Meet the Slinkies: Freyja Catron

September 6, 2022By Bronwyn MehanNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Shop, Slinkies, Slinkies

  We are thrilled to introduce you to emerging writer Freyja Catron whose short story ‘Diprotodon’ is published in the 2022 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with Kathleen Kelly (publishing intern), Freyja talks about her interest in megafauna species like the diprotodon, the setting for the story, her favourite Australian authors and the non-fiction piece … Read More

2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award winners

December 10, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamCarmel_Bird_Digital_Literary_Award, Shop, THE COLUMN

Writer and Digital Humanities specialist, David Thomas Henry Wright has won the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for A Condensed History of the Australian Camel. Our prize judge Roanna Gonsalves described Wright’s entry as an ‘exceptional work,’ which is ‘in part an ode to camels and in part a ludic interrogation of the archive’. … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Lydia Trethewey

September 24, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), short story anthology, Slinkies, Slinkies

We are thrilled to introduce you to Perth-based writer, Lydia Trethewey whose short story, ‘Nothing Is Motionless’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Lydia talks about the origin of her story, about the influence that her visual arts practice has on her writing and her favourite … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Bethany Cody

September 21, 2021By Spineless Wonders ~teaminterviews, NEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), short story anthology, Slinkies, Slinkies, THE COLUMN

We are thrilled to introduce you to emerging writer, Bethany Cody whose short story, ‘Seep’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Bethany talks about the origin of her story, about the role of research in fiction writing  and her favourite authors. To find out more about … Read More

Q&A with CBdlA author Brooke Dunnell

September 19, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamCarmel_Bird_Digital_Literary_Award, interviews, The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, THE COLUMN

In this post, Bridgette Sulicich and Dahlia Mikha interview Brooke Dunnell about her award-winning short story collection, Female(s and) Dogs. Brooke talks about the importance of creating complex characters, about the origins of some of the stories in her collection. She answers the key questions of why dogs and why female dogs and shares her … Read More

Q&A with CBdlA author Katerina Cosgrove

September 18, 2020By Spineless Wonders ~teamCarmel_Bird_Digital_Literary_Award, interviews, The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award, THE COLUMN

In this post, Spineless Wonders’ Bridgette Sulicich and Dahlia Mikha quiz Katerina Cosgrove about her award-winning novella Zorba The Buddha – about the challenges of fictionalising real people and events and what initially drew her to the story of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers. You will learn how Cosgrove goes about researching  and overcoming … Read More