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Small Hours

Zoe Deleuil

A newsletter about the craft of writing and whatever else crosses my mind from Australian author Zoe Deleuil. I mostly write about books I love.

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To all the World Cups I’ve loved before

And what football and writing have in common

I can measure my adult life in World Cups, and I’m sure I’m not alone. It starts in 1998. I’ve got a burner job and I’m plotting my escape from Perth while resisting growing pressure from manage...

a month ago
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Adored books: Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk

The happy news that Rachel Cusk has a new book out in October prompted me to re-visit Arlington Park, which was published back in 2007. I read it every so often for her humour, found here in precise moments of middle-class domestic absurdit...

2 months ago
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Unfolding in my suburb

On finally learning to fish and The Carp Wars.

A while back, someone mentioned to me that they were spending their holiday fishing off Busselton jetty and I thought, that sounds like a proper holiday. Then someone visited over Christmas an...

3 months ago
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A weekend of writing and Rapture in New Norcia

New Norcia writing weekend

7-9th August, 2026

Update: This is now fully booked. If you would like to go on the waitlist please DM me.

Last August, I spent six peaceful nights at New Norcia after being awarded a residency by Writing WA....

4 months ago
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What makes an exceptional short story?

Late last year I was asked to judge a short story award for the KSP Writer’s Centre in the Perth Hills. I said yes, negotiated a weekend in one of their adorable cabins in lieu of payment, and received a longlist of submissions.

I read the...

5 months ago
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    Zoe Deleuil is the author of the thriller "The Night Village" as well as short stories, essays and features.

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