‘O’Flynn’s faultless ear for laconic Aussie parlance, his wry ability to turn a story in a moment from comedy to tragedy and back again, his exhilaratingly deft range…all this makes him one of a kind, in my opinion. A hugely enjoyable collection.’ CATE KENNEDY 1. Who are the short fiction authors you admire (Australian or otherwise, … Read More
Stoned Crow: Trina Denner
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? Sport is such a large part of the Australian psyche and the trend in recent years for adults to personalise sport, and the resulting emergence of the ‘Weekend Warrior’, is fascinating to me. The burgeoning social … Read More
Stoned Crow: Tim Heffernan
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? I wanted to communicate something about the nature of psychosis. This poem is a compressed recount of an actual walk around Sydney in May 2005 and it tries to show how real experiences conspire to create … Read More
Stoned Crow: Lynette Washington
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? The Swarm started out as a very different story. I got to the end and realised it didn’t say anything interesting at all. I reflected on advice I’d been given by the wonderful writers in my … Read More
Stoned Crow: Peter Lach-Newinsky
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? The three parts of the poem iconostasis were written at different periods and put together under the ‘three doors’ idea for this publication. The last part was written in a café in Katoomba a few years … Read More
Stoned Crow: Dael Allison
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? I did a Masters of Creative Arts at UTS in 2010/11 and my focus was the great traveler and modernist artist Ian Fairweather (1891-1974). I planned to base a volume of poems on aspects of his … Read More
Stoned Crow: Jude Aquilina
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? For over a decade, I caught public transport to Adelaide’s CBD every working day. I don’t read; I’m not plugged into a pod or gadget. I like to people-watch, and that includes bus drivers, of whom … Read More
The joanne burns Award
As the only publisher of an annual Australian book of prose poems and microfiction, SPINELESS WONDERS is very excited to announce an award named in honour of renowned experimental poet, joanne burns. About joanne burns joanne burns writes poetry [including prose poems], monologues, and short futurist fictions or farables. She has been writing prose poems … Read More
Jean Bedford launches Stoned Crows @SWF2013
Stoned Crows & other Australian icons Launched by Newtown Review of Books As Linda Funnell said, it’s great that small presses like Spineless Wonders will take the risk on these utterly local pieces, edgy as many of them are. Microfiction has established its own space since the days when people like Vicki Viidikas and Anna … Read More
Carol Jenkins riffs on Stoned Crows
Judge’s report by Carol Jenkins Last year I went to the launch of Small Wonders, and while I had really liked the work on paper, I loved hearing it read aloud. It threw the spotlight on the language, the tight and immediate narrative pace and the very funny juggling and juxtaposing of words: The whole … Read More