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News and updates for writers who I have worked with as an editor, mentor, professor, or workshop leader.
DECEMBER 2019
Mandy Ruthnum's short story "Bluebird" ( written in the Short Fiction Workshop) was published by Persephone's Daughter, Issue 6, December 15, 2019.
NOVEMBER 2019
Kirby's This is Where I Get Off (Permanent Sleep Press, 2019) is going into its second printing!
Congratulations to Tom Prime and Gary Barwin on their collaborative poetry book, A Cemetery for Holes (Gordon Hill Press, 2019) which launched November 27, 2019!
SEPTEMBER 2019
Congratulations to Joyland writers Téa Mutonji and Sharon Butala whose fiction books have been nominated for the Writers' Trust Prize.
Knife | Fork | Book is getting a new home! Consider becoming a month Patreon supporter of this vital poetry hot spot.
Congratulations to Mandy Ruthnum whose story "Nemesis" was published in The Book Smuggler's Den.
AUGUST 2019
Congratulations to Paola Ferrante whose story "The Underside of a Wing" (written in the Short Fiction Workshop) won The New Quarterly's Peter Hinchcliffe Award.
Thrilled for all the writers on the Journey Prize Longlist especially Hajera Khaja whose story "Waiting for Adnan" I edited for Joyland!
JULY 2019
Congratulations to Paola Ferrante whose book What to Wear when Surviving a Lion Attack launches with Mansfield Press. I had the honour of writing a blurb for this terrific book.
Congratulations to Jaclyn Piudik whose poem "Chemotherapy and the Tasmanian Devil" was published in r.k.v.r.y literary journal.
JUNE 2019
Congratulations to Patrica Sandberg whose story "The Colour of Us" was published in The Cabinet of Heed
Mandy Ruthnum's short story "Bluebird" ( written in the Short Fiction Workshop) was published by Persephone's Daughter, Issue 6, December 15, 2019.
NOVEMBER 2019
Kirby's This is Where I Get Off (Permanent Sleep Press, 2019) is going into its second printing!
Congratulations to Tom Prime and Gary Barwin on their collaborative poetry book, A Cemetery for Holes (Gordon Hill Press, 2019) which launched November 27, 2019!
SEPTEMBER 2019
Congratulations to Joyland writers Téa Mutonji and Sharon Butala whose fiction books have been nominated for the Writers' Trust Prize.
Knife | Fork | Book is getting a new home! Consider becoming a month Patreon supporter of this vital poetry hot spot.
Congratulations to Mandy Ruthnum whose story "Nemesis" was published in The Book Smuggler's Den.
AUGUST 2019
Congratulations to Paola Ferrante whose story "The Underside of a Wing" (written in the Short Fiction Workshop) won The New Quarterly's Peter Hinchcliffe Award.
Thrilled for all the writers on the Journey Prize Longlist especially Hajera Khaja whose story "Waiting for Adnan" I edited for Joyland!
JULY 2019
Congratulations to Paola Ferrante whose book What to Wear when Surviving a Lion Attack launches with Mansfield Press. I had the honour of writing a blurb for this terrific book.
Congratulations to Jaclyn Piudik whose poem "Chemotherapy and the Tasmanian Devil" was published in r.k.v.r.y literary journal.
JUNE 2019
Congratulations to Patrica Sandberg whose story "The Colour of Us" was published in The Cabinet of Heed
