Barry Lee Thompson

  • I’m over the moon that Broken Rules and Other Stories has been shortlisted for this year’s University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection. To see the five shortlisted books and read the judges’ comments on them, click here. More information on the Queensland Literary Awards can be found at State

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  • Gone

    One morning he set off on his walk, but when he reached the point where he usually turns back and heads for home, he kept on going. For hours and hours, on he went, and all the while behind him the city was diminishing. Days later, when he remembered to glance back, the skyline had

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  • South Australia publication Glam Adelaide has a brand new review of Broken Rules here. A nice surprise. It’s really quite heartening to pull in a write-up more than six months after the book was published. It keeps things bubbling along. And it’s always nice to reach across state borders. Go here for a comprehensive list

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  • On BookBub

    My author profile has recently been listed on BookBub, and it’s viewable at the link below: Barry Lee Thompson Books – BookBub I don’t have much of a predilection for social media, but this is a platform dedicated to books. BookBub is a resource for readers to discover titles, and for authors and publishers to

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  • The podcast of yesterday’s episode of MAINfm’s The Quiet Carriage is available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4QtKtgd90UA5n7DFa0MAxM

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