Coffee Pod|cast

In this episode of Coffee Pod|cast it's Emma's turn to choose a microfiction to listen to and discuss. Her pick is 'Taken' by Michelle Wright. The narration by Alex Williams was recorded in front of a live audience at Little Fictions in Knox St Bar, Chippendale. Listen in, join the discussion on Facebook and don't forget to subscribe on your favourite podcast platform.'Taken' was published in Flashing The Square (Spineless Wonders, 2014) an anthology of microlit.

About the author

Michelle Wright writes short stories and flash fiction. She’s won the Age (2012), Alan Marshall (2014) and Grace Marion Wilson (2013) Awards, and the Writers Victoria Templeberg Fellowship (2013). In 2013, she was placed second in the Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction. Her debut collection, Fine was published in 2016.

About the actor

Alex Williams is an actor and singer with a flair for comedy. He performed in Sydney and Adelaide Fringe Festivals with the Sexy Tales Comedy Collective, performing wickedly comic plays by Patrick Lenton.  He has also recently taken his hand to screen writing and acting in web published series and short films.

Show credits

Presented by Ali Morris and Emma Walsh.

Theme music by James Seymour.

Produced by Bronwyn Mehan.

This podcast project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and we wish to acknowledge the support of Little Fictions by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and the City of Sydney Matching Grants program.

Australian short story publisher, Spineless Wonders is excited to be releasing the very first episode of Coffee Pod|cast and introducing your hosts, Emma Walsh and Ali Morris. Join Emma and Ali as each episode they select for you a microfiction, read by an actor, and then chat about it over their morning coffee.

In this first episode, they have chosen 'Sanctuary' read by Kate Fraser and recorded live at Little Fictions, a show performed in Sydney's Knox Street Bar. 'Sanctuary' was written by Shady Cosgrove and is published in Landmarks, an anthology of prose poems and microfiction edited by Cassandra Atherton.

About the author

SHADY COSGROVE is the author of What the Ground Can’t Hold (Picador, 2013) and She Played Elvis (Allen and Unwin, 2009), which was shortlisted for the Australian Vogel Award. Her short fiction has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Overland, Antipodes, Southerly and other Spineless Wonders anthologies.

About the actor

KATE FRASER is a graduate of the Actors Centre Australia. Her theatre credits include Book of Days at New Theatre as well as Stop Kiss and Starlight Stories. More recently Kate has appeared in TV episodes of Home and Away, Janet King, and A Place to Call Home.

Credits

Presented by Ali Morris and Emma Walsh.

Theme music by James Seymour.

Produced by Bronwyn Mehan.

This podcast project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body and we wish to acknowledge the support of Little Fictions by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund and the City of Sydney Matching Grants program.