Barry Lee Thompson

Barry Lee Thompson

  • ‘How to Maintain a Thriving Writers Group’, by Barry Lee Thompson

    Originally posted on Elwood Writers: Barry has written the October guest post on Lee Kofman’s blog The Writing Life, over on Lee’s website. ‘How to Maintain a Thriving Writers Group’ offers practical tips to anyone thinking of starting a group, or for those who want to inject momentum into an existing group, or shore up…

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  • Australian Short Story Festival 2021

    This year’s Australian Short Story Festival is taking place in Adelaide from 5 to 7 November. I’m looking forward to participating in two sessions: ‘Masculinity’, on Saturday 6 November, and ‘Writing the Family’ on Sunday 7 November. Full program details, including more on those two sessions, can be found here. You’ll find info on this

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  • Closing date extended: Fundación César Egido Serrano VI International Flash Fiction Competition

    “”The César Egido Serrano Foundation was created to propose that the word be the tool of coexistence between cultures and religions and against all violence.” The closing date was originally 30 September 2021, but has now been extended, with the new date yet to be announced. The competition is open to writers from anywhere in

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  • Queensland Literary Awards | State Library of Queensland

    It’s a huge thrill and honour to have been a finalist in this year’s Queensland Literary Awards. Broken Rules and Other Stories was one of five books shortlisted for the University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection. Thanks so much to the judges and everyone involved in the awards. I

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  • Publication anniversary

    Wednesday this week marked one year from the release of Broken Rules and Other Stories. How time flies. Seems only yesterday that I was seeing cheery signs in the frolicking of a dolphin in the sunny waters of the Maribyrnong River on the morning of publication day. And now here we are in spring again.

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