'How Could You' | contemporary short stories | ISBN 978 1 923813 052 | 60 pgs | June 2026 | $15 (within Australia)
How Could You is a 2026 collection of contemporary short stories by Australian author Julie Maclean.
Julie Maclean’s award-winning poetry and fiction have been published widely. Her most recent full poetry collection, Eye,
(Walleah Press, 2024) is a memoir of her life in Australia. When I Saw Jimi, a memoir of growing up in Sixties Britain,
(shortlisted for The Crashaw Prize, Salt, and joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Prize, UK) was
published in 2013. She has published several pamphlets and won the Dreich Slims Competition in 2024 for was red was love.
Originally from Bristol, UK she now lives in Victoria, Australia.