Busybird’s Unsung Heroes
We’re tiny here at Busybird! Just five us, all working varying schedules. Co-owners, husband and wife team Kev Howlett and Blaise van Hecke, might be called ‘over-timers’, instead of ‘full-timers’. … Continued
Blaise van Hecke
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Making It
There’s always been a romanticism attached to writing – the thought of sitting up endless nights, pounding away at the keyboard, telling a story only you can tell. Many inexperienced … Continued
How I Used the Busybird Creative Fellowship: Maryanne Eve
This year I was the lucky recipient of the 2017 Busybird Publishing Creative Fellowship. As an aspiring writer, I love to write, although all I’ve had published is a handful … Continued
Issues in Writing: Part I
The appreciation of any art form is subjective. We all have different tastes. And that’s fine. If we all had the same tastes, the world would be boring, and art … Continued
Inside Karma
Arriving Early Except for a gang of cockatoos screeching and catcalling from the treetops, I was alone. A mist had begun to settle, blurring the contours of the new growth … Continued
How I used the Busybird Creative Fellowship – AC Watson
In December 2015 I was lucky enough to be chosen for the Busybird Creative Fellowship. The fellowship aims to help an emerging writer through their current project. For me, this … Continued
Editing Anthologies
‘Being a literary major, I’ve always been told to think outside the words on the page in front of me; to see their effect, to see their purpose, and to … Continued
Issue Seven Launches!
It’s a story that many of our regular readers will be familiar with: way back towards the end of 2008, a group of us – four writers and one illustrator/photographer … Continued