Gillian O’Shaughnessy
@gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social
▪️Journalist. Writer. Reader. Optimist.
▪️Debut story collection out in 2026, funded by WA Dept. Of Creative Industries, Tourism & Sport, published by Night Parrot Press.
▪️Sub Editor- SmokeLong Quarterly
▪️BSF 23, 24, 25.
Gillianoshaughnessy.com
▪️Debut story collection out in 2026, funded by WA Dept. Of Creative Industries, Tourism & Sport, published by Night Parrot Press.
▪️Sub Editor- SmokeLong Quarterly
▪️BSF 23, 24, 25.
Gillianoshaughnessy.com
📚Last chance! Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna TONIGHT, 10/10/25 at the National Hotel Fremantle. I’ll be talking to Sofie about her new book, The Underworld. Full of myths and misfits, it’ll be a great conversation. 6.30pm start.
Register at New Edition books
Register at New Edition books
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
📚Last chance! Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna TONIGHT, 10/10/25 at the National Hotel Fremantle. I’ll be talking to Sofie about her new book, The Underworld. Full of myths and misfits, it’ll be a great conversation. 6.30pm start.
Register at New Edition books
Register at New Edition books
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Other Household Toxins by Christopher Allen.
@christopherallen.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social
@christopherallen.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Other Household Toxins by Christopher Allen.
@christopherallen.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social
@christopherallen.bsky.social @smokelong.bsky.social
Brilliant weekend talking flash fiction at the Festival of Fiction in Perth. Plus hearing Tim Winton, one of the greatest living authors in the world today talk about the ‘useless beauty’ of art which doesn’t need an excuse to exist. Heart exploding. Thanks Tess Woods & team. 🙏📚
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Brilliant weekend talking flash fiction at the Festival of Fiction in Perth. Plus hearing Tim Winton, one of the greatest living authors in the world today talk about the ‘useless beauty’ of art which doesn’t need an excuse to exist. Heart exploding. Thanks Tess Woods & team. 🙏📚
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Wild Life by @kathyfish.bsky.social published by Matter Press.
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Wild Life by @kathyfish.bsky.social published by Matter Press.
Check out this awesome line up of #flashfiction authors reading at Freo Library for the Totally Lit Festival. Loved that so many writers came for the open mike too. 🩷
October 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Check out this awesome line up of #flashfiction authors reading at Freo Library for the Totally Lit Festival. Loved that so many writers came for the open mike too. 🩷
My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling
October 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My story projected onto the Fremantle Port Authority building at Fremantle Harbour as part of the inaugural Totally Lit Festival. So proud! Loved seeing all the micros projected into beautiful Walyalup for this gorgeous celebration of storytelling
⚡️Fast Flash Review: The Potential of Radio and Rain by @mynachang.bsky.social published by @cutbank.bsky.social
🙏 to @nightparrot.bsky.social #flashfiction
🙏 to @nightparrot.bsky.social #flashfiction
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: The Potential of Radio and Rain by @mynachang.bsky.social published by @cutbank.bsky.social
🙏 to @nightparrot.bsky.social #flashfiction
🙏 to @nightparrot.bsky.social #flashfiction
Talking flash fiction and reading with the thrilling Jo Trilling on ABC Radio Perth today. What a joy!
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Talking flash fiction and reading with the thrilling Jo Trilling on ABC Radio Perth today. What a joy!
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Morsels of Purple by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar. Such moving and vivid stories of migration, change and discovery. @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: Morsels of Purple by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar. Such moving and vivid stories of migration, change and discovery. @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
Four Southern Right whales 50 metres off the coast of Freo this week. Wildlife experts say two mothers fattening up their calves in the shallows for the trip back to Antarctica. Magical. Safe travels 🐳💙
September 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Four Southern Right whales 50 metres off the coast of Freo this week. Wildlife experts say two mothers fattening up their calves in the shallows for the trip back to Antarctica. Magical. Safe travels 🐳💙
I belatedly realised that the sketches through Child Craft were drawn by the brilliant Melissa Llanes Brownlee. They are a motherflippin’ joy. These tiny gems add so much to an already fantastic book. @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I belatedly realised that the sketches through Child Craft were drawn by the brilliant Melissa Llanes Brownlee. They are a motherflippin’ joy. These tiny gems add so much to an already fantastic book. @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @amygcb.bsky.social
Bought this after a recommendation in a @kathyfish.bsky.social #artofflashfiction substack 🙏 & it is hands down one of the best craft books I’ve EVER read for writing in any form. Wildly obsessed with writing A. Ginsberg American sentences.
@kimaddonizio.bsky.social
@kimaddonizio.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Bought this after a recommendation in a @kathyfish.bsky.social #artofflashfiction substack 🙏 & it is hands down one of the best craft books I’ve EVER read for writing in any form. Wildly obsessed with writing A. Ginsberg American sentences.
@kimaddonizio.bsky.social
@kimaddonizio.bsky.social
Fast Flash Review: Child Craft by Amy Cipolla Barnes, published by Belle Point Press.
@amygcb.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Fast Flash Review: Child Craft by Amy Cipolla Barnes, published by Belle Point Press.
@amygcb.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social
@amygcb.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social
⚡️Fast Flash Review: All The Dead We Have Yet to Bury by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social published by @chestnutreview.bsky.social
Excuse the blustery day!
#flashfiction
Excuse the blustery day!
#flashfiction
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
⚡️Fast Flash Review: All The Dead We Have Yet to Bury by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social published by @chestnutreview.bsky.social
Excuse the blustery day!
#flashfiction
Excuse the blustery day!
#flashfiction
Meeting with my editor and publisher, Laura Keenan from Night Parrot Press. Laura and I are going through the stories for my new collection of short fiction. I can’t decide on a title. Which is hard. It’s harrrrrrd.
I think I’ll call it Alan.
I think I’ll call it Alan.
August 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Meeting with my editor and publisher, Laura Keenan from Night Parrot Press. Laura and I are going through the stories for my new collection of short fiction. I can’t decide on a title. Which is hard. It’s harrrrrrd.
I think I’ll call it Alan.
I think I’ll call it Alan.
A Very Flash Review: Avitus B. Carle, These Worn Bodies published by Moon City Press @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @mooncitypress.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A Very Flash Review: Avitus B. Carle, These Worn Bodies published by Moon City Press @avitusbcarle.bsky.social @mooncitypress.bsky.social
One of my favourite words for no reason 💜💜💜💜
August 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
One of my favourite words for no reason 💜💜💜💜
Im hosting the YEAH NAH flash fiction MEET & READ TODAY
Thursday Aug. 7th
Perth 5pm
Sydney 7pm
UK 10am
2.30pm India
Zoom link in reply to register
Bring a Micro to read
Thursday Aug. 7th
Perth 5pm
Sydney 7pm
UK 10am
2.30pm India
Zoom link in reply to register
Bring a Micro to read
August 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Im hosting the YEAH NAH flash fiction MEET & READ TODAY
Thursday Aug. 7th
Perth 5pm
Sydney 7pm
UK 10am
2.30pm India
Zoom link in reply to register
Bring a Micro to read
Thursday Aug. 7th
Perth 5pm
Sydney 7pm
UK 10am
2.30pm India
Zoom link in reply to register
Bring a Micro to read
A very flash review: Sara Hills, The Evolution of Birds, published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A very flash review: Sara Hills, The Evolution of Birds, published by @adhocfiction.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social
A very flash review- Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social published by Dalia UK
July 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A very flash review- Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social published by Dalia UK
Such a joy meeting up with writing friends irl. Had such a brilliant day in Singapore with @m-ixedbag.bsky.social 🩷🩷
July 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Such a joy meeting up with writing friends irl. Had such a brilliant day in Singapore with @m-ixedbag.bsky.social 🩷🩷
Singapore. Snail and cocktails
July 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Singapore. Snail and cocktails
It better. Or I shall release the hound. I don’t want to scare you but she is seriously savage and unmerciful
July 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It better. Or I shall release the hound. I don’t want to scare you but she is seriously savage and unmerciful
Reading Yamatji author, Mabel Gibson’s micro memoir, Crybaby in @smokelong.bsky.social Summer Reading Group. First time an Australian book has featured!
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Reading Yamatji author, Mabel Gibson’s micro memoir, Crybaby in @smokelong.bsky.social Summer Reading Group. First time an Australian book has featured!
Reading Yamatji author, Mabel Gibson’s micro memoir, Crybaby in the SmokeLong Summer Reading Group. @smokelong.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reading Yamatji author, Mabel Gibson’s micro memoir, Crybaby in the SmokeLong Summer Reading Group. @smokelong.bsky.social