This week’s poetry spotlight shines on Steve Brock’s Live at Mr Jake’s, highlighting the poem ‘On the passing of a friend’.
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘On the passing of a friend’ by Steve Brock
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Valerie Volk wins the March WWWC!
We’re pleased to announce the winner of the March WWWC: Valerie Volk! Responding to the prompt ‘reading the tea leaves’, Valerie’s ‘Tea Time’ follows a woman who practices in unusual healing methods confronted by the angry spouse of a former client.
Read Valerie’s winning story below.
Content warning: this story discusses mental health and suicide.
Continue readingHOT OFF THE PRESS: NEW EXUBERANCE: Contemporary Australian Textile Design
This week, we celebrate the release of New Exuberance: Contemporary Australian Textile Design, curated and edited by Meryl Ryan.
Launching CRAZY BASTARD by Abraham Maddison
‘An urgent reminder of the need to heal the thousands affected by forced adoption. Beautifully written, deeply thought-provoking and a remarkable testament to the author’s courage and honesty.’ – Noni Hazlehurst, cover endorsement for Crazy Bastard by Abraham Maddison
POETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Like-Minded’ by Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton
This week’s poetry spotlight shines on Peter Bakowski and Ken Bolton’s first collection together, The Elsewhere Variations, highlighting the poem ‘Like-Minded’.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Salvatore Pesaturo wins the February WWWC!
We’re pleased to announce the winner of the February WWWC: Salvatore Pesaturo! Responding to the prompt ‘holding on’ Salvatore’s ‘Dollhouse on the Rig’ sees a psychic with dubious capabilities startled by his first real brush with the supernatural.
Read Salvatore’s winning story below.
Continue readingANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press acquires exciting debut novel
We’re delighted to officially announce the acquisition of world rights to Gus and the Winter Boy, a young adult crime novel by debut author Troy Hunter, acquired from the Jane Novak Literary Agency. Gus and the Winter Boy will be published by Wakefield Press in September 2023.
Troy Hunter’s true crime buff Gus becomes a detective overnight when he finds a picture of a missing kid online that rocks his world. Together with his best friends, he sets out to investigate a cold case that could reveal the secrets of his past.
Continue readingSHORT STORY SPOTLIGHT: ‘The Winter Months’ by Emma Ashmere
This week’s spotlight shines on Emma Ashmere’s atmospheric collection Dreams They Forgot, highlighting the story ‘The Winter Months’.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Jillian Smith wins the January WWWC!
We’re pleased to announce the winner of the January WWWC: Jillian Smith! In ‘Sapphiretown’, a woman’s bittersweet reunion with the beach shack she holidayed in as a child brings back old memories.
Read Jillian’s winning entry below.
Continue readingPOETRY SPOTLIGHT: ‘Devil’s Elbow’ by Jelena Dinić
This week’s spotlight shines once again on Jelena Dinić’s stunning collection In the Room with the She Wolf, highlighting the poem ‘Devil’s Elbow’.