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
interviews
Words and images: on collaborations
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
What we are reading
As you can see, we’ve had a lot of fun with our #GOB campaign. Pictured here is the talented Adelaide playwright, director and short fiction writer, Caroline Reid sending you a message from her local beach. There’s lots more #GOB shenanigans in the post below. We’d like to say that we were amazed at how … Read More
Short Story to Short Film: Louise D’Arcy
Louise D’Arcy’s short story ‘Flat Daddy’ has recently been made into a short film. Here, Louise chats with Spineless Wonder’s Irina Markovsky about this experience. 1. Which of your stories is being made into short film? How did this come about? Did you pitch the story or were you approached? It’s Flat Daddy. It came … Read More
Emilie Collyer: Earworms
We interview Melbourne author and dramatist, Emilie Collyer about the audio story, ‘The Other Guy’ which she recorded for our Earworms program. Here she also talks about the influences on her writing and writing tips. You can preview ‘The Other Guy’, written and narrated by Emilie below. 1. Who are the short fiction … Read More
Bronwyne Thomason: The World To Come
Bronwyne Thomason Our latest anthology, The World To Come, features short speculative fiction by nineteen writers from here and overseas. In this series of interviews we ask contributors about the story published in The World To Come, about their views on the speculative fiction genre, who and what influences their writing and for some inspirational … Read More
Anna Trembath: Earworms
We interview Earworms audio story author, Anna Trembath, who has written and narrated, ‘The Wild’, a story set in Timor-Leste. Listen to an excerpt of ‘The Wild’ below. 1. Who are the short fiction authors you admire (Australian or otherwise, alive or dead)? There are, of course, many! Some of my most favourite collections are … Read More
Ben Brooker: The World To Come
Our latest anthology, The World To Come, features short speculative fiction by nineteen writers from here and overseas. In this series of interviews we ask the authors about the story published in The World To Come, about their views on the speculative fiction genre, who and what influences their writing and for some inspirational tips. … Read More
Mark Smith: Flashing the Square
MARK SMITH won the 2013 joanne burns Award with his microfiction, ‘10.42 from Sydenham’ and this year his piece, ‘The Meteorologist’s Daughter’ was runner up. We caught up with him recently to ask him about his microfiction and what inspires him to write. 1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published … Read More
Earworms: David Grigg
Our Earworms series showcases audio stories from Australian writers. Meet David Grigg, whose audio stories, ‘The Other Car’ and ‘Storytellers’ are available via the links below. 1. Who are the short fiction authors you admire (Australian or otherwise, alive or dead)? As a teenager growing up in the 1960s, I was strongly attracted to reading … Read More