Past Event
Book Launch: Sleepers Almanac No. 8
7th Mar 2013
Presenter: Sleepers Publishing
Website: http://www.sleeperspublishing.com/
Event Duration: 120 minutes
Featuring new stories from Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Jonathan Griffiths, Rhett Davis, Madeleine Griffeth, Helen Addison-Smith, and plenty of others you may never have heard of, alongside writers you may be more familiar with: Melanie Joosten, Eric Yoshiaki Dando, SJ Finn, Laurie Steed; as well as funny pics by the inimitable Andrew Weldon.
The Almanac celebrates the short story, and includes stories up to 10,000 words long. If you have a major crush on the short story, then this is for you.
Reviews of the last edition:
“This bright new instalment” – Owen Richardson, The Age
“What is perhaps most noteworthy about The Sleepers Almanac No.7 is the great balance Dattner and Swinn have brought to the collection as a whole. There’s a satisfying variety in the subject matter and tone of the stories, and there’s a nice variation in structure that keeps the reading experience here always fresh and never dull, and that makes for a very impressive anthology of writing.” – Canberra Times
“This year’s is another hefty contribution to the good health of short fiction in Australia, with the weight towards material by new
and emerging authors.” – Kerryn Goldsworthy, Sydney Morning Herald