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Vivienne Plumb’s second book, The glove box and other stories, is a collection of short fictional stories about women on the road. Each of her character-driven tales tells of hitchhiking adventures—and misadventures—across the Australian continent. Some of the women are looking for work, others are running from their past, and a few aren’t quite sure […]

At April’s First Friday Club Delia Falconer and Bronwyn Mehan joined us to discuss anthologies and their place in Australian literature. Delia Falconer is the author of two acclaimed novels and the editor of a number of anthologies, including the Penguin Book of the Road and Best Australian Stories 2008/2009. She also heads the student-run Writers’ Anthology at the University of Technology, Sydney. Bronwyn Mehan is the editor of Spineless Wonders,

White Light collects together sixteen of Mark O’Flynn’s short stories published between 1996 and 2012 and includes a variety of pieces ranging from the tale of an older, obese poet’s train ride to Perth to one father’s struggle on a beach to summon everyday courage. Despite the wide range of pieces, the subdued tone of […]

Suzanne Rath reviews Dear Writer: revisited by Carmel Bird.