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

The Appeal of Audio

July 7, 2022By Spineless Wonders ~teamNEWS & EVENTS (Homepage), Shop

Throughout the month of June, we celebrated the international Audiobook Awareness Month. As a relatively new Australian audio production company, it was a great chance for us to showcase the many audiobooks SW Audio has produced over the past twelve months. Find out about our author-centred audiobook app and grab a free audiobook.

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

Imposter Syndrome

September 30, 2020By Bronwyn Mehanguest blog, Shop, THE COLUMN

Hello, it is hump day and that means it is time for another installment in the life and times of Spineless Wonders intern, Angela Jin. This week, Dear Reader, Angela reveals how an unhealthy obsession with a certain genre of fiction might just be getting in the way of her  career goal of becoming Editor-In-Chief … Read More