• Retreat

    At the beginning of September I joined a group of writing friends for a week-long retreat at a rented house in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. The five of us originally met on a writing residency at Varuna in 2016, and have stayed in touch since then. The Sunday before leaving Melbourne, I…

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  • The first prize went to ‘Fly’ by José Manuel Dorrego Sáenz, from Madrid, Spain. The winning story was written in Spanish, and its author wins $20,000. There were three second prizes of $2000 awarded to the highest-ranking entries in each of the other languages of the contest:‘Where Do You Think You’re Going?!’ is by Emilia…

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  • My contributor copy of the latest American Writers Review arrived yesterday. San Fedele Press has done it again, and produced a beautiful piece of art – a treasure trove of writing and images. I can’t wait to delve in. To find out how you can lay your hands on a copy of this terrific literary…

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  • I participated in two sessions at last year’s Australian Short Story Festival:Masculinity with Wayne Marshall, Barry Lee Thompson and Dominic Carew, on Saturday 6 November 2021.Writing The Family with Barry Lee Thompson and Katherine Tamiko Arguile, on Sunday 7 November 2021. Videos of the sessions are available for a limited time, below: For all the…

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  • My short story ‘Half Life’ is included in the latest edition of American Writers Review. I’m delighted to be there! The anthology will be available soon …

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