Our 29th issue features new poetry, fiction and comic art from Australia, Europe, New Zealand and Asia.
The issue also features a new, GDS-commissioned graphic novella by Oslo Davis, and a special live spoken word CD recorded at the 2009 Melbourne Overload Poetry Festival. Cover art by Mila Faranov.
No.29 is now in stores around Australia, also available from our website: goingdownswinging.org.au/shop. You can also subscribe at our website, to have new issues of GDS delivered to your door!
Previous Issue: GDS No. 28 (July 2009) "For once, it's fine to judge a book by its cover. Stephen Ives' busy image of Buster Keaton captures, in co-editor Lisa Greenaway's words, 'the essence of [Going Down Swinging] - the slapstick/serious; the cultural ruckus; the unwavering stare' ... Going Down Swinging is an unapologetic miscellany, distinguished by its vibrant eclecticism." (Tim Howard, Australian Book Review July-August 2009. Read the full review here)
Special Spoken Word CD Issue > Going Down Swinging No.25 celebrated a quarter of a century of swinging with a double CD of spoken word from around the world. GDS No. 25 was featured in About.com's Poetry Picks: The Best CDs of 2007 ! Selector Bob Holman says: "Well, here’s the extraordinary 25th compilation of Australia’s classic aural lit zine, still championing the underdog ... [it's] the closest we’ve got to a global poetry CD sampler..." No.25 is still available at our website: www.goingdownswinging.org.au
. You can tune in to a couple of tracks above ...
Here are the last few GDS covers, fashioned by some of our favourite artists ...
Out of Australia, a literary journal publishing short fiction, poetry, comic art, and spoken word from around the world.
Every issue of Going Down Swinging (GDS) features a book plus a CD of spoken word. When the mood strikes and the funding allows, special issues feature double CDs, hard covers, colour comics sections, and other printable delights.
GDS publishes two issues a year - in Spring/Summer and in Autumn/Winter.
> www.goingdownswinging.org.au is where it's at in terms of submitting, buying, subscribing, listening, reading, and finding out more.
>>> Oh, and if you can't get enough of the [anti]social web, we have a Facebook Page too - that's here" ... From the cover art and accompanying CD and website design, to the font, layout and stock,GDS is one of the most beautifully presented journal-objects in Australia right now ... "
Bridie McCarthy, Cordite Poetry Review October 2009.
“Going Down Swinging is a mindbomb that reverberates with distinctive Aussie spirit. Better than a double macchiato.”
Kalle Lasn, Editor of Adbusters and author of Culture Jam and Design Anarchy
"Reminds me of a volcano with a stopwatch, ready to bust down walls, laws, and definitions til you can see clearly a Future laid out for you. Natural as dancing to a heart-beat. Urgent as a dictionary searching for its alphabet."
Bob Holman, (USOP)
"GDS is a natural stimulant."
John Kinsella
"It's a hope machine."
Sarah Fillery Coles, (Voiceworks) Indiefeed! GDS recently guested on IndieFeed Performance Poetry podcast with a special series of Australian tracks. Brought to you by Mongo, it's a great weekly sampling of the best new spoken word from around the globe - check it out: .. IndieFeed Performance Poetry Player
Kia ora, I'm hosting a radio show featuring some of New Zealand's best performance poets live on air this week! It's streamin live on the web so you guys can hear it... 7-8pm this Wed the 23rd, NZ time (not sure what time that is for you) on the web on freshfm.net. Should be awesome... David Eggleton, Tusiata Avia and more... some stellar fresh voices... peace
Hey there, your issue that I was in was awesome by the way. I mean not cos I was in it, just that's how I got to get my paws on it. We need something like this over here in Aotearoa! But until that happens I will happily keep submitting to you folk. Just released my first poetical CD over here, you can hear some on my page, perhaps I'll send you a track ... peace n poetry!
With an all star line up:
Eddie Perfect
Paul Capsis
The Conglomerate
Abbie Cardwell
Sophie Brous
Tommy Spender
Casey Benetto
Video Day
Steve Sedergreen
Jan Skubiszewski
Marc Testart
Xani Kolac
Peter 'The Dog' Burgess
Ben Hendry
Brother Grim
Jelly Tub Rollers
and
Clairy Baby Brown & The Bangin Rackettes
THE FLEA has hatch'd again, and, pamper'd, swells — with verse by Peter Bloxsom, Catherine Chandler, David Davis, Ann Drysdale, Rhina P. Espaillat, Bill Greenwell, Clive James, Jalina Mhyana, Timothy Murphy, Alfred Nicol, Marly Youmans and Thomas Zimmerman. Go, read, be bytten!
Entries are open for the QPF Filmmakers Challenge, 2009!
The Queensland Poetry Festival challenges Australian filmmakers, video artists and other multimedia practitioners to produce a short work (5 minutes max) which explores the possibilities of poetic expression via audio visual technology.
Poetry is defined broadly as memorable language. Your work might be a record of a poetry performance, a video text manipulation or something entirely different. We are looking for work that displays creativity, originality and an understanding of possibilities of language.
A prize of $500 is up for grabs and the winner will be announced at the 2008 Queensland Poetry Festival (21-23 August, 2009). A selection of entries will be screened at the Poetry on the Big Screen session at QPF 2009.
The deadline for entries is Friday 17 July 2009. Download the entry form in the Competitions section of www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com
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