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'The Sleepers Almanac is the most exciting thing to happen to Australian fiction in years. This is what short stories should be about - a quality of mystery and beguiling resonance. It zings. - Robert Drewe. The Sleepers Almanac is an annual collection of short stories, illustrations and cartoons, with a dash of poetry and some mad lists to boot.The idea behind the Almanac is to showcase new and emerging writers alongside established authors. In this third installment, subtitled The Family Affair, UK author Jon Ronson is joined by Kate Holden, Tony Birch, Shalini Akhil, and Hunters & Collectors front man, Mark Seymour. Right up beside them are 35 other, lesser-known but in no way lesser authors on the verge.