Australian Shorts
A monthly podcast about short stories written by Australian authors. Hosted by Karen Hollands, each episode features a short story read by its author followed by a conversation about their story.
Podcasting since 2025 • 6 episodes
Australian Shorts
Latest Episodes
Australian Shorts Episode 06 Kate Ryan
Episode 6 of Australian Shorts features Kate Ryan. Kate is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction, manuscript assessor, writing mentor and writing teacher. Her work has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies an...
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Australian Shorts Ep 05 Anne Casey-Hardy
Episode 05 of Australian Shorts features Anne Casey-Hardy. Anne began writing after a long career as a librarian and advocate for families of premature babies. In 2018, she won the Peter Carey Short Story Award for her story, Being the Moth...
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Australian Shorts Ep 04 Laura Elvery
Episode 4 of Australian Shorts features Laura Elvery. Laura is the author of two short story collections: Trick of the Light and Ordinary Matter.She is a past winner of the Josephine Ulrick Prize for Literature, ...
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Australian Shorts Episode 03 Laurie Steed
Episode 3 of Australian Shorts features Laurie Steed. Laurie’s short fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in Best Australian Stories, Award Winning Australian Writing, The Age, Meanjin, Overland, Westerly, Island and e...
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