Snuggle Up With Spineless - Little Matsue and other tales

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Snuggle Up With Spineless

We are thrilled to introduce Snuggle Up with Spineless, a suite of online events spanning from April to June. These events aim to give audiences a taste of the talent that Spineless Wonders, and our new imprint ES-Press, has to offer.

About This EventOn 28 April, author of Larry Boyd, will be in conversation with journalist Sally Blakeney to discuss his latest book Little Matsue and other tales, his other work, and whatever else takes their fancy on the night. Audiobook narrator Mark Dessaix will also make an appearance all the way from NYC! And who knows what kind of surprises Mark may have for us from across the globe.All registered guests will receive a special audio excerpt from Little Matsue and other tales via email. We will send you the giveaway taster once you register.This event will be held online over Zoom, at 6:00pm AEST on the 28th of April. You will be able to join the Snuggle Up with Spineless event by navigating to the Eventbrite page where you registered.About The BookLittle Matsue and other tales encompasses a magnificent thread of entangled journeys of acceptance and resignation, but also longing, and resolution. The uniqueness of each story comes from Larry Boyd’s intricate and vivid storytelling, which allows the reader to effortlessly step into the point of view of the characters and connect to their most nuanced emotions. From the graphic, imaginative way a little girl interprets the world around her, to the surprisingly relatable dynamics displayed by a family of fish, Little Matsue and other tales brings about the perfect blend between realistic and fictional narratives. ‘A gifted storyteller with a wry, original view, Larry Boyd is equally at ease in the worlds of 12th century China or the hip-hop community. There’s the tragedy of a daughter of a Polish migrant navigating Australian Christmas at its ugliest, the misadventure of a servant in feudal Japan and even an ironic take on fishy tales. Boyd gets inside his characters; a child fantasising to escape feuding parents, a father struggling with his role as his baby son’s primary carer, a teenage music student inspired by his first sexual experience. This is story telling at its traditional best.’ SALLY BLAKENEY, journalist‘Boyd boldly dances through that liminal space between child and adult until your eyes leak and your body aches. Fiercely imaginative, Little Matsue, will have you whizzing through kingdoms and time, writhing with rage, seduced by new love and building with dinosaur bones. You will laugh at the Oceanic Olympics as much as you will mourn for the strong woman you’ve just met lying in the grave. This book is insightful, a little mad and deeply enjoyable.’ Kate Liston-Mills, Dear Ibis Little Matsue and other tales is available in paperback, ebook and audiobook formats. Click here for <a href="https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/little-matsue-and-other-tales/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">details</a>.About Our PanelThe event will be hosted by Callan McNeilage (Minidigimarketing).LARRY BOYD is a writer living with a disability. He has worked in the field of disability arts for twenty years, including as director of Different Degrees Theatre Ensemble, a disability theatre company. Prior to this, he has been a lawyer, teacher, arts administrator, youth worker and actor. Larry will be in conversation with journalist and avid reader of fiction, SALLY BLAKENEY about the origins of stories in his collection. The evening’s event will be interspersed with excerpts from Little Matsue and other tales by audiobook narrator and actor, MARK DESSAIX.

About the Snuggle Up With Spineless SeriesWe are thrilled to present Snuggle Up with Spineless, a suite of online events spanning from April to June. These events aim to give audiences a taste of the talent that Australian publisher Spineless Wonders, and our new imprint ES-Press, has to offer. There’s something for all tastes: audio tales, micro- and short fiction, and experiments in poetry! Each event will take place at 6:00pm AEST and they all take place on Thursdays, so it’s a little easier to mark your calendars. These events are our gift to you. Tickets are free so you can soak up the opportunity of adding some new creators to your list of favourites. And to help with this, we are giving all audience members a taste of what they’ll be experiencing when they download their tickets! Yep, we’re that generous. With each ticket you book, you will receive an excerpt of one of our new titles. Just enough to get you excited about what’s to come. We can’t wait for you all to join us! Let us know in the comments, or on any of our socials, which event you’re most looking forward to. We’d also love to see how you “snuggle up” – so we warmly invite you to take a selfie of you snuggling up with your favourite blanket or beverage, and tag us using our handle and the hashtag #snuggleupwithspineless !

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