City Library Street Press's Blog

Sex Donuts and Rock & Roll

2009-06-02T17:29:00.000+10:00

Hey Everyone, just putting a call out for submissions to my new zine
project.

If you love music, but think music zines are boring, this is the zine
to change your mind!

'Sex. Donuts & Rock n Roll' is a per style zine for music fanatics.

It’s a music zine that’s interested in all aspects, styles, genres and
eras of music. It does not set out to document any one or current
scene, and embraces writing about music in a personal way where the
writer is part of the story and not merely a reporter of it. In zine
terms you might call it a “perzine for music fanatics”.

The debut issue will feature an interview with Kiddie Punk Records and
a host of other articles, features, reviews and music related goodies.
If you love music and love to write, I hope you’ll consider making a
contribution to this zine. Contributors will receive a free copy and a
warm fuzzy feeling from being part of something cool.

What to Submit?
Reviews
Interviews
Stories
Photography
Commentary
Opinion
Profiles

Ideas
Underrated bands
Life changing records
Stories from back in the day
Guilty pleasures (bands you secretly like but don’t tell anyone
about!)
Scene politics
Collector guides
Issues (myspace, venue closures, digital downloads, music industry,
censorship)

If your piece or idea is music related in any way shape or form it’s
relevant to this zine.
If you're interested in being involved, please contact me at
dgirlmedia AT gmail DOT com. Thanks!

Melbourne Prize for Literature

2009-05-13T21:25:00.001+10:00

Is now open :

www.melbourneprizetrust.org

Culturalista Zine

2009-05-02T21:24:00.001+10:00

**Please forward through your networks**

Publication opportunity for writers, artists and creators:

(www.culturalista.org.au)

After 2 hugely successful issues we are calling out to all creators
for publication in the upcoming issue of Culturalista.

Culturalista is an opportunity for anyone to get their voice heard by
a readership of over 5000 thoughout Australia and be involved in a
zine dedicated to making our place a better world. Submissions can be
photography, poems, stories, community projects or whatever is your
preferred medium.

The theme for the next issue is change and we welcome all creative
responses and interpretations. Change, what does it mean to you, us,
the world....? Express yourself without restraint, get the opportunity
to be published, viewed by thousands and even win prizes for doing it!
Submissions close 6th of June (no word limits, no restrictions)

Culturalista is created by the diverse voices of Australia, publishing
expression through creativity and we want to hear from anyone and
everyone!

We would like to send a huge thank you to all previous contributors,
we feel extremely privileged to be publishing your creations and
voices for social change.

Previous issues are online at www.culturalista.org.au or contact us
for a free print version (only a few remaining)

Don’t blame the media become the media.

Contact:
info@culturalista.org.au
Dustin on 0428385272

Culturalista is completely not for profit and completely for social
change through creative expression

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009 Entries Close Friday 1 May

2009-04-25T11:14:00.001+10:00

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009
Entries Close Friday 1 May

Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. A total of $195,000 will be awarded to established and emerging writers across eleven categories in one of Australia's richest and most diverse writing prizes.

The 2009 guidelines and nomination form is attached to this email.
NB: Adobe Reader is required to view and print this PDF document.

Prizes Offered in 2009
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Louis Esson Prize for Drama
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate
The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer*
The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia
The John Curtin Prize for Journalism
The Prize for Best Music Theatre Script
The Prize for Science Writing**

* restricted to Victorian writers
** Eligibility period: 1 May 2007 to 30 April 2009

With the exceptions noted (*), the Awards are open to all Australians with works first published or performed between 1 May 2008 and 30 April 2009.

The closing date for entries is Friday 1 May 2009.

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are administered by the State Library of Victoria. Further information about the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards is available from http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pla
For any enquiries please contact (03) 8664 7277 or pla@slv.vic.gov.au

Other News from the State Library of Victoria
The Independent Type: Books and Writing in Victoria

The Independent Type: Books and Writing in Victoria is a free exhibition that celebrates Victoria’s rich and diverse written culture, highlighting the stories, the voices and the spirit of independence that have made our literature unique.

With this important exhibition the State Library of Victoria celebrates Melbourne’s status as a UNESCO City of Literature. The exhibition traces Victoria’s literary evolution from traditional Indigenous storytelling through colonial classics to the vibrant contemporary writing scene. This thread is interwoven with the grand narrative of Victoria’s history, and of the people and events that made Melbourne marvellous.

The Independent Type exhibition is accompanied by an array of events and activities. The extensive program includes talks, tours, films and workshops, and many of them are free. For information about these events go to http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/kmg/2009/independent-type/events/index.html

24 April–25 October 2009
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Open 10am–5pm daily (to 9pm Thursdays)
Free entry
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/goto/independent-type

City Library Street Press workshop with Bernard Caleo

2009-04-15T07:12:00.001+10:00

City Library Street Press workshops continue next Wednesday (22nd April) with the return of the awesome Bernard Caleo of Cardigan comics helping all of us to draw and produce comics in his own unique and ubiquitous way... Bernard's workshop was a massive success last season, so we asked him back!

The workshops are generally practical in nature and run from 6 - 7.45 at the City Library, 253 Flinders Lane. Contact (03)96589500 for more details and to book a space.
The regular alternate Wednesday workshops run at City Library, 253 Flinders Lane in Melbourne's CBD from 6pm until 7.45pm and will be FREE.
Visit www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/libraries or call (03)96589500 for more details and to confirm a space.

Our Facebook page : www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12655958956
Our Blog : www.citylibrarystreetpress.blogspot.com

City Library Street Press workshop with Geoff Lemon 8th April

2009-03-31T09:19:00.001+11:00

From the Man himself....

"As a writer myself, I can tell them about writing techniques and tricks, or I can focus on how to manage yourself professionally as a writer - that is, how to get you work out there, how to approach publishers and publication opportunities, and so on. I've published poetry, short stories, and articles, so I've encountered a range of different types of publication. And I brought my first book out last year, so that could also be a useful discussion.

I can also tell them about publishing from the other side of the fence, given that I have several years of experience working as a magazine editor and particularly as a poetry editor. This could cover both the mechanics of how to approach editing someone else's work, and the broader stuff of how to manage a publication financially and administratively - so, distribution, advertising, marketing, sales, grants, etc.

Then as a performer I've done a lot of work, including some pretty big venues supporting bands and so on, and I've won various competitions. So I could give advice on how to write for performance, on how to approach performance, and how to prepare for competition. And I've worked for a couple of years as a gig convenor, so again, I could talk about the administrative, promotional, and organisational aspects of running performances."

Visit www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/libraries or call (03)96589500 for more details and to confirm a space.

citylibrarystreetpress.blogspot.com

Harvest News

2009-03-29T16:02:00.001+11:00

Hello harvesters

Hope you've been happy and well these past few months. Yes, apologies for the lengthy lapse in correspondence but the harvest team took some time off over the festive season, and have been paying for it ever since. Work. Life. Balance.?

Even as the awfully acronymed GFC washes over us, we're getting ready for a brand spankin' new issue and our little team has been overwhelmed by both your support and contributions. Thanks for all your great pieces. It's fantastic to read and see your wonderful work.

We're now in the middle of assessing works for issue three and hope to have a new edition ready for you mid-2009.

harvest made the commitment to provide feedback to all those who submit - as long as it was in-line with our guidelines. We believe in providing more than a single line response...so this means, we do take a wee bit more time to get back to you than we'd really like. To those that submitted to issue two and haven't yet heard from us, we're sorry, but we're getting there.

Other bits
If you're in Australia, you may have seen the recent newspaper ads for publishing interns with the APA. If not, read on:
Applications are now open for the following Internship Positions in 2009:
Australian Book Review, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Black Dog Books, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
Oxford University Press, Melbourne — Editorial Intern, Higher Education Division
Scribe Publications, Melbourne — Editorial Intern
The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne – Publicity / Marketing Intern
Walker Books, Sydney — Book Design Intern
For position descriptions, application deadline dates and application contact details for the six internship positions being offered in 2009 please download this Word document.
For detailed information about the program and FAQ please download this Word document .
Melbourne Writers Festival
Is just around the corner. And they are looking for The Great Australian Text Message (TGATM) or Gr8 Oz Txt Msg. Send them your best TGATM. To kick-start the creative juices, MWF borrowed the Great American Text Messages below from US author, Peter Hyman.

Mo B Dik
Call me.
-Ishml

Advtrs of HckFin
DQMONT but I thnk ant pol-e wnts 2 sivilize u.
Hd fer the Trtories. Tke the rft Jim dsnt wnt it 2day.

Catch 22
Stp the bmbng!
Ysarin says thr is a ctch of sme knd
p.s. wher is my 2baco, Milo ?

Dvl Wers Prda
F U Miranda!

Got the idea? Just think what you can do with My Brilliant Career. It certainly needs TGATM make-over. Or get creative with Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Trout Opera, The Slap, Johnno, The Secret River etc.
The rules
Rule 1 - No more than 100 characters (that includes spaces and punctuation).
Rule 2 - Entries have to be received by 5pm, April 30, 2009.
Rule 3 - Text messages can be sent to 0400 3878 77 or you can email your message to louise@mwf.com.au. Don't forget to include your name and phone number (it is no good if your phone number appears as a private number).
The best messages will get prizes - the real thing, some Great Australian Novels. The winners also will be posted on the MWF website and appear in their May e-bulletin. And they will appear on-site during the festival.

If you have any events you'd like listed, please email us with all the details.
For information on further events and opportunities, check out the competitive spirit and event pages (under cultivate) on our website.
If you'd like to be removed from this list, please email us with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. We won't harvest you again.
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Writing oppurtunity

2009-03-29T15:57:00.000+11:00

Hello one and all

So you've just finished writing your short story, you've either 1. filed it away with all your others never to see the light of day, 2. sent it off to NYWF for this years festival(wise) or if your lucky enough you have 3. Given it to your publisher who thinks you and your work is amazing and it gets published right away....

What are the other options you ask?

Well pay attention young squires. If there are any short fiction writers or comic artists who think their work could be adapted into a short film then it's time to get onto this bandwagon. A South Australian company The Cutting Room are looking for short fiction writers to adapt their work for film. The South Australian Short Film Corporation is looking for new work and will fund $50 00 dollars to get the films off the ground.

If you think this is something you might be interested in please email me a couple excerpts of some of your work including a short synopsis of each story you put forward.

I will then pass your details onto The Cutting Room

Please feel free to pass this onto anyone who might be keen.

Call if you have any questions

Amy

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Amy Ingram

Co Director
National Young Writers Festival
amy.nywf@gmail.com
0413006046

Outpost AV Collective relaunch

2009-03-22T19:11:00.000+11:00

Greetings OUTPOST friends,
the relaunch of OUTPOST at our new awesome venue Bar Open is almost upon us and we're making it a cracker.
Get yourselves down to 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy on Wednesday March 25th from 8:30pm - entry is free and beverages are very reasonably priced. For this month's event, we are thrilled to have Jean Poole and Lewis CanCut performing a warm up set for their upcoming TV-inspired ACMI Synaesthesia show.

Jean Poole, aka Sean Healy, is concerned with real time audio visual performance. A founder of Newcastle’s Electrofringe Festival, Jean Poole is regular contributor to the event’s annual program and travels Australia (and Europe) performing at major events and festivals.

Providing the music to Jean Poole’s visuals is Lewis CanCut, aka Lewis Gittus, a young DJ hailing from regional Victoria with a love of vinyl. His current work examines elements of club culture such as appropriation and repetition, bound together by dense layers of stolen sound that threaten at any moment to self implode!
Stalwart of Melbourne downtempo sweetness, Thomas Campbell (aka. Soup from MISO) is also performing a solo slot which will be sure to satisfy like a good meal.

The jams are also absolutely on so be sure to come down and bring your devices for the a/v key party.
As always, new players/projectors are most welcome so tell your friends and.
Bring your gear and have no fear!
See you Wednesday the 25th.
the Outpost Collective
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OUTPOST
part of the share.global collective
an open A/V laptop jam and performance night
last wednesday of every month @ Bar Open
317 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy
Melbourne

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2009 call for nominations

2009-03-22T18:57:00.001+11:00

Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2009
Call for Nominations

Writers and publishers are now invited to submit entries to the prestigious 2009 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. A total of $195,000 will be awarded to established and emerging writers across eleven categories in one of Australia's richest and most diverse writing prizes.

The 2009 guidelines and nomination form is attached to this email.
NB: Adobe Reader is required to view and print this PDF document.

Prizes Offered
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry
The Louis Esson Prize for Drama
The Prize for Young Adult Fiction
The Alfred Deakin Prize for an Essay Advancing Public Debate
The Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer*
The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia
The John Curtin Prize for Journalism
The Prize for Best Music Theatre Script
The Prize for Science Writing*
(for books published between 1 May 2007 and 30 April 2009)

With the exceptions noted (*), the Awards are open to all Australians with works first published or performed between 1 May 2008 and 30 April 2009.

The Awards shortlist will be announced on Friday 7 August 2009 with the winners to be announced at a celebratory dinner at Federation Square on Tuesday 1 September 2009.

The closing date for entries is Friday 1 May 2009.

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards are administered by the State Library of Victoria.

Further information about the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards is available from
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pla

For any enquiries please contact (03) 8664 7277 or pla@slv.vic.gov.au

City Library Street Press workshop 25th March

2009-03-17T20:01:00.000+11:00

City Library Street Press is back after a short Summer break with a new program of free workshops and a submissions call out for an exciting magazine project.

On the 25th March we have Al Cossar from The Portable Film Festival discussing their 'Film Festival in your pocket', taking video to the street and how video can be used to spread a message. Alongside Al is Jeremy Weinstein who will be discussing his 'Docummunity' project, an open source film project allowing documentary makers to call on and contribute to a pool of video clips.

This is not Art Festival cal for entries open

2009-03-09T14:23:00.001+11:00

http://www.thisisnotart.org/call-for-proposals-for-2009-festival-now-open/

SYN Murial Competiiton

2009-03-09T14:18:00.000+11:00

MEDIA RELEASE // FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION / / MEDIA RELEASE

PAINT THE WALLS
YOUTH ART COMPETITION

SYN is seeking young artists to submit their ideas to make our radio studios come to life!

Youth community media organisation SYN Media just turned 6 years old. We’re producing youth radio 24/7 as well as two TV programs and heaps of online content and, though we might not like to admit it, our physical spaces are looking a little rough around the edges.

It’s time for a facelift!

We’re opening the hefty task of livening up the SYN studios to our audience and members by asking them to design a mural for our radio studio wall.

Artists between the ages of 12 and 25 are encouraged to submit designs for the wall of SYN’s radio studios in Melbourne.

The competition is open from 9am February 15th to 6pm March 15th and designs will be shortlisted and then voted on by the people that count – SYN broadcasters.

All paints and supplies will be provided for the execution of the mural and the chosen designer will receive a $150 Obese Records gift voucher to spend on new paints or new tunes.

For competition regulations and the info about the dimensions of the studio wall, artists should email info@syn.org.au

For more information or promotional images, contact:

Emma Sharp
Assistant Manager
p: 03 9925 4778
e: info@syn.org.au

Tape

2009-03-08T17:31:00.000+11:00

Tape Projects Newsletter Thursday 05-03-2009

1.OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame
2.Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010
3.Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3
4.Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009

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1. OOMONG- Zoe Scoglio and Lee Anantawat, Tape @ Frame, Opening tomorrow, Friday 06-03-09, Platform- Campbell Arcade, Degrave St Subway

Building Tunnels and Pondering Infinity
A collaborative experiment made in the dark recesses of Cambells Arcade
Exhibiting throughout the month of March.
Opening this Friday 6th of March, 6-8 pm
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/oomong_flyer.jpg

From January until July, Tape Projects are occupying Frame, a window in the Platform art space suited perfectly to the kind of noisy, flickery work we do. Set back from the main corridor of windows, in the dark, quiet nook next to the Degrave Street stairs, Frame is a platform on which to experiment with new ideas and showcase the work of a myriad of temporal artists from Melbourne and beyond.

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2. Call for expressions of interest in Next Wave Project 2010

From Clare Rae:
“Along with Victoria Bennett, I'm currently organising a project for the 2010
Next Wave Festival, to take place in Melbourne in May, 2010.

We are proposing to create a project that directly engages with ideas around
feminism, specifically challenging the idea that we are in a ‘post-feminist’
climate thus rendering such investigations redundant. At a time when ‘post’
pre-empts feminism, feminist artists need to create complex work that
balances political themes and contemporary aesthetics. This project sets
itself apart from previous exhibitions by introducing a new young feminist
perspective to the Melbourne community, one that incorporates varied and
conflicting visual and textual strategies.

The outcome of this project will involve eight artists and eight writers,
and will take the form of an exhibition, and a catalogue/book. Our
exhibition will highlight a broad cross-section of emerging artists working
in a feminist context.

As our project is primarily concerned with emerging artists and writers, to
adhere the Next Wave guidelines we are specifically looking at artists aged
30 and under.”

To express interest in this project please contact Clare or Victoria, by early next week:
vicgbennett@gmail.com
clarerae@gmail.com

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3. Found Sound: The Experimental Instrument Project # 3

ROD COOPER AND ROSS MANNING
Together for the first time! Ross Manning in collaboration with Rod Cooper.
Where: Tape Projects 1/81 Bouverie St, Carlton, Melbourne
When: Wednesday March 18 2009, 7:30 - 8:30pm, $5 door
www.foundsoundproject.blogspot.com

Please join us for the third Found Sound event of 2009 - a collaborative performance by Rod Cooper and Ross Manning on sound sculptures, re-purposed objects and original instruments. All welcome!
Rod Cooper is a Melbourne-based artist who works across the fields of sound, metallurgy, painting and sculpture. Since 1998, he has been transforming traditional instrument designs into new hybrids. Each sculpture features a large range of sounds, incorporating percussion, bowing mechanisms, resonant springs and acoustic noise. Rod has collaborated extensively with musicians and artists such as Ben Harper, Sean Baxter, Anthony Magen and Ros Bandt, has performed at many events including The Make It Up Club Festival, Liquid Architecture, NowNow and UnSound and has also toured his hybrid forms to Ireland, New Zealand, America and the UK.
Ross Manning =--- light, electronics, generating sound, video, Upside down cake, instrument building, colourful noise, dinosaurs, junk assembly, re purposed old technology, sculpture, custom devices, kinetics, film, installation and love. Ross has performed and exhibited his works widely, including at Bus Gallery, Melbourne, IMA Brisbane, Australian Centre for Photography, Liquid Architecture, Brisbane Festival, www.myspace.com/rossfmanning.
Found Sound is curated by Amelia Douglas and Albert Mishriki.
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4. Jordana Maisie- The Real Thing, exhibition at TCB, opening Wed 11-03-2009 6-8pm

The Real Thing
March 11-28
Level 1/12, Waratah Place, Melbourne
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/E-VITE_jordanamaisie.jpg
www.tcbartinc.org.au

AV Technician needed for Hitlerhoff

2009-02-28T12:45:00.000+11:00

Buzzcuts Adelaide, daily reviews of Adelaide Fringe shows are up and running at http://www.expressmedia.org.au/buzzcuts.php

Have a click. And in related Adelaide Fringe news ...

Young and Restless Productions are seeking an AV technician to work on the provocative theatre show Hitlerhoff, at the 2009 Adelaide Fringe festival. The show opens on Tuesday 10 march (bump-in: 2.30 - 6.30pm), and closes on Sunday 22 March (bump-out 10.30pm - 12.30pm).

Hitlerhoff runs from 9.15pm - 10.25pm; there will be time to see shows before and after this every night. They will fly the person up from Melbourne on Friday 6 March, and return on Monday 23 March.

The AV technician will be required to operate Grid, a Mac program for video and audio clips. This is not rocket science, but they need someone reliable, sharp with cues - and not scared of technology!

Flights and accommodation with be covered for someone coming from Melbourne; for someone based in Adelaide, they can offer a small payment equivalent to this amount (approx $400).

This is a great opportunity to work on a popular and critically-acclaimed show, schmooze around with your Artiste Pass, and make contacts at the world's second-largest Fringe Festival. Snap it up!

Please contact Tom Doig on 0416 497 311 ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity!

And check out our FaceBook page or website for more info about the show.

Broken Pencil Indie Marketplace

2009-02-28T12:42:00.001+11:00

Broken Pencil Indie Marketplace
The low cost solution to reaching free thinking DIY culture lovers!
http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/
Spots on sale now for only $25 per issue.

Attention artists, musicians, zine creators, writers, publishers, crafties, illustrators and more! From now until March 1st, we're offering an amazing discount on remaining spots in the Indie Marketplace.

The Indie Marketplace is a special advertising feature of Broken Pencil magazine that appears in print and online. IMP is the place for you. Join fellow free thinkers like Get Bent Records, Vehicule Press, and Lickety Split Zine in a special advertising section devoted to those who are actively engaged in the DIY arts scene and want to reach BP's thousands of readers.

The IMP page gives you a low cost space roughly the size of a business card (2.5" x 2.7") to hawk your wares, promote your website or blog, or just simply make yourself known.

The regular fee for an ad in the Indie Marketplace is $40 an issue. If you book an ad by March 1st you can advertise for one full year - four issues of BP - for only $100. That's just $25 an issue! Book your IMP print ad NOW and you will get a free full-colour listing on our IMP webpage!

Check it out at http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/

Don't delay! There are a limited number of spots. Contact us by March 1st to reserve your space before all the spots are gone!

To book your spot, contact:
Tara Gordon Flint
ads@brokenpencil.com
416-204-1700

Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.

Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.

Emerging Writers Festival news

2009-02-16T21:12:00.000+11:00

Thanks to all who put their hands up for the Panellist callout, as always we were stunned by the amount of interesting writers reading our newsletter, delighted with how many people were keen to be part of EWF 2009 and a little surprised by the amount of people who didn’t read the brief.

From here it’s a giant jigsaw puzzle of who would work well for which panel balancing the demands of each panel with the need to have writers of different styles and forms and genres on each panel. Don’t despair if you haven’t heard from us yet, we will be umming and erring for another month yet and as some of last years panellist call out people found out today, we have long memories.

Three quick notes to finish off with this week.

*/_(The event formerly known as)_/**_ Scrabble_*
Long time Emerging Writers’ Festival fans will know we do a performance event called Scrabble. Last year we did the works of Paul Kelly in a night of radical word based reinterpretations. This year we are…well let’s not give everything away.

Anyway the issue is we are changing the name. Not due to any multinationals telling us to do so but just because it confuses some people who come to the event and are annoyed they can’t see a triple word score anywhere.

What shall we call it? Well…surprisingly for such an innovative festival we are stumped. Thus we turn to you our loyal e-newsletter list.

We are looking for suggestions for the new name for the /(The event formerly known as) /Scrabble. It needs to be snappy, short, maybe linked to the fact we perform lyrics and of course original.

The winning entry gets a double pass to /(The event formerly known as)/ Scrabble on Thursday the 28^th of May at BMW Edge

Competition closes Friday the 20th of February. Email it to director@emergingwritersfestival.org.au with the heading ‘I’ve got a much better idea’

*_Program Booklet_*
Each year for the festival we print a wonderful little A6 booklet which details the whole festival, has wonderfully creative bios and occasionally even a vaguely inspirational message from the me. We see it as the passport to the festival and with this years festival being ten days with over twelve different events its going to be the must have item to plan your festival.

Unfortunately this wonderful tome rarely ends up in the hands of those who want it. We don’t know why but the 3000 or so we print disappear, with people who come to the festival thinking our two page download _is_ the program.

This year we have had enough and have put aside a little money for direct mailing. So if you would like the program mailed to you, arriving the day the ticket sales go online on April the 27^th , please email your name and postal address (with postcode) in the body of your email to info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au . Please title your email Program. (Also don’t reply directly to this e-newsletter. It doesn’t go anywhere useful when you do).

Also we will not be posting internationally.

*_Twitter_*
For those wanting to keep up with us as things happen, come join us on twitter at http://twitter.com/EmergingWriters.

And we are also on Facebook if you really want to go social media crazy http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=534231192&ref=name#/pages/Emerging-Writers-Festival/22221031271?ref=s

--
David Ryding
Director

Emerging Writers' Festival
Friday 22nd - Sunday 31st May 2009
www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au

Project Next and Left Right think Tank

2009-01-31T11:56:00.000+11:00

Hi everyone,
Two new opportunities for young media creators and young thinkers. Read on or go straight to http://www.projectnext.net.au/ or http://www.leftright.org.au/
Bel

ABC TV and Zapruder’s other films, the people who brought the Chaser team to TV, and the creative force behind The Gruen Transfer, and ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton, are looking for creative young people who are original thinkers with a view about what’s happening in Australia and the world, to work on Project NEXT.

Project NEXT, is the working title of a new topical 10 x 30min program which will be on your screens later this year - on ABC1, ABC2, the web, mobile phones and on-line.

‘We want to open the door to the next generation of thinkers and performers, to find people who will abandon the usual definitions and who can look at the world in a different way.

We are looking for original communicators, people who know in their hearts that there’s more to the news cycle than we are being fed each week.

It’s not just on-air talent we’re after. This is a great opportunity for a new and talented team, across several disciplines, to build a TV and web program from the ground up.’

Project NEXT is seeking applications from creative people between the ages of 18 and 30 to work as reporters, producers, camera/directors, editors, graphic artists, researchers and web content producers.

Applications to work Project NEXT close at 5pm Monday 16 March 2009.

If you want to apply or find out more information go to: http://www.projectnext.net.au/

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Also, Due for public launch in early 2009, Left Right is Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds. They are currently looking for new part time volunteer staff in Victoria and NSW.

http://www.leftright.org.au/

Broken Pencil news

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Broken Pencil Newsletter - January 2009
Broken Pencil Magazine Announces the Commencement of the
2nd Annual Indie Writers Deathmatch Short Story Contest

NOW LIVE ONLINE:
www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch
The trash talk, the vitriol, the voting, the viral videos and...oh yeah...the stories!

It's all happening right now as Broken Pencil sets 8 stories against each other, a literary cage match from which only one author will emerge, the bruised battered champion of indie lit!

Last year's Deathmatch drew hundreds of thousands of hits to our Online Arena. Fans from all across the planet voted for their favourite story in the culture's bloodiest fiction contest. This year's battle should prove to be just as violent!

"This is definitely not a contest for sensitive writer types. If you can't handle the thought of your short story being smacked down by online voters, then you'll want to stay well clear of this one. Think Literary Survivor. On an island. Surrounded by a sea of sharks." - Jennifer Moss, The Vancouver Sun, Dec 28, 2008

The Line Up:
Round 1, January 26: "Girlfriend" by Sherwin Tjia vs "There are Two 'i''s is Wii" by Natalie Pendergast
Tija's crossdressing adolescent angst vs. Pendergast's boy-boy incest video game soap opera

Round 2, February 2: "Night Work" by McKinley M. Hellenes vs "All Tarted Up" by Kirsten McKenzie
Hellenes gives us West Coast trailer trash. McKenzine counters with small town Scottish slags.

Round 3, February 9: "Imagine Us With Belly Button Rings" by Kathleen Phillips vs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by Jessica Grosman
Phillips goes deep into the sad lives of adolescent girls and Grosman's sad adolescent girl stalks the subway in search of a new mom.

Round 4, February 16: "The Invisible Man Takes a Shit" by Jeffrey Gandell vs "Isn't He Fantastic" by Chris Illuminati
Gandell's invisible man has a stomach ache but Illuminati's Mr. Fantastic has bigger, super hero size problems.

Complete bios of authors as well as more information about their stories available upon request.

Also: Follow the battle blow by blog on twitter: http://twitter.com/brokenpencilmag

Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.

Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.

Comic Books

2009-01-31T11:44:00.000+11:00

Dear comics savvy person,

this email is a pointer to the blog, 'An Island Art'
www.anislandart.blogspot.com

where the two latest posts concern
1. comics broadcasting
and
2. 'Target 144': a chance to make some comics yourself.

Please drop by if you have a minute.
Or two.

Yours,
Bernard
Bernard Caleo
Proprietor
Cardigan Comics
www.cardigancomics.com

Melbourne City Pillars program

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This could be something interesting to look into at our next meeting...

Hi,

I thought the following info might be of interest to the zinester and indie press types who belong to the City Library Street Press group. Pass it on if you think it's interesting...

The City of Melbourne is running a youth initiative called the City Pillar Challenge, aimed at awarding an innovative creative or business venture that will have a positive impact on Melbourne and its visitors.

City pillars are cylindrical, upright structures located on footpath corners around central Melbourne. They are most commonly used as news stands but the high number of pedestrians that pass city pillars every day make them ideal locations for maximum exposure.

The City Pillar Challenge will award innovative creative or business ventures that will have a positive impact on Melbourne and its visitors. Students must submit a detailed business proposal on how to use the space. Whether it's a photographic booth, craft market, information hub or other creative pursuit, the use of the space is limited only by the imagination of entreprenuerial students!

Individiduals or teams of students from the Australian Academy of Design, Australian Catholic University, RMIT University, Victoria University, William Angliss Institute and Melbourne University are eligible to enter. Students must submit an expression of interest by Friday 3 April but will have until late May to develop their detailed proposal. Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, business vitality and environmental sustainability.

For more details, visit the City of Melbourne website at www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/citypillars... or friend us on facebook!

Emerging Writers Festival Internship

2009-01-18T17:48:00.001+11:00

Emerging Writers’ Festival 2009
Internship: Associate Producers

The Emerging Writers’ Festival is looking for artists and arts management students to undertake Internships and play a vital role in the management and development of the 2009 Festival

These positions are voluntary and we expect it to fit quite well with the internship project requirements of arts or events management, communications, publishing, editing or writing students.

This Internship is an ideal grounding for developing your career in the sector. Each intern will be exposed to all facets of festival management, including responsibilities covering the administration of the festival, the production of the festival as well as the programming of the festival, and will play a significant role in the success of the Emerging Writers’ Festival.

Position description
Working closely with the Festival Director, Admin and Communications Coordinator and Festival producer you will
– Be responsible for the program development, management and realisation of one selected program within the 2009 Festival.
– Assist in the overall development and management of, including assisting of the running of the program, of the 2009 Melbourne town hall program
– Be responsible for one selected business project within the organisational structure
– Assist with the coordination of Festival Artists
– Attend relevant meetings with EWF board, project partners, publicist etc
– Attend weekly staff meetings
– Contribute to the streamlining of EWF processes, and feed these into ongoing documentation;
– Produce a post-event report.

Conditions
– This position is voluntary and we expect it to fit quite well with the internship project requirements of arts or events management, communications, publishing, editing or writing students.
– The successful applicant will negotiate a weekly schedule with the Festival Director, which is expected to be a half-day to a day per week. Work will build for the whole team in the month before the Festival with the successful applicant needing to be very available the ten days of the festival.
– Actual days/hours per week are to be negotiated. Some work outside of these hours might be necessary e.g. to attend meetings.
– The intern reports to the EWF Director, David Ryding.
– The position is located within the Next Wave Offices, Office 4, 5 Blackwood St North Melbourne with some work undertaken offsite as required.
– The EWF WorkCover and public liability insurance covers the intern

Selection Criteria
– A passion for new writing, and for the environments which showcase and accommodate it – this position will work best for people who are keen to learn about literary events management, so let us know why this internship would be a great experience for you right now;
– Superb communications skills, both oral and written;
– The ability to respond to direction, and work both independently and as part of a team;
– Ability to commit to a consistent weekly schedule against other work and study commitments, across the entire six-month period, with peak periods in the month before the Festival – please let us know about all your competing time commitments;
– Familiarity with relevant office software such as MS Office, in a Mac OSX environment;
– Desirable: previous experience working on comparable events;
– An interest in EWF’s mission and target audience development groups.

Application process
After the close of applications on Tuesday, January 27th, shortlisting will quickly take place and we expect applicants to be available for interview on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 3rd.

Applicants should be able to start in mid-February 2008.

For further information please David Ryding via director@emergingwritersfestival.org.au

Applications must include a statement addressing the selection criteria, along with your covering letter, CV and referees’ contact details.
Applications must be received by 5:00pm Tuesday, January 27th.

Please apply by email: director@emergingwritersfestival.org.au using subject line Associate Producers

--
David Ryding
Director

Emerging Writers' Festival
Friday 22nd - Sunday 31st May 2009

www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au
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Sticky Newsletter

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Essential Communications from Sticky Institute spanning the last month and next.
If this is annoying to read, please enjoy the word document attached.

CONTENTS

Zine Calendar Dates And Things You Need To Know
New Stuff Instore
Niche for Zine
From our new Canberra Zine Correspondent in Darwin
From our Adelaide Zine Correspondent who didn't really count on being
a Correspondent
From Our Paris Zine Correspondent
False Diary
Zine Reviews
Classifieds
Most Hip Student Population According To Visits To the Institute
What is this email and why am I getting/not getting it

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ZINE CALENDAR DATES AND THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHATEVER YOUR LOCATION:

Sticky is good mates with the USA zine distro papertrail and ciara is
doing a call out for any zines you might like to get considered for
overseas mail order distribution. Ciara has her own selection process,
it's not open slather, but you can read up on the sort of stuff she
goes for (mostly personal or political) at
http://www.papertraildistro.com/submit. In her words, "I beg you to
send me zines". And Sticky vouches for Papertrail as a highly reliable
distro.

IN MELBOURNE:

HOME SWEET HOME
Brunswick Bound Jan 17 – Feb 17
361 Sydney Rd Brunswick
An exhibition of Evil Brothers and zinemakers Tom and Ned, who have
joined forces from opposite ends of the country. Gallery open Mon –
Sat 10-6pm and Sunday 11-5

INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE CONSPIRACY WEEK at Sticky
This week long conspiracy includes
Zine Fair,
SAT 14 February 12pm onwards, Degraves Subway.
The first ever International Literature Conspiracy week will be held
from Mon 9 – Sunday 5 February featuring zine launches at Sticky,
insane creative projects to get involved with, and yes, a kick arse
zine fair SAT 14 FEBRUARY 2009. What better way to celebrate your love
for zines than on valentines day people. So mark this one in your
diaries, and get ready to staple your heart out, because Sticky's zine
fair this year packed the subway out, and it's going to be the same
deal in 09, only bigger. Stay tuned. Book cheap flights now. But avoid
Jetstar (see last month's newsletter).
Book your (free) table with Candace, runawaykite@gmail.com

THE REST OF THE PROGRAM (which will also go up on the website in the
next 48 hours)
International Literature Conspiracy Week
festival program 9th-15th Feb

MONDAY 9TH FEB

Target 144
12.00 pm 9th Feb – 12.00 pm 14th Feb at Sticky

Join the conspiracy! At midday Project144 begins, where zinemakers and
comic artists meet at the official Target144 headquarters (Sticky
Institute) to begin a 144 hour odyssey of creation where zines and
comics will be conceived, produced and released at Sticky's Zine Fair
on the sixth day. Target144 creations will be complete with proof of
dates incorporated into the work such as newspaper dates, receipts or
metcards across the critical 144 hours. Works can be made remotely as
well as instore, and everyone is urged to join the conspiracy. The end
results will be launched and sold at the Target144 table at the Zine
Fair on the Saturday.

TUESDAY 10TH FEB

Zine launch – Sure 6 Project
6pm – 7pm at Sticky

Launch of the Sure 6 Project compiled by Elle 36, inspired by the 90s
zine Sure issue number 6, where zinemakers were asked about their
practice and zine culture. The Sure 6 Project resurrects Kane Sure's
concept and the first issue in this new ongoing project will be
launched.

Conspiracy Theory
An International Literature Conspiracy Gig and Zine Evening.
9pm – at The Arthouse, 616 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. $5 at the door
A zine and musical event, this evening will include performances by
Made Austria and heaps of zine readings. There will also be a zine
stall and The Arthouse will be a temporary base for Target144.

WEDNESDAY 11TH FEB

Launch of zine Moth Wings with instore performance of Maddie & Jorja
Kelly Forever
6pm – 7pm at Sticky

The launch of 'Moth Wings' zine, an anthology of childhood drawings,
and an in store performance by Maddie & Jorja Kelly Forever. Come and
be a child again and have a draw with textas and crayons and remember
what it was like to be uninhibited and untainted by the complexities
of adult thinking.

THURSDAY 12TH FEB

Zine Launch – Foxes in the supermarket
6pm – 7pm at Sticky

Aaron, Beck and Jon launch their highly anticipated Coles/Safeway
split zine 'Foxes in the Supermarket'.

FRIDAY 13TH FEB

The Opinion Society
6pm – 7pm - Sticky

Meeting the last Friday of every month, this is a special festival
edition of the Opinion Society complete with refreshments. Bring your
opinions and discuss zines while in their natural habitat.

SATURDAY 14TH FEB

Zine Fair and Festival Launch
12pm – 5pm – Degraves St Subway

Launched by Minister of the Arts Lynn Kosky at 2pm, the Zine Fair will
take over the subway underpass with hundreds of local and nationally
produced zines, comics and independent press, as well as featuring
Sticky's inhouse official Valentines Day cupid (complete with bow,
arrow and typewriter) who will take love letter dictations on Sticky
Institute stationary to be instantly issued to your Valentine.

The zine fair will also be launching the efforts of the Target144
initiative, where zinesters and comic artists will release their
creations made in the last 144 hours, and be host to the legendary
'You' zine bag making marathon where the aim is to create as many YOU
bags as possible, to package the zine, in the one afternoon. The bags
will go into circulation containing the following week's zine.
Everyone is welcome to come along and take part. 'You' is a free,
Melbourne anonymous zine issued weekly since 2001

2pm – official launch of zine fair, Sticky's new back wall, and speeches
12-5pm – You bag making marathon

SUNDAY 15TH FEB

2pm - 3pm Public viewing of the zine collection at the State Library
of Victoria. Free but booking required (stickyshop@gmail.com).
The State Library of Victoria have an incredible zine collection going
back to the 80s within the Rare Printed Collections section. This is a
special opportunity to see the width and breadth of the collection
which is being prepared for cataloguing.

IN SYDNEY:

Intellectual Zine Presentation
Friday 23rd January
There will be a presentation conducted by two Australian zine
librarians - Jessie Lymn and John Stevens - that will be run as a part
of the Research Applications in Information and Library Studies
conference (or RAILS5), held at the University of Technology, Sydney.
The talk will focus on their involvement in two prominent zine
collections that they have had respective involvement with: the State
Library of Victoria's Rare Printed Zine collection and the Newcastle
based Octapod collection. For more information, please check out the
conference web-site:
http://www.communication.uts.edu.au/conferences/rails/

DIY MARKETS/ ZINE FAIR AT LITTLE FISH

Sunday 1 Feb 1pm – 5pm
At Little Fish, 22 Enmore Rd Newtown
To book a table, email ghostesky @ gmail.com with Fish Market as the
subject. It seems to be gaining momentum. Legendary zinemaker 7U has
given this monthly event his personal endorsement:
"hey little fish is good, they do loads for the local arts community
here in sydney providing an affordable space right on enmore rd in
newtown for artists.the small percentage she does take from artists is
based on whats sold, which i dont think is unreasonable. you should be
more supportive of people who support the zine scene, not put down
what they are doing because they have a minimal charge to provide a
space on one of the most expensive/trendy streets in sydney."

RISO ACTION
Sydney has its own rizzeria, a new printing collective, somehow linked
to big fag press, with their own site due to be updated.
www.rizzeria.com. Risographs are a cheap alternative to colour
photocopying (or spot colour) for multiple quantity printing (ie for
runs over 50) and remain economic until runs of over 10,000 copies.
Obviously the riso is the stuff of awe for all zinemakers.

IN CANBERRA:

Zine Fair
Sat 7 Feb 10am –5pm
ACT Writers Centre
Competing with 'Yeah Write' for the lame-title-for-event stakes, is
the ACT Writers Centre youth festival 'Scribble', happening on Sat 7
Feb 10am –5pm. While sticky are all for zine fairs, this one is
charging zinemakers $10 a table which is just ridiculous. Apparently
people have been making off with the tables in previous years. No
comment. It's at QL2 Foyer, Gorman House Ainslie Ave, Braddon. BYO
your own table and chair and there's no charge. Yes, they are totally
serious: ."Please note there's no fee if you
can bring your own table." Just make sure no-one runs off with it.
Table theft is very high in Canberra, apparently.
Book your real estate via poetry.slams@gmail.com

IN ADELAIDE:

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ADELAIDE FOR MARCH:

Dear Foreigners,
Please accept my warmest invites to attend the 2nd annual Format
Festival, our poorly named fledgling DIY festival, which is occuring
from March 1st to 15th in the city of Adelaide. I would particularly
encourage you to come over for the weekend of Friday March 13th to
Sunday March 15th, whereupon we'll be having the Adelaide Zine and DIY
Fair (Saturday 14th), an evening of cycling films entitled 'Bikes
Camera Action (also on the 14th) and the Academy of DIY, which is a
bunch of workshops on everything from gender identity to bike repair
(Sunday 15th).

I understand that Adelaide isn't exactly the world's most appealling
holiday destination, but there'll be a wealth of world famous
zinesters and indie
press types there, including Sticky's own Luke Sinclair, Vignette
Press, Breakdown Press, Arlene Texta Queen and possibly US zine icon
Dave Roche, author of On Subbing.
yours,
Ianto Ware
Director
Format Festival

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NEW STUFF INSTORE

It's hot and tempers are short so here are some tiny snippets of some
of the new stuff.

10 Things To Hate About My Sister
$3
lapptheocean@squatspace.com
OK speaking of hot, Elena and Allegra are SO HOT RIGHT NOW. This is
one of Elena's. I love it when she talks how much her sister annoys
her with the electric eels, complete with eels in a radioactive tub.
And the torture sequence etc. As for the pricing…well, they're
workin' it.

Kenneth
$2
Amazing, amazing am-a-zing zine about a girl's development and
diagnosis of anorexia and her eventual recovery. This is easily one of
the most engaging personal zines you will come across, and is an
incredible insight into the mentality one develops with an eating
disorder. This is an INCREDIBLE read. You have to read it.

Hoopla Issue 3
$3
This is like an anarcho feminist revolution zine about crafts and
being radical and such like. I'm losing energy at this point but
without reading it, it looks pretty good. It makes cross stiching
cool.

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NICHE FOR A ZINE
A robot dedicated zine. Yes, it seems so obvious but nobody has done
one since Zeke in year 9 from early 00's. Please. Someone. The demand
is there. I know I'd read it.

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FROM OUR NEW CANBERRA CORRESPONDENT IN DARWIN, Gemma Nourse.

This month: Darwin: its history, relationship to DIY and present day
observations.
Hello, hello. Yes, nice to meet you. While you may have noticed that I
am the Canberra correspondent, truth is I am not in Canberra right
now. I arrived back in the humid and humble hellhole I affectionately
call home about a month ago, which others call 'Darwin'.

Here are the top three most important facts about Darwin to create a
little profile for your greedy craniums:

Home to around 100,000 people, Darwin is small enough for many to know
each other's most personal secrets, but large enough to have one
shopping centre that provides depressing retail therapy and every
highschool kid's social life.

You can count the number of book and record stores in the whole place
on one hand, and there is only one tiny music venue that supports
local, original artists. The rest are cover bands.

Paul Keating once said that the best way to see Darwin was from
overhead as you fly to Europe.

Here's my theory: Darwin's isolation, lack of artistic infrastructure
and misguided hatred from 'Southerners', as they are called, has
created an interesting D.I.Y. culture that permeates many areas of a
Darwinian's life and experience. The truth? There's not much going on
here. So to see anything interesting happen, you kind of have to get
of yo' ass and make it happen.

I think this culture has something to do with Darwin's history, and
its need to keep reinventing itself. My Papou and Yiayia (Greek
Grandpa and Grandma) were first generation Australians, and helped
establish Darwin in its early years. My Papou taught himself English
by reading through the dictionary each night and became a building
contractor, while Yiayia worked in a corner store and set up a home
for her family. They both had to do it for themselves, because no one
else would do it for them. Word is that the town had that overall vibe
at the time, as each family tried to stay afloat. Later, when my mum
was around 16, Darwin and my family had to again reinvent themselves
after Cyclone Tracy hit. While my uncles and aunties were evacuated,
Yiayia and Papou, along with many other locals, decided to stay back
and help rebuild the city. Darwin has always relied on the support of
its people for its creation, reinvention and improvement, and this
culture of involvement and community still remains.

Nowadays, Darwin's most attractive quality to many locals is its
laidback lifestyle, separated by a very fine line from shameless
laziness. It takes a bit of courage and enthusiasm to create what you
think the town is lacking. There are a handful of zinesters, musos,
artists, writers and actors kicking around, who all belong to this
little community of people who love what they do and appreciate each
other.

So the next time you go to spit on the part of the map of our country
that depicts the shameful capital city of my humble Territory, think
twice. While we may be the land of humidity, mosquitoes and
nothing-much-else-ness, think also of the good people who work
tirelessly to stand up to the legions of cover bands, skanky
nightclubs and the majority bogan population to do their bit in the
name of culture. Word.

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FROM OUR ADELAIDE ZINE CORRESPONDENT WHO DIDN'T REALLY COUNT ON BEING
A CORRESPONDENT
The following fantastic report on zines making their way across the
land has been kindly provided by zinemaker Simon Gray, just intended
as a personal email, but was so awesome he relented and let us turn it
into a column. Don't stop now Simon!!!

TRUE TALES OF BRAVERY & HONOR
Is a web comic collected in a comic zeen. It's Ninjas vs. Penguins
conspiracy story.
Aaron Humphrey is your contact man, he turned up in the last half hour
of the Pt. Augusta zine fair in time to miss everything. When my
computer buggered up I lost his e-mail but the zeen lists a wweb address:

www.braveryandhonor.com

A BIRD IN THE [THE] BUSH
A mixed bag of everything from Natalie Von Catalie from Da Gong, pal of
Maddy Phelan's. You've probably got this one.

zombetty@hotmail.com

MY FIRST ZINE ISSUE TWO (#1)
Owen Heitmann normally just prints his web comics but has thrown that in
& has produced this zine which is a mixed bag of stuff he's doing
between projects. It's actually his most personally revealing work. He's
just had a submission for TANGO rejected 'cause it was too pornographic!

owen.heitmann@gmail.com

I AM A CAMERA #12 & DISPOSABLE CAMERA #5
Like I need to tell you about Vanessa Berry.

vanessaberryworld@gmail.com

NICOLA HARDY IS UPDATING HER STATUS AND DREAMING ABOUT CAR ACCIDENTS
Comic artist Nicola's first short story collection is rather good.

nicola@secretenvelope.com

IN SICKNESS
Maddy Phelan's been hanging around Ianto Ware too long & gone and
produced this academic wank about subjectivity & the body. Actually one
of her better efforts, she reports she's putting an end to cutey pie
zines about cats now.

maddy.phelan@gmail.com

MADAM LASH'S GRAND OPENING
Poet Kerryn Tredrea's collection is a good few years old now , but
there's still copies showing up at zine fairs & it's worth it for the
collection of fonts alone.

skinwilleatitself@yahoo.com.au

BY THE TIME YOU'RE TWENTY FIVE
You've probably heard of Emma Davidson, but she's pretty slack, so you
might need to kick her arse to get these zines to you. This was her
latest I picked up @ TINA.

PO Box 4 Enmore NSW 2042

SPICY PONY SECRET FANTASY #4 & PUFF BOOK #1
Chris Tamm is a street artist extrodinaire & Australia's living answer
to Zippy the Pinhead. He's a hairy fat 30something running a gallery
thing in Sydney & raving to me about the cutey pie girls he meets
through his most successful SPICY PONY series.

konsumterra@hotmail.com

SPRAK! VOL #2 & WHAM GLAM THANK YOU MA'M
I've seen a SPRAK! in Sticky but not sure how up to date you keep w/
Kami McInnes as I've heard him whinge that Polyester is the only place
in Melbourne that'll stock him.

PO Box 278 Edwardstown SA 5039

SHADOWLANDS, 2085 & LAFFERTY ON NORFOLK ISLAND
Stephen Stanley was one of the stars of the Pt. Augusta Zine Fair. Based
in Whyalla, he used to have a strip published in Adelaide's News Ltd
paper THE ADVERTISER back in the 80s. He's apparently got a back shed
full of old professionally & self published comic books.

stansei@centralonline.com.au

MORE LOVE TRUTH & HONESTY
Paul Byron released a new Bananarama fanzine years after the first, now
covering Belinda Carlisle, Michelle Pfeiffer & Elastica too. Still
really about Paul though.

paulibyron@gmail.com

DIAGRAM #2
Another collection of impressive drawing by Helen Nehill.

h.nehill@hotmail.com

D90
John Stevens, I understand, is one of Sticky's bright young sycophantic
yes-men. I assume you have this too.

spurzine@gmail.com

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FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT IN PARIS, Lisa Pham.

This month: 2009: A Cyberspace Odyssey
The Internet has a lot to answer for.

Despite a surface distance of 16,780 kilometres between Paris and
Melbourne, I am still able to keep in touch with what's happening on
the other side of the globe. Thanks to Facebook, I always know when
Sticky is sleeping, in the same way that Sticky always knows what I'm
making for dinner. Thanks also to Facebook, I was able to catch up
with an old high school friend who now lives in Zurich, making
Moleskine-type notebooks in her spare time. More recently I met up
with Maddy, a zinester from Wollongong, while she was in town over the
Christmas holidays. We spent the day eating Tibetan food, walking
around Paris and going to the Rodin museum. Maddy left for a 14 hour
bus ride to Berlin that night and I suggested that she meet up with my
friend Emily, a zinester from Melbourne who now lives in Berlin.
Perhaps all of this could have happened without the Internet, but much
more coordination and planning would have been required.

The Internet is not always useful, however. I'd been meaning to visit
an artist squat in Paris which I'd heard about through the grapevine.
Short on time, I relied on Google to find out where it was. Despite
the website not being updated since 2003, I remained positive.
Apparently the squat was open to the public every day except Mondays,
from 1pm to 7pm. Sadly, when we got to 59 rue de Rivoli a few days
ago, all we found was an abandoned squat – much more disappointing
than an abandoned building which could be turned into a squat.

One of my Facebook friends uploaded photos of his favourite zine front
covers. Oddly, I was thankful that none of my zines were among the
list. Every now and then there are discussions about digitising zines
– but to do so would to lose its meaning. I love reading back on my
old zines because it reminds me of who I was at a particular time in
my life, and how much I've changed (or haven't changed) since that
zine was made. There is an honesty in these early zines, an intimacy
between myself and the 50 other people who managed to get a copy. Many
things shared in the zines are things that I would not tell an online
audience, where strangers from all over the world could find and read
it without its original context. Rather than trying to get as many web
hits as possible or having an eternal presence on the World Wide Web,
I want my personal zines to remain ephemeral. Perhaps the same could
be said about squats.

My New Year's Resolutions for this Sticky column: to find an artist
squat; to visit the anarchist bookstore; to learn more about the
bookstore Shakespeare & Co; to continue writing.

Happy 2009 from Paris!

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FALSE DIARY - A ZINE COLUMN By Luke You [Special Extended Edition]
Column #10 – The Ten Commandments of The Zine Stall

I've done a few zine stalls in my time. Some stalls were completely
awesome with hundreds of hungry zine fans climbing over each other to
get their hands on zine goodness (TINA, The Festival Of The
Photocopier, The Adelaide Zine Fair) and some so gut wrenchingly awful
my hands are beginning to shake just writing about them here
(libraries in the middle of nowhere in far far Western Victoria with
only two ten year olds in attendance). After earning my stripes
through years and years of gruelling zine stall action I want to share
with you the following list. It is a list of how to create the most
kick-ass zine stall in the history of zine stalls for you and for the
kids who want to pick up some zine action. Some of the things I
mention may seem so obvious that it is almost embarrassing to write
them down. Things like "table". But trust me, in the world of zine
stalls nothing is always as it seems. Here are my Ten Commandments of
The Zine Stall:

1. You will need zines. I recommend taking more zines rather than
less, more as in different zines. The bigger your stall is the more
you will blow peoples minds when they stumble across the stall and the
more zines you have the more likely it is that you will have a zine
that someone is interested in.

2. Take change, lots of change. You will need many one dollar coins,
two dollar coins and five dollar notes. Incredibly, even zine world
legends who should know better will try to buy a $1 zine from your
stall with a $50 note.

3. Light. You will need light so that people can see your zine stall
and people can see your zines. I once agreed to do a zine stall at an
all day metal festival at The Espy and I arrived to find the room in
complete darkness. This may be good to enjoy your garden type Manowar
knock-off, but is a big no no for a zine stall.

4. Table. You will need a table to put the zines on. If you put them
on the floor they will get dirty and people will stand on them. YOU
NEED A TABLE TO HAVE A ZINE STALL. And whats more it should be a big
table. One of those big trestle tables is what you are looking for
here. At the previously mentioned metal gig in complete blackness the
organiser of the gig offered me a table approximately the size of a
dinner plate to display my 300+ zines on. This was not good.

5. Suitcase. You will need to transport your zines to the location of
the stall safely for both your back and the condition of the zines.
You will need a suitcase on wheels. If you pack your case in a shonky
manner the zines will get bent and people will not want your zines.
My current rig is a big-ass second hand black suitcase on wheels that
set me back $20 from Savers but which has paid for itself twenty times
over. I pack the zines in large plastic envelopes inside the suitcase
and fill the rest of the case with towels. You don't want those
babies moving around. Even I have been criticised for the condition
of my zines at zine stalls. Connoisseurs of zine culture such as
"Metal Ash" will rip you to shreds at TINA if you dare to show up with
creased zines.

6. Another person. Try to organise for there to be two people on the
stall so if you need to get food, go to the toilet or get a drink you
don't leave your stall unattended and have all your money stolen by
filthy hippies. Another idea is to line up someone to drop by the
stall just for half an hour at some point during the stall to give you
a break. To go back to a point I made a couple of sentences ago. DO
NOT LEAVE YOUR ZINE STALL UNATTENDED AT ANY TIME OR ALL YOUR MONEY AND
ZINES WILL BE STOLEN BY FILTHY HIPPIES.

7. Signage. You want to let people know who you are and where you are
from without them having to ask. My usual technique is to bring along
a fat permanent marker and find a cardboard box out the back of the
venue and write the distro name on the card and pin it to the front of
the table. This also gives you and your stall a look of distinguished
DIY cred.

8. Stay until the end. If you have agreed to do a stall at an event
it is only polite to stay until the end of the event. Once you start
to pack up your stall it kind of signals to the fans that the night is
winding down. I actually set up a stall at the all day metal fest of
complete darkness but broke rule #8 by packing up after just two hour
of power. However, the room was so dark that no one knew either that
I was there or that I had packed up early.

9. Publicise. Let the kids know that you will be there. This means
zine fans might actually come and gets the word out there that you
have the indie cred.

10. Stock. Taylor your stall to the event. If you are running a
stall at an all day metal fest make sure the 'Westside Angst/You'
split zine with Lemmy from Motorhead on the cover is front and centre.

So there you have it zine fans. Now go forth and create zine stalls
wherever you may be. And if everything falls apart and all of your
money and zines are stolen by filthy hippies pick up a pen and write a
zine about it. That would be one awesome zine.

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ZINE REVIEWS

Welcome to Red Ink's review column. If you think she's out of control,
email us to set her straight. And if you'd like to have a rival zine
review column for us to publish in this section, bring it on! We live
in a pluralist society! We can have multiple review sections!

THE RED INK SECTION

Fergus#15
$1
P.O Box 132, Bentley WA 6982

Fergus is an amazing little zine. So much care has clearly been taken
in its creation with it's fabric covered cover and stuck-in stickers
and pieces of paper and yet it's only one dollar. In this issue,
Fergus contains two sections, the first being an alphabetical
description or Fergus's suburb, East Victoria Park. She takes us
through the area starting with her pathological feeling of Attachment
to her suburb, her opinions of her local Elected representatives that
run tuna drives at Christmas time and the Zebra crossing outside the
cheesecake shop. The second section, called The Peonies, is 13 bits of
Fergus's life, like #8 Diaries and #11 Saturday Night.
Fergus is really well written, it's never too saccharine with it's
homey descriptions of East Victoria Park and Fergus writes with just
the right amount of cynical humour. It's just such a lovely zine to
hold and to own because it's handmade and perfectly pocket sized. It
provides that element of zines which make them so wonderful.
Tangibility.

Little Sticks
$1
have.you.ever@hotmail.com

Little Sticks is an unassumingly written zine about someone in an
in-between moment who is craving a holiday. Type written on 15
separate cards and bound together with a single rubber band, the style
of writing just slowly draws you in and you're a little disappointed
that there isn't more when you finish reading. The descriptions of the
movements of the writer 'from bed to couch to kitchen to video shop…'
accompanied by a list of songs playing and books being read at the
time makes the zine feel familiar and the slight smudges and typos
which haven't been corrected add to the innocence of the tone.
This zine clearly requires time and effort to construct and it's
amazingly reasonably priced at only $1. What makes this a good zine is
that it isn't anything but this small vignette of what the author was
thinking and feeling at the time of creation and it's really lovely to
have that presented in such an unpretentious manner.

Anyone Can Be…A Warrior Princess
$2.50
citylibrarystreetpress.blogspot.com

It amazes me that a zine workshop group, purporting to be made up of
creative people who meet up and talk zines, and that also receives
financial support and venue from the City library can put out such an
awful zine. You'd think that if they knew anything about zine culture,
they wouldn't let this poorly put together and overpriced zine out on
the shelves. It seems that this zine was made by only a couple of
people since it lacks serious content, with the exception of the
article on the Camberwell Market which is well written and is really
too good to be in this zine. The rest of the zine consists of a
hand-drawn warrior princess captioned by various tag-lines, cut and
paste photocopied pictures of warrior princesses with other people's
heads on them and a poorly photocopied collage of craft.
When so many good zines are being put out by individuals who have to
compile them on hallway floors, who don't receive funding and who sell
them for ridiculously low prices, it's seems wrong for a group that is
so supported to be putting out this poorly crafted zine. What's worse
is that they're charging $2.50 for it, when clearly it is worth much
less than this.

NB Avid readers will remember 'Anyone Can…' was named the Worst Zine
Title of 2008 by Sticky in October's newsletter.

Stickmen #9
$1.50

Finally Stickmen #9 has been released. The scratchily drawn comic ,
depicting the adventures of Stickmen and his ninja foes is so
endearing, it's impossible not to like it. It's completely hand drawn
and the photocopying has improved through the previous issues to award
this one with the least amount of photocopy cut-offs. Standout
sections of this issue are the implosion of Stickman, the analysis of
'Mr. Sandman' by Pat Benattar and the author's reaction to his VCE
results.
This comic proves that you don't need to produce something incredibly
polished and well planned out to make an impact and it really is a
creation which defines the genre of zine.

Nicola Hardy is Updating Her Status and Dreaming About Car Accidents
$4
nicola@secretenvelope.com

I'll just say this now that I'm not a huge fan of short story zines so
I needed this zine to do something impressive to make me like it. And
it kind of got there, maybe. Hardy is usually a comic artist, but in
this publication she creates stories which may or may not be
fictional. There are good pieces, like Night Drive and Discoveries and
not-so-good pieces, such as Hyena. The story section of this zine is
okay, with the inclusion of a playlist (awesome) but does include one
crucial error. A blog post. Never include a blog post in a zine.
The other thing that could be improved in this zine is the
presentation. For a comic artist to produce such an unappealing zine
is surprising. It is typed in various Word fonts with a blocky black
and white presentation which makes it seem sterile and looks really
boring. For this zine to be considered much better, it would benefit
from a less clinical outlay and a more welcoming and personal
aesthetic.

Contact: redinksection@gmail.com or you can send your zines to be
reviewed to: Red Ink P.O. Box 41 Flinders Lane Melbourne VIC 8009

To send in your own reviews and get a rival review section up and
going here, email stickyshop@gmail.com. Pluralist society, people!

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CLASSIFIEDS

Nobody wants anything, nobody has lost anything, the world is
complete. Just don't watch the nightly news.

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MOST HIP STUDENT POPULATION ACCORDING TO VISITS

ANNOUNCING THE WINNING SCHOOL POPULATION FOR 2008:
We were going to wait till International Literature Week to make this
incredible announcement but by then, who cares? New school year etc.

Really this should have been done in December. So… drumroll…MacRob
have won by a LONG SHOT. Yes, it is official, Mac Rob girls' school
has the coolest student population in Melbourne.

THE PRIZE
MacRob will get a lovely letter written to their principle from Sticky
Institute saying how wonderful and well behaved their students are in
public in the new year, and *the first five students to rock up to
sticky and display their macrob student card will get their own
zinepacks (by post) and membership to the institute. Oh it pays to be
cool. And here is the final tally from 2008:

Korowa…4
Lauriston…1
Carey…9
Warrandite High…4
MacRob…14
Melbourne High…8.
Melbourne Girls College…3
King David School…4
St Michael's Grammar…1
Star of the Sea…1
Buckley Park…1
University High…from 8 to 10 to 11
Mullauna College…4
Princess Hill…from 3 to 9 to 10
Caulfield Grammar…3
Emmaus College…3
Brighton Secondary College…2
Mordiallac Secondary College…2
Eltham College…5
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School…1
Collingwood College…12
Sydney Rd Community School…1
Austin Hospital School…3
Hogswort's…4
Little Yarra Steiner School…1
Loreto…1
Firbank Grammer…5
Academy of Mary Immaculate…6
NEW ENTRANTS
Strathmore…1
Trinity Grammar…1

2009 CENSUS WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST IN FEBRUARY.

Blog Awards

2009-01-10T09:48:00.001+11:00

Encouraging you to all vote for The Dawn Chorus in this :

http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-australia-or-new-zealand-blog/

Cate (my wife) writes for them and it's an ace Feminist blog :-)

Next meetings and Sketchcrawl

2009-01-08T09:17:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone!

Hope you all had good holidays and all that :-)

We're commencing meetings again next week and then every fortnight, the first few meetings will be to plan the next series of workshops and discuss our big plans for anyone can issue 3, both of which have been progressing along nicely in our absence of meetings...

So hopt to see you all at the City Library next Wednesday 14th January...

It's also the latest Melbourne Sketchcrawl this Saturday, the locations are yet to be decided, but keep an eye on :

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=39212487341

Express Media Newsletter

2008-12-17T16:40:00.000+11:00

EXPRESS MEDIA MEMBERS’ NEWS – DECEMBER 2008

1. WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

As 2008 rolls over, Express Media is trying to focus on the flipside – 2009 and then some. We would like to thank you for your support throughout the year and wish you the best during the holiday season and beyond.

This is the final newsletter for 2008 but we promise to keep rolling them out next year. Our thanks goes to electronic publications intern Tess Jaeger for writing and collating them each month. Her tireless scouring of internet sites, newsletters, media releases and random people has been wonderful.

Finally, all of us at Express Media would like to express our deepest sadness at the death of Dorothy Porter. Dorothy had been a past Express Media mentor (of current General Manager Emily Andersen), a Voiceworks guest, and a keen supporter of the organisation. Our deepest sympathies go to her loved ones and readers.

Take care,
Bel Schenk
Artistic Director

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2. COMING UP AT EXPRESS MEDIA

VOICEWORKS #76 – BUDGET

Voiceworks is seeking submissions for issue #76, BUDGET. The deadline is 11 January.

Email editor@expressmedia.org.au with any questions, pitches or brilliant ideas.

And check out the Regular non-fiction opportunities section on the Express Media Website for developments on how to contribute non-fiction to Voiceworks.

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3. FEATURE

Origins: 2008 John Marsden Prizewinners Owen Kirkby and Bryce Wolfgang Joiner reflect on the births of their respective creative entries

The announcement of this year’s John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers winners went down splendidly at Express Media’s long-awaited showcase, held earlier this month in Melbourne’s City Library. As with every year, the 2008 award ceremony offered the opportunity to reflect, not only upon what makes a great piece of writing, but also the personal and artistic origins of an author’s work. Express Media’s essential purpose is to recognise and encourage younger and emerging writers and text-based artists to keep creating and expressing themselves. The John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers is a most ambitious, and generous award. Each year voluminous entries are whittled down to short-lists containing just a fraction of its entrants. These lucky few are recognised as Prizewinners and Runners up. These lucky few are recognised as Prizewinners and Runners up.

But the spirit of competition can sometimes, inadvertently, overshadow other important aspects of creative writing as a process. Great writing does not originate with recognition. It is born with a writer’s confidence to romantically pick up a pen, or, realistically, sit down in front of a computer screen. It exists through the willingness of an individual to re-conceptualise what comes from experience, into imagination. Read more here.

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4. NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES – ALL STATES

HILL OF CONTENT BOOKSHOP 2008 HAL PORTER SHORT STORY COMPETITION

The Hill of Content Bookshop 2008 Hal Porter Short Story Competition is open for short stories, any style, up to 2,500 words. Prize is $1000. Entry fee is $5.50. Cheques made out to East Gippsland Art Gallery. No entry form required. Mail entries to Hal Porter Short Story Competition, East Gippsland Art Gallery, 2 Nicholson St, Bairnsdale, VIC, 3875. Email further enquiries to pedrom53@bigpond.net.au Submissions close 19 December.

THE LIFTED BROW

The Lifted Brow is seeking submissions for its fifth issue until 1 January 2009. The Lifted Brow is an independent journal. As well as ‘straight’ fiction, essays, interviews, poetry, art portfolios and comics, they are looking for scrappy, innovative stuff. For this issue they have a special interest in publishing a film script, a critical-type film essay, or a play script. Submissions will be read and responded to by 1 February. Send your submissions to editors@theliftedbrow.com

GOING DOWN SWINGING

Going Down Swinging is a Melbourne-based international literary journal publishing poetry, short fiction and non-fiction, flash, comic art, graphic art and a spoken word CD, twice a year. They are now calling for submissions for their 28th issue, due for release May 2009: new, unpublished poetry, short fiction and non-fiction, comic and graphic art and spoken word recordings. All GDS contributors are paid for inclusion in the magazine. Submissions close 1 January 2009. Click here to visit the Going Down Swinging website for further information.

MEDLEY MAG

Medley Mag is a new online magazine sharing the diverse cultural experiences of Australia's youth. It is a youth-driven celebration of cultural diversity, which bridges cultural, socio-economic and geographic boundaries to community involvement. Contributions for publication are required from young people, aged 12 to 25 years. Submit virtually anything related to the issues of culture, diversity, migration and human rights: artwork, poetry, short stories, reviews, essays, feature articles, etc. This is a unique opportunity for young people to produce a publication that showcases their talents, opinions, concerns, challenges and successes. For further information or contact the editor, Georgina, at info@medleymag.com.au. Click here to visit the Medley Mag website.

POTTER’S FIELD

Potter’s Field 3 is a print anthology of tales from the graveyard. Submissions of stories between 2000 to 8000 words that will scare readers, but not stories that will make them gag. Deadline is 31 December 2008. Click here to visit the website for further information and submission guidelines.

FILM BLOG

‘Culture Unplugged’ is a new online venue with weekly blog catering to film-makers, film-lovers and conscious creatives/citizens. Its organisers are now looking for writers who wish to blog and engage with a global audience. Compensation will be based on expertise, experience and efforts required. Click here to visit the ‘Culture Unplugged’ website for further details. Email your profile, interest and samples to apply@cultureunplugged.com

STOP DROP AND ROLL

Stop drop and roll is a new quarterly magazine based in Melbourne. The magazine is now open to submissions from established and emerging writers from Australia and around the globe. Email the editor sean@stopdropandroll.com.au or click here to visit the website for more information.

ARTS ANGELS SHORT STORIES 2009

Arts Angels in Canada is looking for stories and poems to be included in a book of fictional stories and poetry. The deadline is 31 December 2008. Each published author accepted will receive two free copies of the book on publication, plus successful writers will be able to buy the book at a reduced cost. For more information contact artsangels@shaw.ca, addressing attention to Margaret Hinchliffe in the subject line.

OZWORDS

Subscription to Ozwords, the newsletter of The Australian National Dictionary Centre is free. The write-up includes word competitions and articles on word history. Readers wishing to subscribe should send their snail mail address to Ozwords Subscription Manager, GPO Box 2784, Melbourne, VIC 3001.

INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

The International Poetry Competition is open to young people under 30 years of age. There is no entry fee. Send only one unpublished poem, which has never been awarded a prize (maximum 50 lines). The general theme is ‘Roads’. Three winners will be awarded a prize of $500 each and publication. Special prizes for the best poems of people under 16! Submissions close 9 January. Click here for further information and submission guidelines.

LAURA LITERARY AWARDS

The Flinders News Prose Awards are now open for submissions. There are three sections under which applicants may enter: 1. Open: short story, max 1500 words, prize $200, 2. Young adult (13-18): max 1000 words, prize $50 and 3. Junior (under 13): max 500 words, prize $25. The C.J. Dennis Poetry Awards for poems up to 60 lines. Open prize: $200. Young adult (13-18) prize: $50. Junior (under 13) prize: $25. The fee for open sections is $10 per entry. All student entries are free! Submissions close 20 February. Click here for further guidelines and entry forms.

ALAN MARSHALL SHORT STORY AWARD 2009
Nillumbik Shire Council invites writers from across Australia to enter this annual short story competition held in memory of the great writer and former resident of Eltham, Alan Marshall. The competition is to be judged by Sophie Cunningham, editor of Meanjin. $2000 Open Section First Prize; $1000 Open Section Second Prize for stories up to 2,500 words; $1000 Local Writers’ Section Prize for stories up to 2,500 words by writers who live, work or study in the Shire of Nillumbik; $400 Young Writers’ Section Prize for stories up to 1,000 words for writers aged between 15 and 19 years. Click here to visit the Nillumbik Shire Council for further details and to download entry forms. Email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au, or telephone (03) 9433 3359 for further information. The Alan Marshall Short Story Award is presented by Nillumbik Shire Council in partnership with the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service. Entries close at 4pm Friday 20 February.

COTTONMOUTH

Cottonmouth is a Perth-based performance and publishing venture that held its first event in February 2008. Held monthly, the Cottonmouth performance project showcases spoken-word artists, poets, sound artists, playwrights, new media practitioners and other emerging and established performers in the field of narrative art. The venture also publishes a monthly zine, which is open for submissions from local, interstate and international writers. Click here for submission guidelines, event information and the word on Perth’s cultural beat.

CROSSOVER AUSTRALIA 2009

Calling all writers, theatre directors, filmmakers, digital media artists, web developers, composers, and choreographers! Applications are now open for Crossover Australia 2009. Crossover Australia is a residential laboratory where the primary goal is the development of conceptual prototypes for groundbreaking interactive project. This year Crossover Australia is stressing that ‘our definition of cross platform is not solely in the digital area and we are looking for ways to expand notions into crossovers into live performance, visual arts and writing’. Participation is free but places are limited so get in quick. Click here for more information.

If you want to spread the word on news, events or opportunities for writers in new media, mail Crossover Australia at
storyofthefuture@australiacouncil.gov.au.

WET INK

Wet Ink is currently seeking submissions! Wet Ink is a quarterly magazine that focuses on publishing fiction, poetry and non-fiction by new and emerging writers. It is distributed throughout Australia and in more than 40 countries. As well as poetry, non-fiction and literary-style fiction, Wet Ink is interested in high-quality work in all genres (e.g., crime, sci-fi, romance, horror, thriller, speculative etc) and those with light-hearted themes. There are no word count restrictions – extremely short pieces are welcomed and long work will be considered. All published work receives payment. Click here for further details and to view submission guidelines.

RIGHT NOW

Right Now is a student driven publication that stimulates inclusive discussion about domestic human rights law development and implementation in Australia. Right Now takes a unique and dynamic approach to presenting contemporary legal issues in an informal, non-academic way. Right Now publishes visual art that responds to human rights, and it’s now open for submissions. Please click here to check over past editions before submitting.

Right Now prefer articles to be between 600 and 800 words, but if this is too limiting, they can consider publishing an article of up to 1000 words as a feature. Right Now appeals to a wide audience so articles should be non-academic in tone. Right Now does not publish footnotes. Click here to submit articles via email in Word document format.

If you have any questions about the submission process, or are wondering what kind of topics the Right Now Ed team are interested in, please don’t hesitate to contact them at info@rightnow.org.au.

SKETCH

Sketch is a literary art and design journal currently seeking unsolicited submissions in the form of cartoons, digital art, fiction, graphic design, interviews, journalism, literary reviews, non-fiction, paintings, photography, poetry, sculpture and sketches. Click here for submission guidelines and further information.

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5. NT NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

NT LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

‘Re-building Afghanistan’ will run from 11 December to 16 January in partnership with the Canadian High Commission, Ausaid, Aust Dept Defence and DFAT. This exhibition of beautifully coloured photographs, depicting scenes from Afghanistan, aims to raise awareness and understanding of the work that the UN-sanctioned international taskforce, including Canadians and Australians, is undertaking in an effort to rebuild Afghanistan - one of the most fragile nations in the world. Click here to view a promotional flyer for the exhibition. Click here to view other upcoming special events at the Northern Territory Library.

CORRUGATED IRON YOUTH ARTS

If you are 18 and over, check out the 18>26 Theatre Ensemble, which includes ‘The Smelter’ - a fortnightly meet-up where participants discuss theatre, make theatre and take over the world! The program involves taking self-devised shows to festivals around Australia and includes guest talks from experts in the field, focusing on different aspects and styles of theatre, and hands-on tuition. Click here to find out more about the 18>26 Theatre Ensemble and ‘The Smelter’… Click here to check out other upcoming CIYA events and opportunities.

NT WRITERS’ CENTRE

The Northern Territory Writers’ Centre offers a range of opportunities for NT-based writers. Keep up to date by visiting their website. Click here to take a look at what’s on offer.

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6. SA NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

SAWC PROMOTED EVENTS

MUTANT STEPCHILDREN

If you write fantasy, horror, magic realism, science fiction, speculative fiction or any of the many forms of fantastic fiction usually lumped together under ‘speculative fiction’, then you might want to join the new speculative fiction writers’ group the Mutant Stepchildren. Contact Jeff Harris by phone 8258 9162 or email jlharris@senet.com.au

NORTH EASTERN WRITERS CHRISTMAS PARTY

North Eastern Writers are having a Christmas Party with special guests Jude Aquilina and Louise Nicholas followed by a poetry slam. It will be held on Thursday 18 December from 7pm at the Tea Tree Gully RSL Hall. The cost of entry is $5. Drinks and nibbles provided. RSVP and enquiries should be sent to margaret@northeasternwriters.com

TUXEDO CAT READINGS

A midsummer’s dream heatwave reading! Open mic. To be held at The Tuxedo Cat, 17-19 Synagogue Place, on Friday 16 January, from 7pm til late. Contact Jules on 0466 672 877 with any further enquiries.

RADIO ADELAIDE POETRY

Radio Adelaide’s ‘For a Peace of the Action’ program is seeking poems with a theme of peace or social justice — humour is welcome. Contact Clayton at clayton.werner@gmail.com to express your interest!

SAWC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS WITH A DISABILITY

The SA Writers’ Centre was recently awarded funding through the ArtsSA Richard Llewellyn Arts and Disability Trust for a writer-in-residence to work with people who have a disability. SAWC pleased to announce that this position has been taken up by Malcolm Walker, author of The Stone Crown (Walker Books, 2008). The writer-in-residence position aims to encourage members with a disability to come in to the Centre to discuss their work on a one-to-one basis with Malcolm, or, if they’re unable to access the city, to telephone or email. For full details of meeting and submission guidelines contact the SAWC via telephone on (08) 8223 7662 or email sawriters@sawc.org.au Click here to visit Malcolm’s website.

ADELAIDE PLAINS POETS INC POETRY COMPETITION

The theme for the next Adelaide Plains Poets Inc Poetry Competition is ‘Tracks and Trails’. With a prize pool of over $500 and categories for adults, secondary school and primary school students, you won’t want to miss it! For information, contact Carolyn Cordon on (08) 85272 412 or 0418 806 490. Email holkschter@bigpond.com or write to 30 Germantown Road, Redbanks, SA, 5502. Submissions close 15 January.

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7. WA NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

NUMBAT 2009

The 2009 edition of poetry journal, Numbat, is gearing up for submissions. Poets are asked to submit works that they feel best showcase their unique poetry. Please submit (3/4) of your chosen poems in MS-Word Format, or Text, or as a file attachment. Additionally, please provide a picture, and an up to date biography with your poetry submission. Email you work to editor, David Barnes at db@aceonline.com.au Phone (08) 9361 6058, or email David at the address listed above for further information. Click here to take a look at the Numbat website.

TOM COLLINS POETRY PRIZE

The FAWWA Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition. Maximum 60 lines per poem. Prizes include: First: $1000; Second: $400; and four Highly Commended places: $150. Entry Fee is $5 per poem. Contact phone (08) 9384 4771 or email admin@fawwa.org.au Entries close 31 December. Click here to view the FAWWA website for further details.

POETS CORNER AT PAGES CAFE

Poets Union runs a get together at Perth Cultural Centre from 2 to 4:30pm on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Each sitting there is a bevy of invited readers plus spontaneous open mic outbursts. It’s hosted by Frances Macaulay Forde, and entry is free! Contact Frances at admin@poetscornerwa.com for further information.

FAWWA

The Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australia, run various regular workshops and special events. Click here to peruse their website and check out what’s on offer this month.

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8. TAS NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

MUDLARK WRITERS’ GROUP

Mudlark Theatre inc. are proud to be offering a new writers’ group. Mudlark encourages new writers wishing to develop skills, emerging writers who want to expand their skills and also the experienced writers to take advantage of this new enterprise. There are great benefits to be gained by being a part of a writers’ group, especially one linked to a theatre company; the most obvious is the opportunity to share ideas, problems and success’s with other writers and theatre practitioners. The opportunity to hear your work read by actors. To be exposed to visiting artists and dramaturges…and ultimately to see your script performed. Mudlark Theatre inc. extends a warm invitation to anyone wishing to write for the stage. For more information contact Stephanie Briarwood on stephanie@mudlarktheatre.com.au or P.O. Box 2120 Launceston, TAS 7250.

STOCK

Launched in December 2007 by Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Stock was created to provide a forum for local artists, designers, writers, curators and others wanting to voice their ideas, opinions and questions about their field. It also aims to encourage quality arts writing and to support critical dialogue amongst the Tasmanian literary community. Stock welcomes new ideas for articles and may be the perfect site to launch a project or to try something experimental. Or you can contribute to one of the online discussion topics. Click here to visit the Stock website for more information.

THE TASMANIAN TIMES SEEKS POETRY

Tasmanian poets or those with a Tasmanian connection may send up to 5 poems not previously in print or electronic media and not under consideration elsewhere to peter.macrow@gmail.com There is no closing date for TTT, so you’ve got plenty of time to let the creative sparks kindle…

And… click here to see the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre website for more local opportunities.

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9. QLD NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

LOVERS OF GOOD WRITING COMPETITION

Organised through the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Queensland, this competition caters for poets and short story writers in alternate years. Check with the organiser for current year’s details. First prize $250, second prize $100, two Highly Commended prizes $50. Winners announced in 'Scope', April edition. All entries must be accompanied by an entry form, stamped and self-addressed envelope, and a $5 entry fee. Postal Address PO BOX 6338, UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 Contact the FAW (QLD) Convenor at nancycoxmillner@optusnet.com.au for further details. Submissions close 31 January 2009.

THE JOSEPHINE ULRICK LITERATURE AND POETRY PRIZES 2009

Griffith University’s School of Arts on the Gold Coast administers the prizes on behalf of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts. $40,000 in prize money in 2009! $10,000 First Prize, $5,000 Second Prize, 2 x $2,500 Commended for a 1000 - 3000 word short story and $10,000 First Prize, $5,000 Second Prize, 2 x $2,500 Commended for an up to 200 line poem or suite of poems. Entries close 30 January 2009. Click here for further guidelines and entry forms. All enquiries can be directed to Clare Keys (07) 5552 8093 email: c.keys@griffith.edu.au

QUEENSLAND WRITERS’ CENTRE

The Queensland Writers’ Centre advertises various workshop, event, and competition opportunities for Queensland-based writers. Click here to view their website.

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10. ACT NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

ACT WRITERS’ CENTRE

Click here to view the ACT Writers’ Centre website for information on a range of upcoming writers’ groups, workshops and other literary opportunities. Be sure to check out their January school holiday program, offering various workshops for younger and emerging writers.

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11. NSW NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

VIBEWIRE INC ANNOUNCES A GLOBAL YOUTH FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUNG FUTURE CHANGE-MAKERS

Vibewire is looking for young social entrepreneurs who are passionate about a social or environmental issue and want to increase awareness by reaching out to wider audiences and contributing to social change.

Thanks to the generous support of Global Youth Futures, Vibewire is offering two scholarships to an individual, group or organisation with an innovative approach to addressing, highlighting and advocating around issues in their community, drawing people in rather switching them off.

Global Youth Future's vision is to connect and collaborate to co-create new futures – the kind of futures we want to live in. Its mission is to support and provide opportunities for young entrepreneurs to share and develop their skills, to understand the future in its complexity and to explore innovative and sustainable solutions to social and environmental issues.

The scholarship aims to support a young individual or team over the course of at least 3 months by providing them with residency at Vibewire's Hub (sQuareOne) in Sydney/Ultimo. Recipients get mentorship and will have the opportunity to further develop their skills and expertise as well as to build new networks and partnerships through Global Youth Futures and Vibewire.

Scholarship recipients will be required to report back to Global Youth Futures on an ongoing basis or as required, take part in a review process after 3 months and prepare a final evaluation report of their project. They will also be expected to attend a ‘Futures Dreaming’ weekend planning workshops and assist with one of Global Youth Future's events in 2009.

To apply please fill in application form attached addressing the selection criteria and outlining your project plan, motivation, resources etc. Applications are viewed and selected on a rolling basis.

For further info please contact Annie at info@vibewire.net or call (02) 9660 6591. Click here to visit the Vibewire website.

ANNOUNCING THE 2010 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL THEME!

Jeff Khan, Artistic Director, is delighted to announce the theme for the 2010 Next Wave Festival: ‘No Risk Too Great’

The 2010 Next Wave Festival will explore the role of risk in a risk-averse culture. Under pressure to conform, we have all become experts in micro-managing our own behaviour. But is this self-surveillance distracting us from the bigger risks, the more un-manageable ones which are increasingly – and radically – changing our world? Just what does “risk” actually mean in these volatile times? In a wider culture of risk management, how prepared are we to make decisions that are brave, courageous or transgressive? Where is the line between our own personal, moral and ethical worlds, and the codes and principles which circulate in the broader context of contemporary culture? What is our capacity to draw, hold or cross this line? What are the real risks of our time, what are the risks worth taking, and what is our role as individuals, and as artists, in relation to them? How can we act boldly and imaginatively, in art and in life?

That also means that the call for Kickstart applications is now open. Kickstart is Next Wave’s non-Festival year development program, providing amazing opportunities for artists to realise their most ambitious ideas, all in anticipation of the 2010 Next Wave Festival. Next Wave provide cash, a workshop program and comprehensive mentoring and support. If this sounds like it could be for you, click here to download an application pack from the Next Wave website.

QUEEN C

Sauna Productions inc. studios in association with B Sharp present Queen C, written by Laura Ruohonen and translated by David Hackston. A dazzling and poetic work by one of Finland's leading playwrights, Queen C is the story of the enigmatic 17th century Swedish monarch. Queen C is an adult fairytale where everything is both possible and permissible. A sensual, raucous, human portrayal of an uncompromising woman, that poses provocative questions about sexuality and the nature of identity. Ticket cost is $29. Performances will run from 27 November to 21 December, on Wednesday to Saturday: 8:15pm, Tues 7pm, Sun 5:15pm. Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre, 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills. For bookings, call (02) 9699 3444 or click here to visit the Belvoir Theatre website.

NIDA SUMMER PROGRAM

NIDA’s Summer Program offers short courses in dramatic writing for adults and young people. Work with industry professionals at NIDA as part of our famous summer program to develop or refresh your professional skills.  

Scriptwriting for Film TV (for ages 16 years and older) will run from 12 to 16 January.  The cost is $525. Focus on telling a story on screen. Practice your skills in scriptwriting to unfold drama on screen through dramatic structure, dialogue and character. Take into consideration industry requirements for formats and styles from feature films to television comedies or series.

Develop a Film Treatment (for ages 16 years and older) will run from 19 to 23 January. The cost is $525. Under the guidance of an industry expert, turn your idea for a film into a professional standard treatment. Consider industry formats and develop ways of effectively depicting characters, their stories, and other relevant information.

Writing for young people: Dramatic Writing (for ages 12 to 15 years) will run from 5 to 6 January.  The cost is $195. Dramatic story-telling starts with the writer. From a central event create tension, characters, dialogue and plot. Stretch your imagination by creating short and original scripts.

Further information is available on (02) 9697 7626 or via email open@nida.edu.au A full Bookings can be made online by clicking here.

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12. VIC NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

BOOK ABYSS WRITING COMPETITION

The Book Abyss Writing Competition is open topic. Applicants may submit entries up to 1,000 words. Relevant genres include: Auto/Biography, Children/Young Adult, Crime, General Fiction, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, History, Education/Reference, Indigenous and Travel. Include a cover letter with your name, address, word count, title and email address, along with your entry. First prize is $200, second prize is $90, and third prize is $50. An entry Fee of $10 applies. Submissions close 1 February. Contact Wayne Proudfoot on (03) 54485059, or email service@thebookabyss.com.au

The Book Abyss postal address is PO BOX 6046, WHITE HILLS VIC 3550. Click here to view the Book Abyss website for further details.

MUSE 4: BETTER SORRY THAN SAFE

The University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association is seeking creative contributions in all literary genres from all writers, Australian and international, graduate student or not. They especially want work that teeters on the brink of going too far. Think daring, rather than experimental. When choosing what to submit, keep in mind the golden rule: better sorry than safe. All submissions published will enter the Muse/UMPA Creative Writing Prize. Click here for further details.

That’s all for 2008… Happy holiday season! Stay tuned for the return of Express Media’s members’ newsletter in the New Year, with the publication of our January issue. In the mean time, keep up to date by visiting the Express Media Website

Eat your words

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Interested in arts writing? Then it's time to EAT YOUR WORDS!

Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, and managed by Artworkers Alliance - 'Eat Your Words' is a collaborative writing project that is designed to help foster the development of critical arts writing in Australia.

Through the project, 8 emerging writers will have the opportunity to attend an intensive writing workshop in Brisbane, and collaborate with academics, visual artists and leading Australian arts writers.

Selected writings from the collaboration will be published in the July 2009 issue of Artworkers magazine - 'Artworker'.

Emerging writers under the age of 30 are invited to submit a 600 word arts related article or visual arts review with their entry form.

Entries close 5pm Friday 30 January 2009 - so get cracking!

For entry forms, terms and conditions and more information on Eat Your Words visit www.artworkers.org

Eat Your Words has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its funding and advisory body.

Affirm PressPublisher

2008-12-15T20:26:00.000+11:00

www.affirmpress.com.au

Broken Pencil news

2008-12-14T19:52:00.001+11:00

Broken Pencil Newsletter - December 2008

Hello Everyone! A belated welcome to winter and our newest issue. Broken Pencil's latest issue -- #41, The Humour Issue -- is out now! Featured in this issue: Katie Crown and the new generation of comic wunderkinds get profiled. Erin Kobayashi interviews Blert author Jordan Scott. Plus we have an exclusive excerpt from Lovers Spit Zine, a stealth tell-all about Canada's indie darlings Broken Social Scene. If you're not already one of our loyal and beloved subscribers, order your copy now at: http://www.brokenpencil.com/store/

We're currently hard at work on issue #42, which will be available in January. We plan to ring in 2009 with an in depth look at tabloid newspapers and their zine origins, a profile of Conundrum Press, an examination of whether the creation of good art is directly related to the amount of funding available, and another 60 pages of excerpts, reviews, fiction, comics and much more.

Death Match:
North America's Most Dangerous Short Story Contest
The second annual Indie Writers Deathmatch is underway. Only one writer will be left standing! We are now accepting entries for the contest. Enter a short story and you could win cash prizes, publication in Broken Pencil, and literary bragging rights baby! The deadline for entry is end of December. Enter North America's boldest literary challenge right now at: http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/

New Fiction Online

Band Names by Tor Lukasik Foss appears in BP 41, on stands now, and has just been added to the website. This story is freakin' funny. Read it now here.

Heartbreak for Dummies by Ashley Little is part of our new ongoing online only short story series. Check it out here.

December Zine of the Month
Rocket Robin Hood
David Pietila 440 Mary St. N., Hamilton, ON L8L 4W9, $6
History, art and more from the classic Canadian cartoon. Thoughtful, well written and researched, this zine delivers memory-jarring flashbacks of the profoundly strange, even surreal, cartoon that marked both a nadir and a low point for Canadian toons. Read the full review here.

Indie Artist in Residence
Our newest Indie Artist in Residence is Montreal poet and sports enthusiast David McGimpsey, author of (most recently) Sitcom (Coach House Books) Check out what he has to say: http://www.brokenpencil.com/indieartist/

Indie Market Place
Are you a zine maker? A record label? A basement creator of wacky and wonderful things? Then the Broken Pencil Indie Marketplace was made for you. Hawk your wares! Promote your zine, blog, or book! Make yourself known and reach BP readers for super cheap! Latest advertisers include No Media Kings - website hosting for as low as $6.50 a month, and Get Bent Records, an independent music label focusing on the grassroots development of musicians that share a do-it-yourself attitude, ethical philosophy, and penchant for great sound. Check out these and all our great indie marketplace advertisers here: http://www.brokenpencil.com/indiemarketplace/
Contact Tara at ads@brokenpencil.com for rates and availability.

Canzine 2008
The annual festival of zines and independent arts fair took place October 2008 in Toronto and was a great success. It was an incredible day! Roughly 170 vendors showed up to sell their wares, and around 1000 people came to browse. The comedy show and readings were hilarious, and Faisal Qamar won the 1-2 Punch Authors Pitch Contest (authors get 2 minutes to pitch, and judges get a minute each to respond) with his pitch about immigrating to Canada and learning to survive on $10 an hour. Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers and to everyone who came to check out the event. See you next year! (The picture is from Open Book Toronto - click on the link to read their review and to see more pictures.)

Photos and related press:
http://www.openbooktoronto.com/articles/canzine_2008
http://torontoist.com/2008/10/funniest_canzine_ever.php
http://poetency.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-speech-breaks-out-at-canzine.html
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=924253

Call for Submissions
We're looking for new contributors for the magazine. Send your ideas for articles on the subject of independent cultural production to us, or volunteer to review books, zines, comics, and more. Our editor Lindsay Gibb, editor@brokenpencil.com, is standing by. Also, if you have a zine, CD, video, book or ezine you would like reviewed please send them our way. Complete info about submitting your ideas or becoming a bp reviewer here: http://www.brokenpencil.com/about/submit.php

Upcoming Workshops and Events
Hey, there's something new on the BP blog almost everyday! Events, zine gatherings, general weirdness and more: http://www.brokenpencil.com

Contacting Us
Founded in 1995 and based in Toronto, Canada, Broken Pencil is a website and a print magazine published three times a year. It is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. We are a great resource and a lively read! A cross between the Utne Reader, an underground Reader's Digest, and the now defunct Factsheet5, Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos, and artworks from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press. Also, ground breaking interviews, original fiction, and commentary on all aspects of the independent arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.

Hey, want to say something about our magazine, let us know about an upcoming event, send in a zine or website or CD for review or maybe do a piece for the mag? Don't be shy! We want to hear from you. Send us an email at editor@brokenpencil.com, or a letter at PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, On, M5S 2S7 Canada, or call us at 416-204-1700.

Tango 8 Launch

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Dear friend of Cardigan Comics,

I would like to invite you to the launch of 'Tango8: Love and Food', the latest issue in the series of TANGO, the giant Australian romance comics anthology.

This issue boasts 70 brilliant stories by as many artists, including graphic novelists Nicki Greenberg ('The Great Gatsby') Bruce Mutard ('The Sacrifice', 'The Bunker') Mandy Ord ('Rooftops') and JM Schmidt ('Egg Story', 'Eating Steve'). Cartoonists from The Age - Andrew Weldon and Oslo Davis - are featured, as are 64 other talented comic book makers from Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

'Tango8: Love and Food' will be launched at a bar called

Mr Wilkinson

295 Lygon Street East Brunswick

(opposite the East Brunswick Hotel,
take the No. 1 or 8 tram to stop 123/Albert Street)

7pm start

7.30pm speech by Bernard then the official launch of the book by Dur-e Dara, Melbourne food legend

Then we celebrate the launch of this gorgeous book!

Cardigan Comics gratefully acnowledges the support of Arts Victoria in the publication of 'Tango8: Love and Food'.

If you can't make it on the night, you could always buy a copy from the Cardigan Comics website www.cardigancomics.com

We won't charge you for postage (how generous!), you'll get a package in the mail (always a good thing!) you'll read it and love it and THEN can give it to Uncle Boris for Christmas (he's always so hard to find a gift for!)

Young Media Creators

2008-12-06T15:26:00.001+11:00

Hi all,

SBS’s Insight program wants to speak to a diverse group of people aged 10-25 who have experienced their parents separating.

They would like to give some of the young people an opportunity to screen a short film piece or video diary, either online or as part of the television show.

They will host an in-depth yet also light-hearted discussion featuring the views of the kids/teenagers/young adults themselves.

If this is you, let me know via reply email or call the number below really really soon.

Cheers,

Bel Schenk
Artistic Director
Find me in the office Monday - Thursday
Express Media
247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: 9663 4155, Fax: 9663 4544, www.expressmedia.org.au

'Anyone Can...' be a Warrior Princess!

2008-12-06T11:14:00.004+11:00

Issue 2 of 'Anyone can...' is out now and is all about being a Warrior Princess, including being a struggling warrior princess, a Camberwell market warrior princess and a subtitled warrior princess...

By the time you read this the zine should be available from Sticky and 696 in Brunswick, but you can also get a copy from us by emailing : anyonecanmakeazine@gmail.com

'Anyone can...' be a Warrior Princess costs a paltry $2.50 so snap them up!

'Anyone Can...' is produced by City Library Street Press, a regular collective that meets at City Library to explore all aspects of street press. City Library is on holdays now, but will be recommencing on Jan 14th 2009 on fortnightly Wednesdays where we will be commencing on issue three which will be a slicker production and a new run of workshops and seminars starting in March, watch this space!

citylibrarystreetpress.blogspot.com

Tape Projects newsletter

2008-11-29T15:44:00.000+11:00

TAPE PROJECTS NEWSLETTER THUR 27-11-08
CHRISTMAS EDITION- LAST PLUG FOR THE YEAR

1.TAPR 06/07- MELBOURNE EXHIBIT OF NEW TAPE PROJECTS RECORDS AND BOOKS SAT 06-12/08
2.GIRLS BOYS MACHINES MEDIA ARTS GRAD SCREENING FRI 28-11-08, 7.30pm
3.AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES OPENING @ KINGS ARI, FRI 28-11-08, 6pm
4.TEAM AUSTRALIA OPENING @ CARLTON HOTEL, THUR 4-12-08, 5pm

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1. TAPR 06/07 Flip Book Locked Groove Project Launch
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/TAPR0607.JPG

TAPR 06/07- MELBOURNE EXHIBIT OF NEW TAPE PROJECTS RECORDS AND BOOKS.

ONE NIGHT INSTALLATION/ PERFORMANCE BY MARK N, DYLAN MARTORELL, PAUL RODGERS, TAPRS + MORE. BOX SETS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS ON SALE.

EARLY! 6 8.30PM SAT 6TH DEC 2008
UPSTAIRS AT 1/81 BOUVERIE ST. CARLTON
FREE ENTRY

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2. Girls Boys Machines 2008 THIS FRIDAY 28-11-08, 7.30pm at The Capitol Theatre
http://tapeprojects.org/files/pdf/GBM_2008.pdf

The annual RMIT Media Arts graduate screening
Friday Nov 28th
7.30pm
CAPITOL THEATRE
113 Swanston Street Melbourne
FREE ENTRY

RMIT Media Arts is pleased to present our annual 2008 gradate screening. Situated within the School of Art, Media Arts embodies many different ways of exploring moving image culture through the lens of contemporary art practice and represents works from a range of activities and outcomes including: traditional and non-traditional animation; video art; narrative and live performance. Typically cross disciplinary in nature, students come to Media Arts from a variety of art practices and bring with them a rich combination of ideas and techniques, blurring the distinctions of art, popular culture, and the moving image.

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3. Australian Landscapes Eugenia Lim, THIS FRIDAY 28-11-08, KINGS ARI, 6pm
http://tapeprojects.org/files/images/Australian_Landscapes.JPG

Australian Landscapes explores the shifting social and geographic terrain of Greater Melbourne. Referencing Peter Weirs 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', Australian Landscapes documents the shift in our sense of place and belonging from the bush to the suburbs. Self-portraits and video capture Eugenia as a blonde-wigged multicultural Miranda, a ghost of Australia past and present, lost not in the wilderness of Hanging Rock, but in the highways, pokie venues, living spaces and new developments that increasingly shape our landscape.

28 November Until 20 December 2008
Opening: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pm
Location: KINGS Artist Run Initiative
Street: 1/171 King Street

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4. Team Australia THURSDAY 4-12-08, CARLTON HOTEL GALLERY, 5pm
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=46166400906

4 20 December 2008
Opening: Thursday, December 4, 2008
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Carlton Hotel Gallery
Street: 193-199 Burke Street

Jeremy Drape , Emily Ferretti, Veronica Kent, Annika Koops, Brendan Lee, Natalie Ryan,Kiron Robinson, Utako Shindo, Jackson Slattery, Salote Tawale, Glenn Walls
Curated by Veronica Tello

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See yas in 2009!

Going Down Swinging 27

2008-11-29T15:41:00.001+11:00

t's arrived!

Going Down Swinging No.27 - a bumper issue, 148 pages of new short fiction, poetry, flash, comic art, plus a mini graphic novella by Nicholas Kallincos - and of course, a CD featuring some fantastic spoken word and sound art from around the globe, including two new GDS-commissioned works, by Carolyn Connors and David Thrussell. With cover artwork by Tom Civil that will alter your expectations of asparagus forever.

So we're here today to tell you about not one, but two launch events:

1. Sydney Radio Launch: Sunday 30th November, 9pm-10pm on 2FBi radio 94.5FM > Sunday Night at the Movies
It's a live radio launch! On community radio FBi, we're launching the issue with a one-hour special, featuring live to air performances from Adam Gibson & the Aerial Maps, and Miles Merril!
At 9pm AEST this Sunday tune into 94.5FM if you're Sydney-side, or navigate to www.fbi.org.au if you're elsewhere in the world, as Sunday Night at the Movies swings to the sounds of GDSNo.27 - with live performances, interviews, and GDS subscription giveaways! Featuring the marvellous Miles Merril and the amazing Adam Gibson (whose new CD is also launching now, and well worth a listen - we think it's the perfect long-summer-drive-to-the-beach-CD - find out more about that at www.blindingsunlight.com )

2. Melbourne Launch: Wednesday 3rd December, 7.30 pm at the Northcote Social Club - 301 High Street, Northcote
Literary gold diggers, we've struck a rich vein of spoken word and music for our Melbourne launch event next Wednesday night in Northcote.
Starring:
Jim Christy & The Trillion Band (Canada) + Kim Salmon (Melbourne rock royalty) + a new GDS-commissioned monologue by Dan Lee + Chloe Jackson Wilmott & Quinn Stacpoole + Ella Holcombe + Matt Hetherington + the musical atmospheres of Uber Lingua's bP.
Your MC for the evening: Michael "I live for the colour" Nolan.
The issue will be officially launched by Rosemary Cameron, Director of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
$12 will get you in with a copy of the issue in your hand / $7 will get you in, without...
Tickets available at the door, or from the NSC box office at 301 High St, Northcote (Mon-Sat 2pm-6pm), Phone 94861677.

No.27 will be in stores around Australia from 1st December, and available direct from us: www.goingdownswinging.org.au
(psst - whilst we're on the subject of sales, if you want to get a jump on the retail, why not subscribe and join the GDS family? We now offer one year and two year subscriptions, as well as special subscription prices for members of Australian writers centres, and 3RRRFM subscribers. Find out more at our website. We also have GDS Box Sets available - one of each issue from 18 to 26 - if you're stumped for a Christmas present for your brainy friend, we got your gold right here)

So, whether you are tuning in or turning up, we hope you can join us as we celebrate our latest collection.

Wishing you a happy and poetic southern summer / northern winter / wet season / melt, wherever you are,
Love,
GDS

Express Media

2008-11-29T15:20:00.000+11:00

EXPRESS MEDIA MEMBERS’ NEWS – NOVEMBER 2008

CONTENTS
1. WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
2. COMING UP AT EXPRESS MEDIA
3. FEATURE
4. NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES – ALL STATES:
5. NT
6. SA
7. WA
8. TAS
9. QLD
10. ACT
11. NSW
12. VIC

1. WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

This month, over 20 literary professionals and event programmers from across England and Scotland visited Melbourne as part of a UNESCO Cities of Literature tour. They took a tour of the current Express Media office, went to selected book stores, met publishers and other literary organisations, mingled with writers, attended a slam, drank some Australian wine, educated us about Edinburgh’s rich literary history, and a week later, arrived back at home where they may have just had a chance to breathe. What I was most interested in was how organisations in the Northern Hemisphere work with, and more importantly find young writers. It became apparent that there is no Express Media equivalent in the UK. There’s the very cool ‘Writing Squad’, which is made up of a team of 8 writers chosen each year, but there’s no organisation that gives opportunities and support to lots and lots of young writers and young writers alone. This not only surprised me, but also, it reiterated just how under-represented young people are in the WORLD media, not just in the Australian media. It’s frightening, actually. I’m having anxiety attacks in the office because the voice of young people is so often drowned out the drum and bass of the older generation. Anyway, we’re trying to fix this today. I hope you enjoy the latest newsletter, written and collated by Tess Jaeger – it’s littered with opportunities and information about events that you might like to pop your head into. Go! Submit! Speak! That’s all.

Bel Schenk

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2. COMING UP AT EXPRESS MEDIA

EXPRESS MEDIA WORKSHOPS

After months of preparation and fine-tuned execution, the final Express Media Workshop, ‘Writing Zines with Adam Ford’, will run on Wednesday 26 November.

Adam will talk about the kinds of writing you might like to consider for your zines. He’ll talk about comics, reviews (including tips on how to scam free stuff), creative writing, rants and raves - by the time this workshop is over you’ll have the beginnings of a bunch of stuff that would certainly not look out of place in your new zine. Everyone who attends this workshop will get a free copy of Adam’s zine, ‘Jutchy Ya Ya’.

Adam Ford is a zinemaker, comic maker, novel writer, poet and internet guy. His zines include ‘Jutchy Ya Ya’, ‘Duck Fat’, ‘What Astronauts Wear’ and the zine anthology ‘Chimp Frenzy’. When he’s not making zines Adam writes novels, poetry, comics and short stories, some of which have been published by actual real publishers, and some of which he’s published himself. Ticket cost is $22 for Express members and $25 for non-members. Click here to reserve your place.

VOICEWORKS #76 – BUDGET

Voiceworks is seeking submissions for issue #76, BUDGET. The deadline January 11, 2009, so you’ve got plenty of time to get cracking!

Email Tom Rigby at editor@expressmedia.org.au with any questions, pitches or brilliant ideas.

And check out the Regular non-fiction opportunities section on the Express Media Website for developments on how to contribute non-fiction to Voiceworks.

VOICEWORKS LAUNCH #75 BEAT

7.30pm on Thursday 11 December at Horse Bazaar, Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne. More details soon!

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3. FEATURE

The Buzz: Express Media’s 2008 Buzzcuts Intern, Jodie Kinnersley, sends her regards

Express Media’s eleventh Buzzcuts season has come to a close. An ambitious collaborative arts reviewing project, Buzzcuts is presented annually in conjunction with The Melbourne Fringe Festival, Beat magazine, 3RRR radio, SYN and RMIT. By the end of this year’s Fringe Festival, a total of 54 reviewers had made their stamp on Melbourne’s Fringe performances, with reviews covering a diverse range of genres, including performance, comedy, cabaret, music, movement, visual art, circus and special events. A record 84 reviews were posted on Express Media’s Buzzcuts website, 14 reviews were published in Beat magazine, and 25 radio reviews had been broadcast on 3RRR and SYN.

Since its inception in 1997, Buzzcuts has grown into a well-oiled cross-collaborator machine, and, by the looks of it, the program is set to become an even bigger part the Express Media calendar in years to come. I caught up with the 2008 Buzzcuts Intern, Jodie Kinnersley, to get the skinny on this year’s feats and fiascos, and find out what’s in store for ambitious Buzzcuts Interns to come. Read more here.

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4. NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES – ALL STATES

ABR POETRY PRIZE

In its short life, this competition has become one of the most prestigious poetry competitions in the country. First prize is $4000. Shortlisted poems garner $250 prize money. Poems can be up to 100 lines. Entry fee is $20. Post your entry to ABR Poetry Competition, PO Box 2320, Richmond South, Victoria 3121. Click here to visit the ABR website for further details. Entries close 10 December.

HILL OF CONTENT BOOKSHOP 2008 HAL PORTER SHORT STORY COMPETITION

The Hill of Content Bookshop 2008 Hal Porter Short Story Competition is open for short stories, any style, up to 2,500 words. Prize is $1000. Entry fee is $5.50. Cheques made out to East Gippsland Art Gallery. No entry form required. Mail entries to Hal Porter Short Story Competition, East Gippsland Art Gallery, 2 Nicholson St, Bairnsdale, VIC, 3875. Email further enquiries to pedrom53@bigpond.net.au Submissions close 19 December.

ALAN MARSHALL SHORT STORY AWARD 2009
Nillumbik Shire Council invites writers from across Australia to enter this annual short story competition held in memory of the great writer and former resident of Eltham, Alan Marshall. The competition is to be judged by Sophie Cunningham, editor of Meanjin. $2000 Open Section First Prize; $1000 Open Section Second Prize for stories up to 2,500 words; $1000 Local Writers’ Section Prize for stories up to 2,500 words by writers who live, work or study in the Shire of Nillumbik; $400 Young Writers’ Section Prize for stories up to 1,000 words for writers aged between 15 and 19 years. Click here to visit the Nillumbik Shire Council for further details and to download entry forms. Email artsinfo@nillumbik.vic.gov.au, or telephone (03) 9433 3359 for further information. The Alan Marshall Short Story Award is presented by Nillumbik Shire Council in partnership with the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service. Entries close at 4pm Friday 20 February 2009.

SOMERSET NATIONAL NOVELLA WRITING COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL AGE WRITERS

The Somerset National Novella Writing Competition for School Age Writers is open to all current Australian secondary school students and is for a novella of between 10,000 and 20,000 words. The winner will be announced at the Somerset Celebration of Literature Festival held in March. Check website or contact organisers to confirm closing date. Prizes awarded to National and State winners. Sponsors have first right option to publication of any of the finalists. Winning entries will also be published on the Somerset College website. Entry fee is $20. Be sure to include a stamped and self-addressed envelope along with your work and entry form and post to Somerset College, Somerset Drive, MUDGEERABA QLD, 4213. Contact the Events Coordinator, Cecilia Robertson by phone (07) 55303777 or fax (07) 55252676. Email to events@somerset.qld.edu.au or click here to visit the website. Entries close 5 December.

2009 IP PICKS AWARDS FOR UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Now in its eighth year, this national competition invites submissions for Best Fiction, Best Creative Non-fiction, Best Poetry and Best First Book. The Awards are open to citizens/residents of Australia, and, for the first time, citizens/residents of New Zealand.

The winners in each category and two of the Highly Commended entrants will be published by IP under royalty contracts. One of the winners and one of the highly commended will subsequently be endorsed by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.

Click here to visit the website for entry forms and conditions, or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to IP, Treetop Studio, 9 Kuhler Court, Carindale 4152. Entries close 1 December.

NATIONAL ONE ACT PLAYWRITING COMPETITION

From a small beginning in 1978, the National One Act Playwriting Competition at Noosa Arts Theatre has become a national festival attracting over 70 entries a year from around Australia and overseas.

Scripts must cater for a performance time of no les than 30 and no more than 405 minutes and be suitable for production on a theatre stage of approximately 30 sq.m with a proscenium width of 8m, stage height of 2.5m and depth of 5m. The Sunshine Coast Regional Council donates prize money of $2,574 to the three finalists and presentations of these awards are made after the final performance.

Entry fee $20. Submissions close 30 November. Guidelines and entry form are available here or via email at noosaartstheatre@hotmail.com Contact Synda Turnbull on (07) 544 999 72 for more information.

THE NEW WRITER MAGAZINE

Annual international competition for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes from a total fund above £2,000 as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer Magazine, each July.

Separate entry conditions for single poems, collections of poems, short stories and essays. Click here to view the website, or email admin@thenewwriter.com for guidelines and further entry conditions. Submissions close 30 November.

COTTONMOUTH

Cottonmouth is a Perth-based performance and publishing venture that held its first event in February 2008. Held monthly, the Cottonmouth performance project showcases spoken-word artists, poets, sound artists, playwrights, new media practitioners and other emerging and established performers in the field of narrative art. The venture also publishes a monthly zine, which is open for submissions from local, interstate and international writers. Click here for submission guidelines, event information and the word on Perth’s cultural beat.

FAW 2008 NATIONAL LITERARY AWARDS

The Fellowship of Australian Writers is now accepting entries for the FAW 2008 National Literary Awards. The FAW Literary awards are some of the most respected literary awards in Australia. With 20 categories, there's a potential award waiting for you whether you are a novice or an experienced writer, a teenager or an adult. Award sections include: Part one: Book Awards; Part two: Manuscript Awards; Part three: Young Writers' Awards; Part four: Commendation Award. Entries close 30 November 2008. Click here to download full details and the entry form.

CROSSOVER AUSTRALIA 2009

Calling all writers, theatre directors, filmmakers, digital media artists, web developers, composers, and choreographers! Applications are now open for Crossover Australia 2009. Crossover Australia is a residential laboratory where the primary goal is the development of conceptual prototypes for groundbreaking interactive project. This year Crossover Australia is stressing that ‘our definition of cross platform is not solely in the digital area and we are looking for ways to expand notions into crossovers into live performance, visual arts and writing’. Participation is free but places are limited so get in quick. Click here for more information.

If you want to spread the word on news, events or opportunities for writers in new media, mail Crossover Australia at
storyofthefuture@australiacouncil.gov.au.

PARAMOUNT PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION

The Paramount Publishing International Short Story Competition is now seeking entries. Cash prizes vary and winners will be announced on the website. Entry Form Required. The entry Fee is $10. Click here to visit the website for further guidelines. Submissions close 28 November.

WET INK

Wet Ink is currently seeking submissions! Wet Ink is a quarterly magazine that focuses on publishing fiction, poetry and non-fiction by new and emerging writers. It is distributed throughout Australia and in more than 40 countries. As well as poetry, non-fiction and literary-style fiction, Wet Ink is interested in high-quality work in all genres (e.g., crime, sci-fi, romance, horror, thriller, speculative etc) and those with light-hearted themes. There are no word count restrictions - extremely short pieces are welcomed and long work will be considered. All published work receives payment. Click here for further details and to view submission guidelines.

RIGHT NOW

Right Now is a student driven publication that stimulates inclusive discussion about domestic human rights law development and implementation in Australia. Right Now takes a unique and dynamic approach to presenting contemporary legal issues in an informal, non-academic way. Right Now publishes visual art that responds to human rights, and it’s now open for submissions. Please click here to check over past editions before submitting.

Right Now prefer articles to be between 600 and 800 words, but if this is too limiting, they can consider publishing an article of up to 1000 words as a feature. Right Now appeals to a wide audience so articles should be non-academic in tone. Right Now does not publish footnotes. Click here to submit articles via email in Word document format.

If you have any questions about the submission process, or are wondering what kind of topics the Right Now Ed team are interested in, please don’t hesitate to contact them at info@rightnow.org.au.

CUTWATER

Cutwater is a NSW based literary journal that publishes writing of various forms, as well as comics, and even zines created by their contributors. The Cutwater team is currently seeking submissions for their next journal publication, under the theme of ‘ratbags’. Submissions should not exceed 5000 words in length. Cut-off deadline is 30 November. Get cracking whilst the floodgates are open! Click here to visit the Cutwater blog for further information.

SKETCH

Sketch is a literary art and design journal currently seeking unsolicited submissions in the form of cartoons, digital art, fiction, graphic design, interviews, journalism, literary reviews, non-fiction, paintings, photography, poetry, sculpture and sketches. Click here for submission guidelines and further information.

RED LEAVES / I

Red Leaves / I is a forthcoming annual English-language / Japanese bi-lingual literary journal based out of Melbourne, Australia. The international publication has secured prospective contributions from and generated the interest of many recognised writers. However, Red Leaves / I essentially constitutes a new channel through which contemporary, new and emerging writers are capable of being published alongside recognised and established authors. The editor is now calling for your best fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry to be submitted for their first issue in 2009, which will be available to purchase throughout both Australia and Japan. Contact the editor for further guidelines or submit to kirk.marshall@wilderness.org.au. Closing date is 1 December 2008.

THE SLOW REVIEW

The Slow Review is an online journal of untimely reviews. It savours details and cultural treasures in an age of hyped promotion and urgent deadlines. If you have any old reviews lying around, or articles that are well past their embargo dates, or just want to revive a forgotten cultural beacon, or a classic album or vintage, then submit your article at Slow Review. Literary reviews and essay-articles on a wide range of themes, with the guiding proviso that the topic be at least six months old, are especially favoured. Slow is More! There is currently no payment for reviews, but there will be T-shirts… Click here for further information.

‘THE TEXTUAL’ ELECTRONIC JOURNAL

An electronic journal of ‘the textual' is an online journal looking for first issue submissions that explore how we interact with the social and cultural worlds around us. This is a broad scope that could include academic papers, fiction, poetry, soundscape, images, or other forms of text. Submissions can cross the boundaries that define academic, literary and popular texts or can sit firmly within them. As a general guide, fiction up to 3000 words; poetry of up to five pages in total; creative non fiction of up to 4000 words; reviews of up to 2000 words; and scholarly articles up to 4000 words. Submit or inquire to submissions@otherterrain.net

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5. NT NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

CORRUGATED IRON YOUTH ARTS

If you are 18 and over, check out the 18>26 Theatre Ensemble, which includes ‘The Smelter’ - a fortnightly meet-up where participants discuss theatre, make theatre and take over the world! The program involves taking self-devised shows to festivals around Australia and includes guest talks from experts in the field, focusing on different aspects and styles of theatre, and hands-on tuition. Click here to find out more about the 18>26 Theatre Ensemble and ‘The Smelter’… Click here to check out other upcoming CIYA events and opportunities.

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6. SA NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

2008 FEAST FESTIVAL

The 2008 Feast Festival is running now until 30 November. Feast is South Australia’s annual lesbian and gay cultural festival, usually held over several weeks in November. Click here to visit the Feast website for further details.

SAWC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS WITH A DISABILITY

The SA Writers’ Centre was recently awarded funding through the ArtsSA Richard Llewellyn Arts and Disability Trust for a writer-in-residence to work with people who have a disability. SAWC pleased to announce that this position has been taken up by Malcolm Walker, author of The Stone Crown (Walker Books, 2008). The writer-in-residence position aims to encourage members with a disability to come in to the Centre to discuss their work on a one-to-one basis with Malcolm, or, if they’re unable to access the city, to telephone or email. For full details of meeting and submission guidelines contact the SAWC via telephone on (08) 8223 7662 or email sawriters@sawc.org.au Click here to visit Malcolm’s website.

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7. WA NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

FAWWA

The Fellowship of Australian Writers, Western Australia, run various regular workshops and special events. Click here to peruse their website and check out what’s on offer this month.

TOM COLLINS POETRY PRIZE

The FAWWA Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition. Maximum 60 lines per poem. Prizes include: First: $1000; Second: $400; and four Highly Commended places: $150. Entry Fee is $5 per poem. Contact phone (08) 9384 4771 or email admin@fawwa.org.au Entries close 31 December. Click here to view the FAWWA website for further details.

POETS CORNER AT PAGES CAFE

Poets Union runs a get together at Perth Cultural Centre from 2 to 4:30pm on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Each sitting there is a bevy of invited readers plus spontaneous open mic outbursts. It’s hosted by Frances Macaulay Forde, and entry is free! Contact Frances at admin@poetscornerwa.com for further information.

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8. TAS NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

POETS ON POETRY

Robert Kennedy, a Sydney based poet wants to produce a book titled Poets on Poetry. It’s to be a selection of 500 word statements from about 150 published poets throughout Australia; covering areas like, what poetry means, how it works, how you came to poetry and what your hopes for poetry are. Connected to each poetry statement you can add one short poem only, and a reference to the poet’s books, but only if relevant. Payment is not envisaged at this point. If you’d like to be involved, write your 500 word poetry statement and attach your poem, then send it along to Robert at rk2000@bigpond.net.au. Submissions close 1 December 2008.

STOCK

Launched in December 2007 by Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Stock was created to provide a forum for local artists, designers, writers, curators and others wanting to voice their ideas, opinions and questions about their field. It also aims to encourage quality arts writing and to support critical dialogue amongst the Tasmanian literary community. Stock welcomes new ideas for articles and may be the perfect site to launch a project or to try something experimental. Or you can contribute to one of the online discussion topics. Click here to visit the Stock website for more information.

THE TASMANIAN TIMES SEEKS POETRY

Tasmanian poets or those with a Tasmanian connection may send up to 5 poems not previously in print or electronic media and not under consideration elsewhere to peter.macrow@gmail.com There is no closing date for TTT, so you’ve got plenty of time to let the creative sparks kindle…

TASMANIAN WRITERS’ CENTRE REPUBLIC READINGS

Celebrate the launch of Carolyn Fisher’s award winning press chapbook, The Unsuspecting Sky; the Poets’ Republic #27 Presentation of the Hobart Poetry Pot Award Plaque to Liz McQuilkin Winter, and engage in Open Reading with Literary Prizes. Book in on the day, free entry! Conditions – 5 minute time limit, any genre, must be own work which has not won any prizes/competitions previously

Poetry and prose readings take place at The Republic Bar and Café, 299 Elizabeth St North Hobart. Please contact co-ordinator Liz Winfield at: ewin4692@bigpond.net.au or leggs456@msn.com or phone (03) 62 729 324 with any queries. All welcome, no entry fee, books will be available for sale. 7 December 3 to 5 pm.

And… click here to see the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre website for more local opportunities.

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9. QLD NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

LOVERS OF GOOD WRITING COMPETITION

Organised through the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) Queensland, this competition caters for poets and short story writers in alternate years. Check with the organiser for current year’s details. First prize $250, second prize $100, two Highly Commended prizes $50. Winners announced in 'Scope', April edition. All entries must be accompanied by an entry form, stamped and self addressed envelope, and a $5 entry fee. Postal Address PO BOX 6338, UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 Contact the FAW (QLD) Convenor at nancycoxmillner@optusnet.com.au for further details. Submissions close 31 January 2009.

THE JOSEPHINE ULRICK LITERATURE AND POETRY PRIZES 2009

Griffith University’s School of Arts on the Gold Coast administers the prizes on behalf of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts. $40,000 in prize money in 2009! $10,000 First Prize, $5,000 Second Prize, 2 x $2,500 Commended for a 1000 - 3000 word short story and $10,000 First Prize, $5,000 Second Prize, 2 x $2,500 Commended for an up to 200 line poem or suite of poems. Entries close 30 January 2009. Click here for further guidelines and entry forms. All enquiries can be directed to Clare Keys (07) 5552 8093 email: c.keys@griffith.edu.au

QUEENSLAND PRIDE

Queensland’s leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender magazine is seeking new writers to contribute feature stories and other columns. If you’d like to contribute, call 3216 0860, or send a sample of your work to Iain Clacher at
editor@queenslandpride.com.au

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10. ACT NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

ACT WRITERS’ CENTRE

Click here to view the ACT Writers’ Centre website for information on a range of upcoming writers’ groups, workshops and other literary opportunities.

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11. NSW NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

VIBEWIRE INC ANNOUNCES A GLOBAL YOUTH FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP FOR YOUNG FUTURE CHANGE-MAKERS

Vibewire is looking for young social entrepreneurs who are passionate about a social or environmental issue and want to increase awareness by reaching out to wider audiences and contributing to social change.

Thanks to the generous support of Global Youth Futures, Vibewire is offering two scholarships to an individual, group or organisation with an innovative approach to addressing, highlighting and advocating around issues in their community, drawing people in rather switching them off.

Global Youth Future's vision is to connect and collaborate to co-create new futures – the kind of futures we want to live in. Its mission is to support and provide opportunities for young entrepreneurs to share and develop their skills, to understand the future in its complexity and to explore innovative and sustainable solutions to social and environmental issues.

The scholarship aims to support a young individual or team over the course of at least 3 months by providing them with residency at Vibewire's Hub (sQuareOne) in Sydney/Ultimo. Recipients get mentorship and will have the opportunity to further develop their skills and expertise as well as to build new networks and partnerships through Global Youth Futures and Vibewire.

Scholarship recipients will be required to report back to Global Youth Futures on an ongoing basis or as required, take part in a review process after 3 months and prepare a final evaluation report of their project. They will also be expected to attend a ‘Futures Dreaming’ weekend planning workshops and assist with one of Global Youth Future's events in 2009.

To apply please fill in application form attached addressing the selection criteria and outlining your project plan, motivation, resources etc. Applications are viewed and selected on a rolling basis.

For further info please contact Annie at info@vibewire.net or call (02) 9660 6591. Click here to visit the Vibewire website.

INNER CITY LIFE LITERARY COMPETITION

A writing competition for adults on the theme of ‘Inner City Life’ organised by the NSW Writers' Centre, sponsored by Gleebooks and the Village Voice, and open to anyone from anywhere. The topic is ‘Inner City Life Anywhere Anytime’, whatever interpretation YOU give to the phrase.

Short story: maximum 500 words. Poetry: maximum 20 lines. No entry form required. Entry fee is $15. Post entries to PO Box 1056, Rozelle NSW 2039. Submissions close 28 November. Click here to view the NSW Writers’ centre website for more details.

TAMWORTH POETRY READING GROUP BLACKENED BILLY VERSE COMPETITION

The 2008 Blackened Billy Verse Competition for Bush Poetry is now open. Prizes up to $700! For entry forms write to Jan Morris PO Box 3001, West Tamworth or email janmorris@northnet.com.au Submissions close 30 November.

CLUB TAP PERFORMANCE POETRY

A rewarding night of shared artistic expression. On the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month Tap Gallery plays host to Club Tap. Club Tap is an evening of Poetry, Songs, Storytelling, Theatre, Comedy and Performance Art. It's a unique and atmospheric event held in an art gallery setting, with guest poets and performers.

Club Tap invites Poets, Writers, Songwriters, Musicians and many Performers alike to present new material. Cost of entry is $5. Tap Gallery is located at 278 Palmer Street Darlinghurst 2010. Phone 93610440 for further information, or click here to visit the Tap Gallery website.

RHIZOMIC POETRY AT GALLERY ADAGIO

On the final Wednesday of every month, RhiZomic Poetry features a new guest poet from amongst the finest wordsmiths that Sydney has to offer, then follows it up with a varied and supportive open mic. Past guests to grace the RhiZomic microphone have included Brook Emery and Judith Beveridge. It’s a poetry party/guest poet/open-mic/poetry slam/spoken word extravaganza! The address is 91 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, NSW.

For further information email rhizomic.poetry@gmail.com or call Lynette Vellins on 0413 694 018.

THE WHITELEY READING

Queensland Touring Poets Helen Avery, Ross Clark and Nathan Stepherdson are currently running a series of readings open free to the public. Readings will run until November 2008 on the 4th Sunday of each month from 2:00pm to 3:30pm at the Brett Whiteley Studio 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills. The program includes regular featured guests and open mic.

Helen Avery manages her family property near Longreach, Western Queensland, where she has lived for 25 years. Her life has been intimately involved with the Australian outback landscape. Her most recent book of poetry is Seduced by Sky (Nardoo Publishing, 2005).

Ross Clark writes poetry and haiku. The most recent of his seven volumes of poetry is Salt Flung into the Sky (2007). He has published two haiku chapbooks, including At the turn of the Seasons (2003). Ross has performed in city and rural Australia, in Japan, and the USA.

Nathan Shepherdson won the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize in 2004 and 2006. He won the Newcastle Poetry Prize and the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award in 2006, the year his first book Sweeping the Light Back into the Mirror was published by UQP. A chapbook what marian drew never told me about light was published by Small Change Press in 2008. He lives at the Glass House Mountains.

Contact Angela Stretch on 0434 898 578 with any enquiries. Click here to visit the Poets Union website for other poetic opportunities.

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12. VIC NEWS, EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES

SUNBLIND LAUNCH

Geoff Lemon’s debut book Sunblind is being launched on Thursday 27 November, in the function room of the Dan O'Connell hotel, from 7 pm. The launch is set to double as Geoff’s birthday party, because he hasn't had one yet, so if you hate books, come for the party instead!

The night will include performances from Sean M. Whelan, Josephine Rowe, and Felix Nobis. Geoff will also be doing a set, based around pieces from the book. Turn up any time from 7 pm. The readings will start a bit later, and should be done by 8:30 or 9:00. The function room has a full bar available.

The Dan is on the corner of Princes and Canning Streets, Carlton (between Lygon and Nicholson). RSVPs are helpful, but not compulsory: email Geoff at leffrey@hotmail.com, or call 0401 086 545.

ANNOUNCING THE 2010 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL THEME!

Jeff Khan, Artistic Director, is delighted to announce the theme for the 2010 Next Wave Festival: ‘No Risk Too Great’

The 2010 Next Wave Festival will explore the role of risk in a risk-averse culture. Under pressure to conform, we have all become experts in micro-managing our own behaviour. But is this self-surveillance distracting us from the bigger risks, the more un-manageable ones which are increasingly – and radically – changing our world? Just what does “risk” actually mean in these volatile times? In a wider culture of risk management, how prepared are we to make decisions that are brave, courageous or transgressive? Where is the line between our own personal, moral and ethical worlds, and the codes and principles which circulate in the broader context of contemporary culture? What is our capacity to draw, hold or cross this line? What are the real risks of our time, what are the risks worth taking, and what is our role as individuals, and as artists, in relation to them? How can we act boldly and imaginatively, in art and in life?

That also means that the call for Kickstart applications is now open. Kickstart is Next Wave’s non-Festival year development program, providing amazing opportunities for artists to realise their most ambitious ideas, all in anticipation of the 2010 Next Wave Festival. Next Wave provide cash, a workshop program and comprehensive mentoring and support. If this sounds like it could be for you, click here to download an application pack from the Next Wave website.

YOUTHGAS HIP HOP, RAP, SCRATCH AND AEROSOL ART PROJECT

If you know a young person aged 15-25 interested in hip hop, rap, scratch or graffiti this project may be for them: Whitelion Presents Wound Up And Wired - Ready To Go Hip hop, scratch and graffiti project, on 8-12 December Monday to Friday 10:30am – 4:30pm. Want to know more? Contact Julie McDonald on (03) 9389 4457, 0425 707 583 or email to julie.mcdonald@whitelion.asn.au (text her and she’ll call you back). Come try it out and use it all to say what you wanna say. Express yourself and your ideas. Get your message out there Meet other young people and make a performance together. The raps and breaks created by young people will be recorded on CD and filmed for you to keep! Whitelion is located at 900 Park Street Parkville Victoria 3052 Phone (03) 9389 4420 Fax (03) 9389 4284 or email whitelion@whitelion.asn.au for further details. Click here to visit the Whitelion website.

JOHN MORRISON SHORT STORY AWARD
The FAW (VIC) John Morrison Short Story Award is for a short story on any theme, max 300 words. One copy of each story required. For writers aged 15-20 years. First prize is $200, and second prize is $100. Winners announced in FAW magazine, on the website and at a Presentation Ceremony in March. Entry fee is $6. Submissions close 30 November. Email Philip Rainford at philip.lifeplan@bigpond.com phone (03) 94315573 or click here to visit the website for further details.

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING AWARD
The FAW (VIC) Melbourne University Publishing Award is for a non-fiction work of sustained quality and distinction with an Australian theme, first published in the preceding year. This category includes biographies and autobiographies. Publishers or authors are welcome to submit entries. Two copies of the book are required. Entries will not be returned. First Prize is $1000 and winners will be announced in FAW magazine following the awards presentations in March. Entry fee is $15. Email Philip Rainford at philip.lifeplan@bigpond.com phone (03) 94315573 or click here to visit the website for further details. Entries close 30 November.

COLIN THIELE POETRY AWARD

The FAW (VIC) Colin Thiele Poetry Award is open for poems on any theme, and open to young writers aged between 15 and 20 years. Entries will not be returned. There is no word limit. Sponsored by Michael Dugan. First prize is $200, second prize is $100. Winners will be announced in FAW magazine following an awards presentation in March. An entry fee of $5 and an entry from must accompany all submissions. Postal Address: PO BOX 973, ELTHAM VIC 3095. Contact the awards co-ordinator at philip.lifeplan@bigpond.com or phone (03) 94315573 for further information. Click here to visit the website for further details. Submissions close 30 November.

YOUNG POET OF THE YEAR AWARD

The FAW (VIC) Young Poet of the Year Award is open for poetry on any theme, no word limit. First prize is $200, second prize is $50. Winners will be announced in FAW magazine after the awards presentation. An entry form and $5 entry fee must accompany all submissions. Postal Address PO BOX 973, ELTHAM VIC 3095. Contact the awards co-ordinator at philip.lifeplan@bigpond.com or phone (03) 94315573 for further information. Click here to visit the website for further details. Submissions close 30 November.
MUSE 4: BETTER SORRY THAN SAFE

The University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association is seeking creative contributions in all literary genres from all writers, Australian and international, graduate student or not. They especially want work that teeters on the brink of going too far. Think daring, rather than experimental. When choosing what to submit, keep in mind the golden rule: better sorry than safe. All submissions published will enter the Muse/UMPA Creative Writing Prize. Click here for further details.

VWC SPECIAL EVENTS

TRUTH AND MEMORY

with Patti Miller, Elly Varrenti and Dmetri Kakmi

Meet Patti, Elly and Dmetri as they discuss the endlessly fascinating genres of biography and memoir, and the challenging issues of truth-telling. Patti Miller is author of Writing Your Life; The Last One Who Remembers; Child; Whatever the Gods Do and The Memoir Book. She freelances articles, sometimes reviews, works on manuscript development, and teaches life writing workshops around Australia and overseas. Elly Varrenti is an actress, teacher, broadcaster and author. She writes about families, relationships, parenting and arts-related issues and is well known for her regular ABC Radio National monologue columns. Her latest book, This Is Not My Beautiful Life, a memoir, is published by Penguin and she is a guest at this year's Melbourne Writers' Festival. Elly is coordinator of the Professional Writing and Editing course at Box Hill Institute. Dmetri Kakmi is senior editor at Penguin Books His reviews and essays have appeared in publications around the world. He is the compiler and editor of the celebrated children's anthology When We Were Young, published by Penguin in 2007. His first book, Mother Land, was the co-recipient of the 2007 Peter Blazey Fellowship, awarded by the Centre for Australian Studies, University of Melbourne. The panel will take place on Friday 5 December, 6:30 – 8pm. The cost is $15/$12 for Victorian Writers’ Centre members and $20 for non-members.

All events are held at The Victorian Writers’ Centre, First Floor Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street, Melbourne. Bookings for all VWC programs are essential. Phone (03) 9654 9068 to reserve your place.

That’s all for this month… Stay tuned for our December issue. Keep up to date by visiting the Express Media Website

Homeless not Artless

2008-11-26T22:22:00.001+11:00

Hey Guys, one of our number, Mary (she's not on the list), but you'll remember her, an older lady with orange hair...

Anyway, she's taking part in an event on Monday @ ACMI :

1/12/08 @ ACMI, Fed Square
6.45 - 9pm
Homeless not Artless
Readings, Spoken Word, song & Film
Directed by Adriano Cortese, fund raising for Homeless people
$15 / 10
86632583

Harvest Update

2008-11-19T22:37:00.000+11:00

Greetings dear harvesters

We hope this reaches you in happy and healthy spirits in whichever corner of the globe it finds you. Melbourne is base for the harvest team, and its proven a happy (yet hayfevery) home these past months as we've toiled together to publish issue two. Yes, hurrah, we've made it! And what's more, we think issue two is a beautiful follow-up, jam-packed with a bumper crop of fresh Australian stories, poetry and art from Australia and the rest of the world.

So as the year draws to an end, what better way to catch up with old friends and make new literary buddies than by attending the launch of our second issue - the Spring/Summer bumper edition. The launch is on 5 Dec. and we'll have plenty of copies of harvest to show. There's a mix of new, emerging and established artists, poets and authors for you to discover. Visit us online for a rundown of the pieces.

While we gear up for a launch next month, we'll also be continuing to send through feedback to all of you who took the time to submit your work. Slowly but surely you'll hear from us via email or post.

Our events calendar is a bit Melbourne-centric tho' guess it can be forgiven this time in light of the recent announcement of Melbourne being named a UNESCO City of Literature. But don't forget, if you have any information you'd like us to share, please email us.

Here's some literary and design events that'll get you out and about:

Come one, come y'all to harvest's launch of issue two on Friday 5 December
Its time ... help us celebrate the release of our beautiful, bumper Spring/Summer edition. Enjoy sets from Geoff Lemon, Nathan Curnow and Paul Mitchell and challenge people to Guess Whom? There'll also be limited edition postcards and magazine bundles available on the night. harvest is a handsome addition to your bookshelf, easy to pop in your library bag or handed over for a seasonal offering.

WHERE: The Order of Melbourne, First floor, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
TIME: 6-9pm
COST: FREE... but magazine purchases warmly welcomed!

Check out our invite for the a spotlight on the contributing artists.

Celebrate the first release from our favourite poetry editor, Geoff Lemon

Sunblind is a book of poetry and prose from Geoff Lemon being launched on Thursday 27th of November in the function room of the Dan O'Connell Hotel. Starting at 7pm, the night will include performances from Sean M. Whelan, Josephine Rowe, and Felix Nobis. Geoff will also be doing a set based around pieces from his book.
VENUE: The Dan is on the corner of Princes and Canning Streets, Carlton (between Lygon and Nicholson Streets) .
Sunblind is published by Picaro Press.
Please see attached invite.

The Melbourne Design Market returns on Sunday 30th November

One of our lovely stockists, Kids in Berlin, will have a retail stall at the Melbourne Design Market at Melbourne's Federation Square on Sunday 30th November. Not just for shop-a-holics and design buffs, the market supports an outstanding selection of design retailers, emerging and established designers and design students.
Head to Federation Square's undercover car park from 10am - 5pm. Entry is free.

Poles Apart and Lines Between

The work of students from Holmesglen TAFE's Professional Writing and Editing course, Poles Apart and Lines Between will be launched on Thursday 4th of December at 7pm. Head to Softbelly Bar and Lounge, 367 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne for an evening of literary celebrations.
Visit the Facebook group for more information (PolesApart PoetryAnthology) or
email: fireandice2008@live.com.au

Voiceworks

Magazine #75 Beat is the latest issue of the national quarterly magazine supporting young, new and emerging writers.
Grab your literary-minded friends and visit Horse Bazaar, Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne on Thursday 11 December at 7.30pm.

Poetry Idol

The 2009 series of Poetry idol will be commencing on Sunday the 1st of February 2pm at the St Kilda Library. Hosted by Brian Nankervis (Rockwiz), the event will also launch the new Paradise Anthology with enterainment from legendary blues singer Chris Wilson and his talented wife Sarah Carroll from Git. Michael Crane and Trish Anderson will perform musical poems and 2007 Poetry Idol winner Geoff Lemon will launch the winners prize (a book) by 2008 Poetry idol winner Exra Bix.
Poetry Idol heats will be held at libraries throughout Melbourne culminating in the final at the 2009 Age Melbourne Writers Festival.
First prize is $2000 plus two x$500 runner ups.
To register to perform at the heats, contact mailto:mfrane2000@yahoo.com
For photographs of Poetry Idol events go to www.paradiseanthology.com

Enjoy!

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Cheers,
Rachael and the harvest team
PO Box 1115
Elwood, Victoria 3184
e. writetoharvest@gmail.com
seeded at www.harvestmagazine.wordpress.com

Book Binding Workshop tomorrow

2008-11-18T08:03:00.001+11:00

Hello everyone, the City Library Street Press's book binding workshop with Janice Hook is tomorrow at City Library in the Seminar room.

253 Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD
6 - 7.45pm

If you're coming then let us know here or on the Facebook event page (www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=89123030509) so we have an idea of numbers, also if you have any spare sheets of similar sized paper lying around then bring it along to bind...

See you there!

Shac Zine

2008-11-16T19:59:00.000+11:00

Call-out for submissions for the SHAC Zine

documenting the first 3 marvelous months of the co-op

Want to be a part of it? Get amongst it.

We're looking for articles and writing, pictures and illustrations, arts and your creativity on
DIY - stuff we've done around SHAC; useful crafty shit people want to know
How to- renovations on the cheap and simple
Personal/action stories
Politics of squatting
Recipes of some of the tastes of SHAC
Poetry etc.
Photos/Illustrations/art/shit
History and timeline of SHAC
ANYTHING else to do with SHAC you want to write/draw/make that can be photocopied

28th of November is the close of submissions, if its handdrawn/written drop it into the zine in-tray in the reception of SHAC, 278 Faraday st. or email it to velikaa@hotmail.com

Some Submissions for you

2008-10-27T08:56:00.002+11:00

http://www.wetink.com.au/subs.htm
http://sketchmediahouse.wordpress.com/submissions/
http://www.slowreview.com/index.php/Howtowriteforthe-Slow-Review.html

Book Binding Workshop, 19th Nov

2008-10-24T14:04:00.001+11:00

Book Binding Workshop with Janice Hook...

Learn about Book Binding,,,,

19th November @ City Library, 253 Flinders Lane
6 - 7.45pm

Sketch Crawl

2008-10-09T08:54:00.002+11:00

Check out this cool Melbourne event on 25th October :

http://sketchcrawlmelbourne.blogspot.com

We're going to be concocting some sort of collaboration between us... But show up and help sketch Melbourne. Remember, 'sketching' doesn't have to mean drawing...

Shakespeare Competition

2008-10-07T22:26:00.001+11:00

I'm struggling to figure out of this is an under 18's competition or not, but have a go...

www.makeascene.spikemobile.com

New website for Zinesters!

2008-10-06T09:50:00.000+11:00

www.wemakezines.ning.com

voiceworks launch this friday

2008-09-09T10:58:00.001+10:00

Cabaret Diablo Present the Special Editors' Handover Launch of Voiceworks Magazine #74 - The Innuendo Edition
FEATURING:

* Band Me and The Grownups
* VJ Marko Che-Gibbard
* Burlesque performer Maree Shefford
* Author Jasper Garner Gore
* Poet Jessica Alice

Join us as we say goodbye to Ryan Paine and welcome Tom Rigby as Editor.
PLUS: Win a Custom Voiceworks iMac!

Friday, September 12, 7:30pm.
Trades Hall – Bella Union Bar,
2 Lygon St (cnr Victoria St), Carlton.

Entry is free. Magazines and subscriptions discounted on the night.

Hope to see you there :)

Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27482206125

Octapod

2008-09-08T12:13:00.001+10:00

Here's a listing about the Octapod Zine Library, and a brief blurb:

The Octapod Zine Library
The Octapod Association
3/231 King St
NEWCASTLE NSW 2300
Australia
podadmin@octapod.org
Tel: (02)) 4927 0470
Fax: (02) 4927 1475

Based at the Octapod Association in Newcastle, the Octapod Zine Library is one
of Australia's oldest, largest and most significant collections of zines. A
broad range of zines covering the past 15 years are included in the collection.
A project is currently underway to catalogue the zines. Octapod was responsible
for the publication of the New Pollution (1998) - an anthology of zines from
around Australia. These zines have formed the basis of our collection, which
gets added to each year via people attending the Zine Fair at the National Young
Writers' Festival (as part of the This Is Not Art Festival). The collection has
been classified as significant by the National Library of Australia and we are
awaiting the outcome of our application to the National Library for funds to
preserve and catalogue the collection and make it more accessible through
developing an online catalogue (fingers crossed!). A group recently started up a
weekly drop in arvo, to make zines together. There is also a cataloguing
workshop scheduled during TINA (at Octapod on the Friday and Saturday
10am-12noon).

FYI - Octapod will be open to the public during TINA: Thurs 2nd Oct - Mon 6th
Oct 12-5pm. So, people are welcome to drop in and check out the zine collection.

Harvest Magazine seeking Contributions

2008-09-06T18:35:00.002+10:00

Calling all artists!

harvest magazine is cranking up for its second issue and we want to publish your work. Our latest theme is…

Travel

Physical, mental or metaphorical

The journey or the destination
Going places, moving spaces

The Amazon jungle or the local shop

The journey of a thousand miles, one small step for man, etc.

We are looking for art, illustrations, graphics, collage, photography - anything really, if it's roughly on theme. Submissions can be emailed to our art director at harvest.artwork@gmail.com by Monday 15 September.

harvest is Melbourne's newest literary magazine, featuring the work of artists and writers, both emerging and established. Featuring full-colour art and printed on thick stock, aesthetics is as important to us as good content. We're about cross-pollinating between writing, art and design, and being kind to the environment. We have a circulation of about 1000 copies around the country.

Check out our website (www.harvestmagazine.wordpress.com) to see what we do, or pick up a copy at Readings, magnation, Brunswick Bound, Brunswick Street Books, Metropolis or Sticky. Alternatively, order straight from us to help fund our next issue by emailing writetoharvest@gmail.com.
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in submiting work for issue two.

Story To... wants what you've got

2008-09-04T21:02:00.002+10:00

After a very successful first issue, Melbourne’s only alternative commuter zine, Story To…, is once again calling for your work.

The theme for Issue Two is “Pod People”. So many people who travel on public transport bury themselves in their music and we want you to help us show them the train station life they are oblivious to. We want to see this reflected in writing (short fiction, poetry, film and theatre scripts, creative non-fiction and song lyrics) and in artwork (photography and graphic design).

Please stick to a limit of 300 – 500 words. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 30 September 2008. All submissions need to be emailed to storytoproject@gmail.com. Please format text as Times New Roman / size 12 font / single-space with no other formatting.

If you want to discuss your submission ideas with us, or have any general queries, then drop us an email at storytoproject@gmail.com.

Check out our website to view a copy of Issue One, read interviews with previous contributors or just get a feel for what we’re about: www.storyto.wordpress.com.

Sticky Looking for Volunteers

2008-08-29T09:57:00.000+10:00

Sticky is doing a shout-out for anyone interested in becoming a
volunteer, for 1 day a week in the shop. You don't need to be amazing at
maths or have retail experience, you just have to be confident with
people, like zines and be good with paperwork.
Please email elle at sticky
stickyshop@gmail.com or give her a call on 0421 479 153

Calls for work / opportunities

2008-08-28T14:40:00.001+10:00

1. Digital Fringe 2008 Call for Submissions
2. Outpost workshop and jam @ Latrobe Uni
. Centre Pompidou Deadline for Submissions Extended

Calls for work / opportunities
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1. Digital Fringe 2008 call for submissions

*Digital Fringe* is now accepting entries (video, stills or audio).
Ferret around your hard drives, dig out those gems and have your work seen on hundreds of public screens. Uploaded content will play on an extensive network of screens around the world: from retail television display walls to huge urban screens, hospitality venues, galleries, libraries and many other public nooks and crannys. Artists retain full copyright of their works and have the option of utilising the Creative Commons licensing scheme.

Digital Fringe is also chasing *more screening venues* - so if you know of any idle screens in need of interesting art content in your area (in bars, shops, ....wherever) put them in touch with us or let us know at: people [at] digitalfringe [dot] com [dot] au

Visit www.digitalfringe.com.au to submit your works, and for more
festival info.

Digital Fringe is produced by *Horse Bazaar* as part of the Melbourne
Fringe Festival (September 24 - October 12)

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2. OUTPOST workshop and jam, La Trobe University Art Museum
17, 18, 19 September 2008, 7pm start each night

Join new media arts collective OUTPOST for a free open jam and workshop. The collective are accomplished sound engineers, musicians and artists who work with the mediums of film, video and audio. In this workshop OUTPOST will take the exhibition Neomorphics (Neugemüse), by local visual artist Vera Möller, and use her work as a stimulus to create new audio and visual work projected on to the walls of the gallery. Participants are invited to bring their own video footage, mp3 players, synthesisers, samplers and any other noise making device and a laptop to process the sounds and images live. Those without their own gear are welcome to come along and join in the experience. The OUTPOST crew will be there to provide a flavor of what a live audio visual jam looks, sounds, and feels like as well as offering the opportunity to talk about the hardware and software used in the performance. Melbourne’s OUTPOST are Lucy Benson, Eugenia Lim, Byron Scullin, Joe Talia and Dan West. They are part of Share, a support and infrastructure mechanism for new media communities worldwide, hosting open multimedia jams in public venues. Encouraging experimentation with sound and vision, OUTPOST work in the innovative realm of the new media artist. The collective creates work using technologies and software, the majority of which is unique to our current digital age and time.

La Trobe University Art Museum
Glenn College, Bundoora Campus
La Trobe University, VIC, 3086
Melway 19, carpark 7
T: +61 3 9479 2111
E: artmuseum@latrobe.edu.au

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3. Centre Pompidou has extended its call out until (postmark) 5 September

See link for more info: http://art-action.org/en_info.htm

Hoopla #3 call for contributions

2008-08-26T12:28:00.000+10:00

Hoopla #3 is now in production and we're looking for more contributions. Hoopla is the world's most revolutionary craft zine and has a global audience and distribution network. After an initial foot in the water to see if there would be an interest in such a zine and discovering that there indeed is, Hoopla will now be offered quarterly. And it's gonna get a bit flasher!

Contributors get a free copy, website links in the zine and a 25% discount rate for all future issues. And yes, this applies to contributors to earlier issues, I'll be in touch to let you know how it works.

The theme of Hoopla 3 is 'Radical Inspiration'. We want to hear and see what it is that drives people to make political craft and participate in creative resistance.

Contributions are welcome in the following forms:
Opinion pieces
Craft action reports
Patterns and tutorials
Pictures of finished craft and other inspirational graphics

Contributions may be accepted in the following forms:
Poetry (completely over to editorial whim, don't get your hopes up)

Contributions are never accepted in the following forms:
Advertising (ick)

We'd also like to hear from anyone that wants to offer any of the following skills: graphic design/layout, distribution, proofing. Same deal goes for the contributor benefits.

If you have something that you want to contribute that doesn't fit in with the theme, get in touch and run it by us. It might still be suitable or it might be just perfect for the next issue!

Submissions are due by September by email. If you are planning a contribution, please get in touch and let us know so we can start planning space. The planned release date for this issue is September 30.

Please forward this email on to anyone you think may be interested in contributing.

Love + rage
The Hoopla Collective

This is cool

2008-08-20T10:09:00.001+10:00

Check out the interview with one of the Story To… contributors, photographer Richard Ibrahim, here.

progress on zine 1

2008-08-14T09:48:00.005+10:00

we had a productive session at the city library staff room last night (we were cast out of the seminar room by the double booking demon). we have about 20 pages of content from 8 people, which is awesome, and maddie and i struggled manfully with making a little model zine. everything looks fantastic; there are some super drawing and text submissions, and melissa's zinester map of melbourne looks good as in capital G-O-O-D. we are thinking of making about 50 copies and charging a little price to cover costs.

next week we will be finishing the original zine and maybe making copies, so come along and get paper cuts!

anyone can make a zine: the first!

2008-08-01T16:04:00.002+10:00

The submission deadline for city library street press members' material for the inaugural city library street press (CLASP?) collaborative zine 'Anyone Can Make a Zine' (ACMAZ?) is August 13th, for collation by August 27th.

Story To... Hits the Streets

2008-07-28T20:57:00.004+10:00

I know I only turned up to one of the meetings but I love being part of the City Library Street Press Google group because I get so much info and so many awesome links to check out. Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've recently co-founded and edited a new commuter zine called Story To... Check out www.storyto.wordpress.com and download a copy for free!

Kate x

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-07-24T11:05:00.000+10:00

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh