Anthony Panegyres on writing and reading

Latest story releases: "The Tic-Toc Boy of Constantinople" in Kisses by Clockwork and "Submerging" in Overland Journal ...

A fellow Perth short story writer, Laurie Steed, sent me a meme. I'm not going to add specific names - I'm happy to hear everyone...

Jonathan Shaw is an Australian poet, who also provides regular commentary on a few literary journals. His blog is of interest to any reader,...

Today, I was on a panel at Swancon about the writing lifestyle. Which, for me as a long short story writer, largely relates to holidays and ...

My latest story "Submerging" will be in the pages of Overland Literary Journal 214, Autumn. It'll be launched this evening i...

Like a jazz piano player, a good writer of short crime fiction didn't think he knew his job unless he could improvise on all twelve keys...

The purpose of literature is to Delight. To create or endorse the scholastic is a craven desire. David Mamet, The Humble Genre Novel, Some...

Great to see Dreaming of Djinn ed. Liz Grzyb as a finalist for the best anthology. A huge huzzah to all the writers, publishers and editors...

Books Read in 2013 The 25 books I read in 2013 are listed below: Levant: Splendour and Castastrophe in the Mediterranean Philip M...

In 2013, I read 106 'long' short stories. Finalising a list of 25 highly recommended stories is never easy but these were m...