Furphy Anthology 2023

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A glimpse into the lives of others is a tantalising offer, and short stories give us such a window. A slice of someones life whether it be in a factory, on a road trip north, the unquestioned love between two people, a childs way of seeing or their passion for art provides us an escape into their world or can serve as a mirror to our own inner lives. Within this anthology, sixteen brilliant writers allow us to imagine places and feelings we may not know but can seem all too familiar, touching our emotions with their imaginative tales.

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Joseph Furphy wrote an Australian literary classic, Such is Life, in 1903, under the pen name of Tom Collins, slang for a tall story. With its unreliable narrator travelling the countryside and telling the stories of the people he meets along the way, the alias was certainly appropriate.

His brother John, a blacksmith, created agricultural implements, most notably the water carts used by the AIF during the First World War. Around these carts, stories were told, legs were pulled, rumours gathered momentum, and the term furphy became part of the Australian lexicon.

The Furphy Literary Award was established in 1992. It became a national competition for the first time in 2020, which led to the first of the short stories being published. In 2023 it attracted over 650 entrants who took up the challenge to tackle its topic: Australian Life in all its diversity. The Furphy Anthology 2023 features the sixteen short stories judged to be the best of the best in this years Award.