Behind the Wattles
Available formats: epub mobi pdf rtf lrf pdb txt html
I am a freelance writer and editor. I am father of two boys. For the last few years I have focussed my writing interest on chronicling women and men’s experience of childbirth and promoting better support for pregnant women and their partners. Recently, for a change of pace, I am writing two Australian history books. In 2014 I was elected Chair of the ACT Writers Centre.
In 2010 I established the Stringybark Short Story Awards to promote the short story as a literary form.
Tweet
Share on Google+
Also by This Author
Readers of This Book Also Read
Reviews
Review by:
Andrew Yung
on Feb. 24, 2015 :
Fab. Seventy-seven short stories that demonstrate the breadth of the genre. Some of these are just mind-bogglingly clever and a few, a very few, are a bit ho-hum. As a collection of flash fiction stories this is a top-class anthology. A quality book.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Margie Riley
on Dec. 17, 2012 :
Great! Just in time for the holidays and for those last minute gifts. Easy-to-read (mostly) flash fiction pieces and micro-fiction snippets dotted throughout. Love 'em.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Julie Davies
on Dec. 15, 2012 :
What a marvelously eclectic collection of stories! Some are heartwarming, others thought-provoking, unexpected, haunting. Some made me laugh and others I identified with so strongly, I was annoyed I hadn't written them. The micro-fiction scattered throughout were like chocolate biscuits hidden under cake. A great read. Couldn't put it down.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)
Review by:
Sophie Six
on Nov. 25, 2012 :
A fantastic collection of short short stories from all walks of Australian life – past and present, pre-pat and ex-pat. From the familiarly evocative such as Peter Bishop’s “And things stood” and Pal Whipp’s heartrending and buoyant realism of “Redemption Bay” to the startlingly present historical voice of Graham d’Elboux ‘s “Truly”, and the poignant and whimsical concept of Harry Gorry’s “What Price Bubbles”, these stories are each unique yet all share artful plotting and wonderfully fresh, succinct descriptive writing. I particularly enjoyed the saga of Catherine Cooper’s “Roadside Tragedy”.
I’d never read flash fiction before and found it an amazingly refreshing length. I’m impressed at the depth of narrative conveyable in such a short word count, J.B Rowley “A lovely cup of tea” being a particularly deadly example. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be downloading Stringybark's other flash fiction anthology next!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)