Spinning Around

Readings from Miriam Sved, Thuy On, Chris Flynn and Angela Savage on the Kylie Minogue songs they can’t get out of their heads. Followed by a dance party.

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ANGELA SAVAGE (she/her) is an award-winning writer and CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. She is co-editor, with Kirsten Krauth, of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. Angela holds a PhD in Creative Writing, giving her the Bond villain-like name of Doctor Savage. Her most recent novel is Mother of Pearl.

MIRIAM SVED (she/her) is the author of two novels, with A Universe of Sufficient Size shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. Her novella ‘All The Things I Should Have Given’ was a winner of Griffith Review’s Novella Project. She is co-editor of three feminist anthologies. She lives in Melbourne with her wife and daughter.

THUY ON is the Reviews and Literary Editor at online arts publication ArtsHub. She also has three collections of poetry published by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).She is obsessive about books, cats, matcha, and Scrabble. Her favourite punctuation mark is the semicolon.

CHRIS FLYNN was born in Belfast and lives in regional Victoria. He is the author of three novels, the best-known of which is Mammoth, shortlisted for the Indie Book Award and Russell Prize for Humour. His short story collection Here Be Leviathans won the Aurealis Award. His new novel, Orpheus Nine, was released in March. A child of the techno revolution, Chris is an unabashed Kylie fan.