News & Events – Susan McCreery

Fiction Pick of the Week! Review in The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 February 2023.

Fabulous review by Ann Skea of All the Unloved in The Newtown Review of Books, March 2024.
‘The Marshmallow Game’ shortlisted for the Newcastle Short Story Award 2023 and published in the Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2023.
Panel ‘Love, Loss and Lust’, with Kate Scott at the South Coast Writers Festival, 20 August 2023, 12.30–1.30pm. Host: Holly Trenaman. Tickets here
In-store conversation about All the Unloved at Collins Booksellers, Thirroul, with Margaret Throsby, 28 April 2023.
Panel ‘Short and Sweet’, on the art and craft of the novella, with Ashley Kalagian Blunt at the Newcastle Writers Festival, 2 April 2023. Host: Michael Sala.
Book launch All the Unloved at the historic Railway Institute Hall, Thirroul, 26 March 2023. Launched by Hayley Scrivenor. MC Linda Godfrey.
All the Unloved, a novella set in an apartment block in 1990s Bondi, published by Spineless Wonders in February 2023.
‘Beetle Height‘ published in Travel, Spineless Wonders, ed. Cassandra Atherton (2022).
‘Into the Clear Blue’ published in Island Online, September 2021. Link here
Sydney Writers Festival, reading at Microlit Improv, 28 April 2021.
‘Play It for Me’ published in Pulped Fiction, Spineless Wonders, ed. Cassandra Atherton (2021); launched at Newcastle Writers Festival (online); here’s a reading of ‘Play It for Me’:

‘What Choice’ published in Verity La, June 2020. Link here
Scorched Linen (novel) completed in February 2020. In May 2020, signed for representation by Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary
‘The Koel’ shortlisted in Newcastle Short Story Award, 2020, and published in the Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2020
‘Affinity’ (microlit) published in Scars, Spineless Wonders, ed. Cassandra Atherton (2020)
Author talk at Shellharbour Library, 24 October 2019
Book launch This Person Is Not That Person at the historic Thirroul Railway Institute Hall, 20 October, 2019. MC Linda Godfrey. Launched by Helena Fox. Guitarist Bruce Greenfeld.
This Person Is Not That Person published by Puncher & Wattmann, September 2019; released 15 February 2020
‘Plover’ published in Verity La, May 2019. Link here
Author talk at Thirroul Library, 14 May 2019
‘Thunder-drop sky’ (microlit) published in Shuffle, Spineless Wonders, ed. Cassandra Atherton (2019)
Keynote presenter at the inaugural Flash Fiction Festival, Canberra, April 2018
Loopholes shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award (MUBA) 2017. Details here of the event and the shortlist
Appeared at the Newcastle Writers Festival 2017 – a panel on Reading and Writing Microfiction, with Jon Steiner and Richard Holt. Loopholes was launched by Carmel Bird. Details here
Attended the Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin 2017

Loopholes – a collection of microfiction – was published by Spineless Wonders, December 2016. Here’s a great review of Loopholes from Books+Publishing
Also one from NSW Writers’ Centre Sept ’17
Take a look at ‘What I’m reading’ on Meanjin’s blog November 3 2014 here
Flash fiction piece ‘Hold-up’ on screen at Federation Square, Melbourne, during the Melbourne Writers Festival, August 2014 (Flashing the Square)
Awarded a Varuna PIP Fellowship 2014 for This Person Is Not That Person
Awarded an Australian Society of Authors Mentorship 2013–14 for This Person Is Not That Person. Mentor: Janet Hutchinson
Waiting for the Southerly received a Commended in the Anne Elder Award 2012 for a first book of poetry
Poetry collection Waiting for the Southerly launched by Richard Morecroft on 17 June 2012 at the Thirroul Railway Institute Hall, with MC Linda Godfrey, and guitarist Bruce Greenfeld
Guest poet at Bundanoon’s Winterfest, July 2012,with Ron Pretty and Victoria McGrath
Short story manuscript shortlisted for Varuna Publisher Fellowship 2012
Read Susan’s interview with Spineless Wonders here
Guest poet South Coast Writers Centre for National Poetry Week 2009
Guest poet Shoalhaven Poetry Festival 2007

Photos of launch of All the Unloved, held at the historic Thirroul Railway Institute Hall, 26 March 2023.

Photos of launch of This Person Is Not That Person, held 20 October 2019.