Transit Lounge
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Thanks to everyone who’s supported Broken Rules and Other Stories this year. Whether you read the collection, for work or pleasure or both, or it’s on your to-read list, or if you simply visited this website, it represents a donation of time, one of our most precious resources, and I appreciate it. There’s more info
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Last week’s edition of Cover to Cover is now available as a podcast. Episode 339 featured readings of ‘Their Cruel Routines’ and ‘The Americans’ from Broken Rules and Other Stories (Transit Lounge, 2020). Thanks to producer Tim McQueen for devoting an entire show to stories from the collection, and for reading them from his temporary
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If like me you missed yesterday’s edition of Vision Australia Radio’s Cover to Cover, there’s another chance to catch it today at 1:30PM (AEST) on the radio in Australia or online wherever you are in the world. This week’s program features two short stories from my book Broken Rules and Other Stories: listen to Tim
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Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate Monday’s launch of Broken Rules and Other Stories, whether on the night or via the recording afterwards. One of the many benefits of online literary events is their wide accessibility. I was lucky to be joined by so many supporters from Victoria, interstate, and overseas. What a treat to
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The sun’s shining. I saw a seal or dolphin splashing about in the Maribyrnong River this morning. It’s the first day of spring and I’ve been smelling jasmine in the local laneways for days now, even through the fabric of my facemask. And it’s publication day. Yippee! Broken Rules is officially released.
Barry Lee Thompson 