Author Q&A with Carmel Bird – Thurs 14 Dec, 8pm AEDT
We'll be chatting with award-winning Australian author Carmel Bird on from 8pm AEDT on Thursday 14 December to celebrate a new award for digital short stories and the launch of Bird's new digital collection, The dead aviatrix: eight short stories.
Is there anything you'd like to know about writing short stories or publishing online? Don't miss this chance to put your questions to an experienced and talented writer. No need to wait until 14 December either – post them as they come to you.
If you'd like a bit of inspiration, have a read of some of Carmel's work:
The Dead Aviatrix, a story from her new collection: https://tablo.io/carmel-bird/the-dead-aviatrix-and-the-stratemeyer-syndicate
An essay on her new collection: https://tablo.io/carmel-bird/the-dead-aviatrix-the-story-of-the-stories
Carmel Bird has written novels, short stories, essays and books on the art of writing, in addition to editing anthologies of essays and stories. She was awarded the Patrick White Award in 2016.
Me again: In ‘Surrogate’, I loved the families called the Spines and the Backbones that live next door to each other. The humour is a bright spot in a story that ends in tragedy. It also ends with a quote from the Grimm Brothers, ‘My tale is done and there runs a mouse and whoever catches it can make from it a big fur cap.’ I thought the quote added quite a sinister aura to the end of the story. Tell us more ...