Author Q&A with Carmel Bird – Thurs 14 Dec, 8pm AEDT

We'll be chatting with award-winning Australian author Carmel Bird on from 8pm AEDT on Thursday 14 December to celebrate a new award for digital short stories and the launch of Bird's new digital collection, The dead aviatrix: eight short stories.

Is there anything you'd like to know about writing short stories or publishing online? Don't miss this chance to put your questions to an experienced and talented writer. No need to wait until 14 December either – post them as they come to you.

If you'd like a bit of inspiration, have a read of some of Carmel's work:

The Dead Aviatrix, a story from her new collection: https://tablo.io/carmel-bird/the-dead-aviatrix-and-the-stratemeyer-syndicate
An essay on her new collection: https://tablo.io/carmel-bird/the-dead-aviatrix-the-story-of-the-stories

Carmel Bird has written novels, short stories, essays and books on the art of writing, in addition to editing anthologies of essays and stories. She was awarded the Patrick White Award in 2016.

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Hi Carmel,

Thanks for doing this Q&A. :)

I was wondering how you think the market for short stories has changed in recent years, especially in regards to digital short stories, and how you envision things changing in the future as new technology appears and becomes more prevalent.

Thanks!

Well, Bronwyn is more au fait with the digital publishing side of things, Cory, but from my point of view the more avenues - or platforms as we like to say now - for short stories the better. And if the new medium of the ebook means a writer can include hyperlinks, audio or even video in their stories - why not, I say.