this little red thing
A small collection of remarkable short sentences described by acclaimed book reviewer @sixminutesforme as 'impactful'.
In Sweatshop’s first-ever collection of poetry, vignettes and flash fiction, you are invited to take a remarkable journey across the globe in just a few short sentences. Edited by this Leb named Michael Mohammed Ahmad and this Fob named Winnie Dunn, this little red thing features over thirty new writers from the heartland of multicultural suburbia.
Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and editor of After Australia (Affirm Press, 2020). His debut novel, The Tribe (Giramondo, 2014), won the 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists of the Year Award. His second novel, The Lebs (Hachette, 2018) received the 2019 NSW Premier’s Multicultural Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Mohammed received his Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University in 2017. His latest novel is The Other Half of You (Hachette, 2021).
Winnie Dunn is the General Manager of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the editor of several critically acclaimed anthologies, including Another Australia (Affirm Press, 2022). She is a writer of Tongan descent from Mount Druitt and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Sydney University. She is currently completing her debut novel, Dirt Poor Islanders (Hachette, 2023), which has been assisted by the Australia Council for the Arts.
