Affirm acquires VPLA-shortlisted short-story collection
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the debut short-story collection by Victorian author Wayne Marshall, which was a runner-up in the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards in the unpublished manuscript category. The...
Scriven wins Margaret River Short Story Competition
Writer Kit Scriven has won the 2019 Margaret River Short Story Competition for his story ‘We’ll Stand in That Place’. Catherine Noske came in second place with her story ‘Thylacine’,...
Spencer wins 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for ‘The Age of Fibs’
Sydney-based writer Beth Spencer has won the 2018 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for her short-story collection The Age of Fibs. Author and prize judge Carmel Bird described The Age...
Australian Short Story Festival 2018 program announced
The program for the 2018 Australian Short Story Festival has been announced. The festival, which is co-founded by Margaret River Press and MidnightSun Publishing, will run from 19-21 October in...
Long story short: Jon Steiner on ‘The Last Wilkie’s’
Jon Steiner’s The Last Wilkie’s (Spineless Wonders, February) is a collection of short stories of varying lengths that are ‘by turns funny, dark and troubling’, writes reviewer Hilary Simmons. She...
BOOK REVIEW: Wordlines: Contemporary Australian writing (selected by Hilary McPhee, Five Mile Press)
Hilary McPhee, as many will know, is one of Australia’s most respected publishing figures. Thus, my reaction to hearing that she has created a collection of Australian short fiction was...