Hi,

I’m Karen, a researcher and avid reader.

I dabble in writing fiction and have had short stories published and listed in various writing competitions. In 2019 I was a finalist in the Queensland Literary Awards for an unpublished novel manuscript.

When I’m not wrangling words onto the page, I may be reading my way through an endless stack of books or interviewing other writers for my Australian Shorts podcast which focuses on the short story form. Each month, I feature an Australian short story writer who reads one of their stories and then we chat about the story and the joys and challenges of writing short fiction.

My blog series focused on unpublished writers and explored the things that helped them to persist in the face of publication challenges.

I hope you find something of interest here. If you’d like to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops, please subscribe to my Substack.