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The short story’s power for big impact

Writers Sean O’Beirne, Josephine Rowe and Alice Bishop talk with Alice Cottrell about why short stories have such a big impact, at Yarra Valley Writers Festival.

3 Jun 2020

Andrea Simpson

Writing and Publishing

Book cover images: Here Until August by Josephine Rowe, A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop, and A Couple of Things Before the End by Sean Obeirne.

Yarra Valley Writers Festival (YVWF) has transformed its live festival into a digital experience via its website. One YVWF’s online offerings is: Sunday Sessions, a one hour author panel discussion free to view live on Sunday, and available to re-watch on Wednesday.

Why short stories have big impact was the topic up for discussion on the Sunday Session delivered on 24 May.

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