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Vale Moya Costello

Spineless Wonders ~team — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:33:41 +0000

We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Moya Costello in October this year. We were enormously proud to publish and showcase Moya’s inventive prose poems in many of our microlit anthologies over the past thirteen years and honoured that she judged the 2019 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award. As well as appearing […]

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All About Our Writers on Writers Mini Festival!

Tatumn Gendron — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 01:51:24 +0000

Can you tell us what Spineless Wonders have cooked up for their audience? The Spineless Wonders team have been working behind the scenes to produce Writers on Writers, three parts online mini festival running across October. The events bring two Australian authors together in conversation to explore new works that push the boundaries […]

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Meet Julia Prendergast, author of Blent

Tatumn Gendron — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:03:32 +0000

In this interview, Julia Prendergast speaks about the inspiration for her new release novella, Blent, the influences on her style of writing, and the Australian literary scene. This interview was created by Katie Price and Selena Madrio. Where did the idea for Blent begin for you? Was it sparked by a character, an image, […]

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Meet ‘Toupie’ author Kathleen Bleakley

Tatumn Gendron — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:44:11 +0000

Spinning Creativity with Toupie Kaleidoscope. Merry-go-Round. Carousel. None of these titles Kathleen had been juggling uniquely echoed movement, colour, and change—the recurring themes of her new nameless collection. Although adamant on seeking a title that had ‘thematic and contextual mood links’ to this collection, she decided to step out for some good-old retail therapy […]

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Meet ‘Else’ Author Rose Michael

Tatumn Gendron — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:05:35 +0000

In this interview with Dr Rose Michael (author of The Asking Game and The Art of Navigation), Spineless Wonders’ Harley Dark asks about the inspirations and craft behind the upcoming novella: Else. A deeply climate-conscious story, Else follows a mother and daughter’s relationship as they navigate neurodivergence, Country, and record storms at their ancestral home […]

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Meet ‘Eggshell’ author Olivia De Zilva

Tatumn Gendron — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:16:27 +0000

Olivia De Zilva details her journey as a writer growing up in suburban Adelaide and its influences in her debut novella Eggshell, due for release in November. In this interview with publicity assistant, Lila Ruddell, Olivia discusses how her writing journey began, authors she admires, and some advice for Eggshell’s main character, Kira. Olivia De […]

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Adapt our short fiction

Spineless Wonders ~team — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 01:01:38 +0000

Adaptation Gala Award The SmartFone Flick Fest and Spineless Wonders Best Adaptation Film Award features some of the best Australian short stories ready to jump from the page to the screen. Read this information article by emerging publisher, Cindy Jones. Each author has given permission for their work to be included in the SF3 awards. […]

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Adapt our microfiction

Spineless Wonders ~team — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 03:54:24 +0000

Are you a passionate filmmaker searching for your next great story? Unforgettable short films begin with a spark. Spineless Wonders invites you to explore a selection of their best micro-fictions to find that spark of inspiration for your entry into the 2025 SmartFone FlickFest. Emerging publisher, Ren Topfer takes a peek behind some of the […]

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Novella Nudge

Spineless Wonders ~team — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:43:49 +0000

The Novella Prize is offered in partnership by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Spineless Wonders publishing (SW). Enter here. Enter the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Spineless Wonders publishing (SW) ‘Novella Prize’ for your chance to win. If you win you will receive: a judges’ report from an established literary […]

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2024 in review

Spineless Wonders ~team — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:37:22 +0000

This year has been a corker for Spineless Wonders – thanks to the wonderful team of people and partner organisations who have made this year’s projects possible. Publisher and creative director, Bronwyn Mehan does a quick recap. Podcasts This year we released our first two fiction podcast, The Next 5 Minutes, courtesy of CreateNSW and […]

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