I am ecstatic to announce that The Slip by @mim_webster has been Highly Commended in the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards! ✨📣
Thank you to the wonderful fiction judges Mel Fulton, Edwina Preston, Marina Sano and Elizabeth McCarthy, and a huge congratulations to the shortlistees and other highly commended authors.
Most of all, the biggest congrats to Mim, an absolute superstar. For her first book (of short stories, no less) and a debut title from a small press, this is such an achievement and a thrill. And I’m sure the first of many!
If you’re so inclined, please vote for The Slip in the People’s Choice Awards before 18 Jan!!
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#VPLAs #awards #VictorianPremiersLiteraryAwards #WritingPrize #VPLAs2026 #WheelerCentre
Melbourne things! A brilliant book launch + gallery hopping + French brekkie + Mexican wrestling + seeing all our friends whomst I forgot to take photos of! ✨
The Slip by Miriam Webster is out on 29 July with @anikopress ! 🐐✨
I’m so incredibly proud and excited to be launching our very first book!
The ten short stories in this collection are dark, feral and unforgettable, full of strange encounters and big feelings. They are about the things we can’t hold onto: a marriage drifting out with the tide, a family collapsing like a wave, a young woman’s affair that dissolves as quickly as it ignites. You’ll find a whale watching trip going spectacularly awry, a potty-mouthed eel writhing its way to the sea and a grieving gardener seeking solace in the dirt beneath his nails.
You can preorder a copy on our website:
I hope you all love it as much as I do!
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