In addition to hosting its own events and workshops, Night Parrot Press also pops up at literary festivals and the like, spreading flash fiction love all over town – and beyond! On this page you’ll find out where you can join us!
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Follow the Salt – Book Launch
Saturday 13 September: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
State Library of Western Australia, Francis Street, Northbridge [get directions]
Please join us to celebrate the publication of Follow the Salt, an intriguing collection of new Australian gothic fiction. Listen to author readings and discussions about the immersive writing retreat in the Wheatbelt town of Dumbleyung that inspired the stories.
Set in the past, present and future, the stories pay homage to a lake and a land that is calling out for love; they find the unreal in the commonplace, beauty in the shadows, and humour in the dark.
This collection will leach into your psyche and score your heart, leaving traces of a place that refuses to rest in peace.
Edited by award-winning author Donna Mazza, the anthology features short fiction by 12 regional authors who are alumni of Edith Cowan University (ECU) South West: Amber Black, Aksel Dadswell, Narrelle de Boer, Tiffany Hastie, Annie Horner, Jodie How, Donna Mazza, Rachel McEleney, Andrew James Mcleod, Jo Porter, Theresa Wilks and Ines Zimmermann.
Register your place for the Follow the Salt book launch
Pre-order copies of Follow the Salt to collect at the book launch
Can’t attend the launch? Place a pre-order today! Orders will be despatched from Monday 15 September.
Books will be for sale and light refreshments available in the foyer.
Tickets are free but registrations are essential.
Publication of Follow the Salt was assisted by ECU and the WA State Government Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport.
Following the salt…
Between desert and coast, stories dwell in a place called The Belt…
Find out more about the immersive writing retreat that lead these writers to Follow the Salt
Totally Lit – a Brand New Festival in the Port City
Friday 26 September – Friday 10 October
Fremantle/Walyalup
totallylit.au
For two weeks beginning Friday 26 September, Totally Lit will disrupt familiar expectations in relation to what a literary festival can be by providing bespoke opportunities to engage with writers, writing and storytelling.
Inspired by place, culture, community and story, Fremantle/Walyalup will be activated with a program of live literature events and original, immersive experiences for audiences of all ages.
Be part of this new festival that endeavours to shake up and challenge how people connect with reading and writing in a city that deserves to be recognised for its rich literary culture.
Find out more about Totally Lit by visiting its website
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Go straight to the Totally Lit full program here
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NPP at Totally Lit!
In the lead up to Totally Lit, Night Parrot Press is presenting the following [free!] Pre-Fest Flash Fiction Workshops [as well as two events within the festival fortnight: Flash and Fizz and Gothic at Strange]:
Pre-Fest Flash Fiction Workshop #1 with Mabel Gibson
Saturday 6 September 2025: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Find out more about Workshop #1 and how to register
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Pre-Fest Flash Fiction Workshop #2 with Gillian O’Shaughnessy
Wednesday 10 September 2025: 10:00am to 11:30am
Find out more about Workshop #2 and how to register
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Pre-Fest Flash Fiction Workshop #3 with Laura Keenan
Saturday 20 September 2025: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Find out more about Workshop #3 and how to register
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All three workshops will be held at the Fremantle Library, 151 High Street, Fremantle/Walyalup WA 6160 [get directions]
Tickets are free but registrations are essential.
Gothic at Strange
Thursday 9 October: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Strange Company – 5 Nairn Street, Fremantle/Walyalup WA 6160 [get directions]
Don’t miss this evening of readings and revelations from the writers of extraordinary gothic horror stories contained in Follow the Salt, the latest anthology from Night Parrot Press.
Twelve writers drive into the heart of Western Australia’s wheat and salt country for a retreat. They stay at the once-majestic Grande Olde Dumbleyung Inn and share dawn visits to the graveyard, long-table dinners, a rattly tour bus, quandong coffee, and an intimate run-down bathroom. At the pub one evening, a biodynamic farmer tells them if they want to find the stories, they need to follow the salt.
The town’s vast hyper-saline lake features in this collection of short fiction, as do haunted landscapes, missing people, tourists, a bar manager and ghosts. Set in the past, present and future, the stories pay homage to a lake and a land that is calling out for love. They find the unreal in the commonplace, beauty in the shadows, and humour in the dark.
This collection of new Australian gothic fiction will leach into your psyche and score your heart, leaving traces of a place that refuses to rest in peace.
Tickets are free but registrations are essential.
Find out more about Gothic at Strange including short bios of the featured writers as well as how to register
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Flash and Fizz
Thursday 2 October: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Fremantle Library, 151 High Street, Fremantle/Walyalup WA 6160 [get directions]
Celebrated flash fiction and micro memoir writers including Gillian O’Shaughnessy, Mabel Gibson, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Belinda Rowe, Rashida Murphy, Michael Burrows, Alison Davis and others will kick off the night with their stories, followed by an open mic opportunity for other writers to read their own flash and micro pieces before an encouraging crowd.
Bubbles and light nibbles will be provided by the library. Come ready to be dazzled by our talented local authors!
Tickets are free but registrations are essential.
Find out more about Flash and Fizz and how to register
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Writ Large at Totally Lit
Friday 26 September – Friday 10 October
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Fremantle Ports Building, 1 Cliff Street
Fremantle/Walyalup [get directions]
Spot the words of your favourite NPP writer! For the duration of Totally Lit, the iconic Fremantle Ports Building will be the canvas for the sharing of stories writ large.
Some of the best Western Australian flash and micro- fiction, curated by Night Parrot Press, will be projected onto the north-facing wall of the Ports Building.
Take a walk or a drive down to Victoria Quay and enjoy some totally lit stories.
Find out more about Write Large and check out other events on the Totally Lit program
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