‘The Distance Between Loves’ is Peter’s new short fiction collection, due for publishing in the first half of 2026 by In Case of Emergency Press. (Yes, it was scheduled for 2025 but who was it that said life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans?)
This collection offers a variety of stories. People with marriages ending struggle to take the next steps of their lives. War veterans strive to recover broken lives. A desperate artist replaces Andy Warhol pictures with his own work. Dance classes go wrong. A wife who died from cancer is mourned. Two brothers discover their grandfather is a war criminal. Family members attempt to reconnect at their mother’s wedding. A man rediscovers a lost love late in life. A tightrope walker prepares for performance. Along the way suburban backyards, war zones, a lighthouse, cherry orchard and fishing boat are visited.
Some of these short stories have won awards. Others chosen for publications in Australia and overseas. Many are available for the first time in this collection.
The book will be launched with a glass of Shiraz, couple of speeches, a short reading, some bayside views and of course books for sale. Dates and exact location to come!
Also, Peter’ new, full length play ‘Who I’m Doing This For’ is being performed in March 2026. Click here to find out more.
Peter Farrar would tell you he’s been writing stories forever. From drawing them using stick figures as a child to the pieces of fiction he now creates. “The Distance Between Loves” is his second book. It’s a collection of short stories that has been a long time coming. His first, “The Nine Flaws of Affection” was published in 2010. Peter’s short fiction has been featured in a range of literary journals and magazines in Australia as well as the United States, some winning awards. He has dabbled in feature article writing on a range of topics including his love of test match cricket.
As well as Peter’s first full length play being performed in 2026, he has also written short plays that have been performed along with other productions on the same program. His short play “Worse than Here” was performed during the Board Shorts Festival at the 1812 Theatre in Ferntree Gully during 2023. In March 2025 his monologue “The Most Alive Part of Me” was staged as part of the Metropolis Monologues, read the reviews here. In March 2026 his short play ‘Salmon’ will be offered by Camberwell Grammarians Theatre Company. Through his writing life Peter also worked in a succession of mainly Human Resources positions. His corporate career was never described as stellar or meteoric. He is originally from Sydney, moving to Melbourne where he pursued unemployment, a Sunday morning radio breakfast shift on 3CR and travelling. Peter also writes pieces for The Roar on his beloved cricket, view his profile.
Two greyhounds provide his muse and occasionally check in on him while he works.
‘The Distance Between Loves’ is Peter’s new short fiction collection, due for publishing in 2025.
Peter’s first full length play “Who I’m Doing This For” has won the 2026 Amethyst Award. This is an award offered by the Melbourne Writers’ Theatre for a play of […]
