Night Parrot Press is an independent publisher based in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia. Publishing works of non-traditional fiction and non-fiction, we offer a home to experimental forms and genres outside the mainstream.
Inspired by our namesake, the elusive Australian night parrot, we seek to uncover writing that exists on the periphery, in obscurity, and give it a platform for recognition with a broader audience.
Night Parrot Press acknowledges the Wadjuk Noongar people as the spiritual and cultural custodians of Boorloo and the boodja on which we publish. We honour and respect First Nations stories and express our gratitude for this heritage of powerful storytelling.
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CryBaby by Mabel Gibson
Out 1 February 2025
“I was born a human storm. Emotionally charged from my very first breath of warm September air.”
CryBaby is an incredibly generous and authentic collection of micro memoir that offers a way to honour the layers of our younger selves. Mabel writes people and places that are equally vivid, and grief that is penetrating and honest.
–Kathryn Glendhill-Tucker
the little journal
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Thirty speculative fictions by 30 WA writers, each 750 words or less. The stories in this issue thrill, terrify, uplift, and mesmerise, encapsulating the hope, wonder and dark side of humanity.
Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs
Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs is the first collection of micro memoir published in Australia.
In 750 words or fewer, these 100 carefully crafted stories invite the reader into the histories we often edit—or don’t tell—about ourselves.
One hundred authors give voice to the raw, chaotic and joyful spectrum of what it means to be human. Each micro memoir is unique in its scope, but the collection resonates with threads of shared experience across cultures and generations.
Three Can Keep a Secret
A captivating collection of flash fiction, Three Can Keep a Secret showcases work from eighty-one established and emerging Western Australian writers. One hundred stories simmer with shadows, secrets and silences beneath the surface of everyday lives. Playful and reflective, comic and raw, the collection explores human relationships, grief, vulnerability and celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary.
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A modern novella from bestselling author Ros Thomas
