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Griffith REVIEW 42: Once Upon a Time in Oz

So it’s funny, publication day sort of passed me by yesterday. As my story in this gorgeous anthology is a riff on Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife from the point of view of the snake it’s appropriate I was too busy preparing our home and property against bushfire to take note. Bushfire is one of the main hazards the drover’s wife has to battle. We love a sunburnt country eh?

Once Upon a Time in Oz presents new stories by renowned writers including Cate Kennedy, Arnold Zable, Ali Alizadeh, Tony Birch, Marion Halligan, Margo Lanagan and Bruce Pascoe. Other writers including Kate Forsyth, Michelle Law, Jane Sullivan, Lucy Sussex and John Bryson examine through essay and memoir some of the mysteries of storytelling. And David Rowe takes us ‘Down the Abbott Hole’ in a cartoon essay. Once Upon a Time in Oz features Carmel Bird as contributing editor.

 

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Where Writers Write

Writer and blogger Zena Shapter has been running a fun series on Where Writers Write. I’ve enjoyed seeing all the (remarkably) tidy desks where writers work and am particularly jealous of one writer’s soft Moomin plushie – WANT.

I sent a photo of one of the beautiful local cafes where I’ve spent a lot of time, some of it even editing and meeting with my publisher. After all, writers and cafes go together.

 

 

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The Carmel Bird Award: Amanda Lohrey Selects

I entered the Carmel Bird Award for Women’s Long Short Stories last year and am pleased that my story, Hostile Takeover, was selected as part of the longlist of twelve to be published as Amanda Lohrey Selects. (All stories were read blind.)

The 12 stories will be released serially as eSingles over the coming months (mine will be in December) and then the whole collection will also be available as an e-book.