This week we discuss the short story form with Deakin University lecturer, Patrick West. His short story ‘In Brief’ is published in Landmarks – the latest anthology curated by Spineless Wonders. During this interview we discover Patrick’s favourite Australian landscape, who inspires his writing and what inspired his latest micro-lit, ‘In Brief.’
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The World To Come: speculative stories with substance
In a recent interview on ABC Radio National’s Books and Arts Daily, Nic Low, an Australian author who has just published his first collection of short stories, Arms Race (Text Publishing) argues that 89% of short fiction produced in Australia is middle class white angst and not really ‘about anything’. In this special blogpost, CAITLIN … Read More