Category: short stories

  • Becoming South Australian

    It’s been a busy week here in Adelaide, where my partner and I have moved for six months – a dose of transitional urbanisation before we head to Beijing (for her work) at the end of July. All of the festivals descend on the city at once in February/March, and it’s wonderful to see the…

  • The lost

    I wrote about extinction grief for Overland journal: In Hobart last week for the Emerging Writers Festival, I went to pay my respects to one of my favourite tape loops: the video of the last thylacine in captivity, which is on permanent display in the new thylacine room. You can watch it on YouTube, courtesy…

  • Queensland Literary Awards

    I’m very pleased to share the news that The Rest is Weight has been shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards! The Steele Rudd Award is the only prize in Australia dedicated to short story collections, so I’m stoked to be on this list, and in such great company. It’s been a very strong year for…