Originally posted on Elwood Writers:
Go back to school this week as Vision Australia Radio repeats a favourite episode of its weekly literary program Cover to Cover from January 2018, featuring stories written and in some cases read on air by Elwood Writers. You can hear the show in Melbourne at 8:00pm this Friday, repeated Sunday at 1:30pm. For timings in other cities and locations around Australia, check the VAR website. And as usual the show can be heard online from anywhere in the world by using the ‘listen live’ feature on the VAR website: https://radio.visionaustralia.org/ Happy listening! Continue reading Back to School

Originally posted on Barry Lee Thompson:
Tuesday morning. A couple of hours before his train is due to depart. We go to the champagne bar on the platform. G insists on sitting outside, even though it’s cold enough for scarves. None of the other customers are as foolish. “We’re hardy,” says G. I mishear him. “Hardy,” he says. We eat croissants with butter, and salt-and-pepper scrambled eggs. The coffee – bitter, and strong, and too hot – is delicious, and seems to hold some hint of the smoky-darkness of the future in its depths. Our conversation is easy, requiring little… Continue reading Feathers

Broken Rules and Other Stories has been selected by The Age as one of ‘The books to read in 2020’. It’s in the new voices section of the article. The listing has the original release date of August, but the title was brought forward and is coming out in May. There’s more information at the Transit Lounge website, here. Continue reading New in May