Podcast

Stories with hooks: Gretchen Shirm’s Having Cried Wolf

Gretchen Shirm is the author of Having Cried Wolf, a collection of interwoven short stories published by Affirm Press through their ‘Long Story Shorts’ venture. I spoke with Gretchen about her debut collection, writing and her other life as a lawyer.

Podcast roadmap: novels that don’t work – stories that come out of nowhere – writing many stories to get to the right ones – what you have to learn as a writer – Postcards from Surfers – the south coast of New South Wales – small fractures, large fractures – whether or not to identify as an ‘emerging’ writer – writers who are refugees from the law – ‘A Perfect Day for Bananafish’

Produced by Rafiq Copeland. Music is Pompey. Download the podcast here. Subscribe via iTunes or the podcast feed.

Having Cried Wolf Giveaway

Thanks to Affirm Press, we have five copies of Having Cried Wolf to give away. All you need to do is be one of the first five people to email affirm@affirmpress.com.au with ‘KYD giveaway’ in the subject header. Good luck!

• Affirm Press
• Australian fiction
• emerging writers
• Gretchen Shirm
• short stories

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