little Fictions: Tim McGarry
Spineless Wonders recently marked the six-month milestone of its live show, Little Fictions @ Knox Street Bar. We thought we’d check in with some of our actors and ask them about their experiences at Little Fictions, how they prepare for their performances and what other projects they are involved in. We managed to catch the … Read More
Little Fictions: Eleni Schumacher
Spineless Wonders recently marked the six-month milestone of its live show, Little Fictions @ Knox Street Bar. We thought we’d check in with some of our actors and ask them about their experiences at Little Fictions, how they prepare for their performances and what other projects they are involved in. We caught up with Eleni … Read More
Little Fictions: Ella Watson-Russell
Spineless Wonders recently marked the six-month milestone of its live show, Little Fictions @ Knox Street Bar. We thought we’d check in with some of our actors and ask them about their experiences at Little Fictions, how they prepare for their performances and what other projects they are involved in. We caught up with Ella … Read More
Meet the Slinkies: Kate Liston-Mills
Kate Liston-Mills is a fiction writer based in Pambula on the southern coast of New South Wales and we are thrilled to publish her book of short stories, The Waterfowl Are Drunk!, as part of our Slinkies Collection series edited by Bridget Lutherborrow. In this interview, Kate talks about , the inspirations behind some of … Read More
Michael McGirr Selects: Marjorie Lewis-Jones
We are thrilled to be releasing, ‘We’re All Travellers Here’, the winning entry from the 2014 Carmel Bird Award chosen by judge, Michael McGirr. Marjorie Lewis-Jones’ story is the first of the series of twelve digital long stories to be released over coming months. We caught up with Marjorie recently and asked her a few … Read More
Jen Craig In Conversation: On Obsession and the Experience of Writing
An In Conversation event featuring Jen Craig with Debra Adelaide, was generously hosted by Gleebooks, Dulwich Hill on May 9. Spineless Wonders publishing intern,Nicole Mangura, who helped organise the event, was there to cover the event for The Column. The discussion, Nicole said, was fascinating and ranged from the inspiration and creative process behind Panthers … Read More
New microlit: Out of Place
Cover by Richard Holt Spineless Wonders will soon release its annual anthology of microliterature. Co-editors, Kirsten Tranter and Linda Godfrey spoke to The Column about how this year’s Out of Place theme came about, what they were looking for from contributors and about some of the pieces they have included. Here’s what they said: Throwing … Read More
Wanted: New Crime Writing
The 2015 The Carmel Bird Award competition is now open Theme: new crime writing Judged by Zane Lovitt First prize: $500 Length: 5000 words max. Winning and selected shortlisted stories will be published in the Spineless Wonders crime-themed anthology along with stories by invited authors. Closing date: 31 August 2015 What are we looking for? … Read More