Peter Michal reads from his very, very funny tell-all about small town politics and big time corruption in sunny Australia, How to Catch Flathead. For the You Tube clip, click here. For all paperback and eBook purchasing options, click here. For tasty snippets of How to Catch Flathead, click here.
Another intriguing review of ‘The Last Free Man and Other Stories’
“The people in Woolston’s stories are not worried about paying their bills, losing their jobs, earning good grades, or managing a complicated network of relationships. This is because the social and institutional systems that are prevalent in big cities apply almost no pressure on them in their everyday lives.” From another intriguing review of The …
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‘Verdant’ now available in paperback
Verdant Truth Serum Vol. 5 - where 89 poets take on the theme of green - is the second in our series of 'colour' poetry anthologies. To purchase the paperback, click here. For a taste of Verdant, click here The book features the work of Joseph Allison, David Atkinson, Shawn Aveningo-Sanders, Linda Barrett, Dev Berger, …
Matt Potter reads from ‘On the Bitch’
Matt Potter reads the story 'Build' from his novella On the Bitch (published by Truth Serum Press in 2018) for National Flash Fiction Day NZ. Find the reading by clicking here. You can purchase On the Bitch in various formats by clicking here.
Nod Ghosh – interviewee and judge
Nod Ghosh, author of Filthy Sucre and The Crazed Wind (both published by Truth Serum Press), is the guest judge of the July - October 2020 Bath Flash Fiction Award. Here she talks about flash, being judgy (but in a good way), and her attitudes to 'What's-the-Pointism', 'Don't-Be-Too-Hard-on-Yourself-itis' and 'Open-a-packet-of-Crisps-and-Bottle-of-Wine-Instead Syndrome'. https://bathflashfictionaward.com/2020/07/interview-with-nod-ghosh-judge-for-16th-award-july-october-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2T-5jdDkSHtUlRFaXx9ahlUIADr-2nvkMtMb0HQ_YzltzOeHkLt1ZsJLc
Submissions Update
As of July 4th 2020, Truth Serum Press is no longer accepting submissions for single author books. It has been a momentous decision, but we feel good about it. For more details, click here.
Good things often arrive in frames …
One of the great things about being nominated for a literary award is sometimes, you receive a framed certificate in the post, reminding you of your hard work and good fortune. Congratulations again to Lewis Woolston, whose short story collection The Last Free Man and Other Stories (published by Truth Serum Press) was short-listed for …
Nod Ghosh, ‘Filthy Sucre’ and Plains FM interview
Thanks to Morrin Rout at Plains FM for this interview about Nod Ghosh’s book Filthy Sucre (three novella-in-flash). First there's an interesting conversation with Dame Lois Muir about the world of New Zealand netball, as featured in a recently released book. Morrin's interview starts at 14 mins 25 sec. Nod mentions at the end that …
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Vancouver Flash Fiction features ‘Filthy Sucre’
Vancouver Flash Fiction has included FilthySucre by Nod Ghosh in its #MUSTREAD Flash Fiction Collections & Anthologies list. Thanks Karen Schauber and Vancouver Flash Fiction!
Nod Ghosh and National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand
Nod Ghosh, author of Filthy Sucre and The Crazed Wind (both out now from Truth Serum Press), took part in the panel discussion 'Imagination Unbound: Five Women on the Poetic Narrative Form' as part of National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand. Moderated by Michelle Elvy, you can find the forum on YouTube by clicking here. …
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