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Meet the Slinkies: Amanda Jayne

September 14, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teaminterviews, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Slinkies, Slinkies
Meet the Slinkies: Amanda Jayne

We are thrilled to introduce you to Sydney writer, Amanda Jayne whose short story, ‘Dress Code’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Amanda talks about the origins of her story, writing across fiction and non-fiction genres and who she is reading right now. To find out … Read More

#100 words 4 butterfly writing comp

August 9, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage)
#100 words 4 butterfly writing comp

Did you know that the Basque language has 100 words for pitxilota – Sorry, for butterfly? Well, my little pinpilinpauxas, now that you have been enlightened of the existence of such a beautiful thing, it is time you used your enlightened minds to share with us 100 words of your own! How? Why, by entering … Read More

With feathers bright red

May 31, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), short story collection, THE COLUMN
With feathers bright red

‘Dear Ibis is a letter. Like all letters, it is a time capsule. Written during a year of fire, flood and a global pandemic, Dear Ibis touches on some of the key challenges that have impacted our world.’ Spineless Wonders is proud to be releasing Kate Liston-Mills’ second collection of short fiction. Dear Ibis is … Read More

Farewell from Little Fictions On Air

March 8, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage)
Farewell from Little Fictions On Air

Sadly, the last episode of Little Fictions On Air was broadcast on Monday 22 February this year. Here is what our host, Kate Liston-Mills had to say about her experience of hosting for the short story series over the past twelve months.

2021 joanne burns Microlit Award winners announced

March 1, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teammicrolit, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), THE COLUMN
2021 joanne burns Microlit Award winners announced

This year the NWF/joanne burns Microlit Award invited writers to submit fiction or prose poems of up to 200 words which play with popular genres. The winners of the National and Hunter categories, along with award finalists and invited authors are published in the anthology, Pulped Fiction which is released this month. The winners are….

Revenge – a journey from digital to paperback to audiobook

February 10, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamAudio, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Shop
Revenge – a journey from digital to paperback to audiobook

‘In 2017, I found myself with a 12,000-word novella. It was best piece of fiction I’d ever written, and possibly the best piece of writing of any sort, and it sat in my hard drive, dreaming of readers.’ Find out how Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s journey to publication across a range of platforms unfolded.

The Joys of Constructing a Collection of Stories

December 7, 2020By Bronwyn_Mehanguest blog, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, THE COLUMN
The Joys of Constructing a Collection of Stories

by Carmel Bird Writing a short story is one of my greatest pleasures. Then taking a bunch of stories I have written and devising a structure for a collection – that’s another. Sometimes writers set out with a theme – say, to keep it simple here, fourteen stories about plagues – and then their task … Read More

Becoming a writer: Deniz Agraz

December 2, 2020By Bronwyn Mehanguest blog, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Slinkies, The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, THE COLUMN
Becoming a writer: Deniz Agraz

Mentor, writers’ circle or uni course? Our 2021 Slinkies judge, Deniz Agraz shares her thoughts on the various options for emerging writers. As well as a potted history of her own writing career to date, beginning at the age of seven.

My FOMO As A Merciful God

November 25, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamguest blog, interns, THE COLUMN
My FOMO As A Merciful God

Our intrepid publishing intern, Angela Jin, returns this week with reflections from a simulated-life gamer which some writers may find instructive.

Ode to the Hand-written Letter

November 18, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamguest blog, interns, THE COLUMN
Ode to the Hand-written Letter

In this belle lettre on the lost art of letter-writing, publishing intern, Luzelle Sotelo gets a rude shock at her local post office.

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