Published 7 June 2012 · Writing / Main Posts / Culture The Slow Canoe Clare Strahan Overland’s epublishing debut, Women’s Work, was launched in March to a delightful critical response. As Sophie Cunningham said in her launch speech, the stories in this ‘finely wrought’ collection of five short stories by new writers are worth reading over and over again. A steal at $5.95: if you haven’t already made this wise investment, I firmly encourage you to do so now. Three of the writers from Women’s Work will be reading for The Slow Canoe on 7pm Friday 15 June the Schoolhouse Studios (97 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford). The Slow Canoe is a delicious literary evening – an ‘informal night, in the company of cheap drinks’ – where good writers (Kate Holden, Steve Amsterdam, Michael Meehan and Jessica Au, to name a few) come to read their work and share the stories of others, all for $5 entry. I’ll be there, as will Women’s Work’s Georgina Luck, Helen Addison-Smith and Cheryl Adam. Join us. Clare Strahan Clare Strahan is a two-time novelist with Allen & Unwin publishers, long-ago contributing editor to Overland, and teaches in the RMIT Professional Writing & Editing Associate Degree. More by Clare Strahan › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 8 November 20248 November 2024 · Poetry Announcing the final results of the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Editorial Team After careful consideration, judges Karen Wyld and Eugenia Flynn have selected first place and two runners-up to form the final results of this year’s Nakata Brophy Prize! 4 October 202418 October 2024 · Main Posts Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 longlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia.
