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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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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...

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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...

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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....

2 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...

3 months ago
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It's not that deep

According to linguists, if you want to learn how people will be talking in the future, you simply tune in to teenagers chatting on the bus.

Given how much teenage communication is now digital, this might not always work, but one of the thi...

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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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