Fiction Plus: My Hearts Are Your Hearts

April 21, 2015By Bronwyn Mehanfeature article, Shop

We are very proud to be publishing a long-awaited collection of new stories, My Hearts Are Your Hearts,  by one of Australia’s most engaging storytellers. The first in our new series entitled Spineless Wonders Fiction Plus, My Hearts Are Your Hearts also contains an extensive essay in which Carmel Bird reflects on the stories origins. … Read More

Carmel Bird on A Bigger Brighter World

April 21, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterviews

Spineless Wonders is pleased to be able to share this exclusive interview between literary blogger, Marjorie Lewis-Jones and Carmel Bird. For more great interviews and reviews, go to A Bigger Brighter World What makes the human heart tick? Carmel Bird, in her new short story collection, My Hearts Are Your Hearts, deftly probes this question. … Read More

Meet the SW Interns Part Two

April 18, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterns, interviews, Shop

We bring you the second 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. We also asked about other internships they have undertaken. … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: JYL Koh

April 15, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterviews, Slinkies

Julie (J.Y.L.) Koh is a fiction writer based in Sydney and we are thrilled to publish her book of short stories, Capital Misfits, as part of our Slinkies Collection series edited by Bridget Lutherborrow. In this interview, Julie talks about transgender wizards, the inspirations behind some of her stories and her writing process. To purchase … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Ben Brooker

April 7, 2015By Bronwyn MehanShop, Slinkies

Our intrepid Slinkies editor, Laura Barry pinned down the prolific writer, editor, critic, essayist, and playwright, Ben Brooker and asked him about his writing, his influences and whether he prefers baking to cleaning the house. Here’s what he said: LB: Do you remember the name and the personality of the first character you ever created? BB: … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Abby Kong

March 19, 2015By Bronwyn MehanShop

Slinkies editor, Laura Barry caught up with emerging writer, Abby Kong and asked her about writing and the meaning of life. LB: Do you remember the name and the personality of the first character you ever created? AK: It might not have been the very first, but the first I can remember was a rabbit … Read More

Meet the interns

March 10, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterns, interviews

Spineless Wonders loves its interns! They have been responsible for some of our terrific online campaigns, exciting digital products, creative booktrailers and many, many high quality published stories and articles. Our popular online bookclub was inspired by intern, Melissa-Jane Fogarty who now runs her own editing business and our terrific newsletter, Sluglines, was first set … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Nick Couldwell

March 7, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterviews, Slinkies

Our Slinkies editor, Laura Barry put some curly questions to our latest Slinkies’ author, Nick Couldwell. LB:  Do you remember the name and personality of the first character you ever created? NC: My Mum kept a story I had written when I was in the early years of primary school. I don’t remember how old … Read More

Q & A with Jen Craig

March 2, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterviews, Shop

Jen Craig Jen Craig’s novella, Panthers and the Musuem of Fire was recently given a five star review and named Book of the Month by Australia’s premier book industry magazine, Bookseller + Publisher. In her review, Angie Andrewes described Jen’s book as ‘an experimental novella but surprisingly easy to read, and brilliant for the very … Read More

Words and images: on collaborations

February 9, 2015By Bronwyn Mehaninterviews

What happens when the visual and the verbal meet – when creatives working in different disciplines put their heads together? We talk with authors Jen Craig and Patrick Lenton and artists Bettina Kaiser and Daniel Lethlean Higson about the collaborative processes behind our upcoming releases A Man Made Entirely of Bats and Panthers and the … Read More