It’s safe to say that we’d never published anything like it. I’m not sure who in the world had. So...
The Swinger Files: Emily Andersen+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them? Who doesn’t? What these people...
DJ Whelan wraps up the party+
We knew the warehouse party for our No. 34 all-digital edition was going to be big. That’s why we asked DJ...
Finding the words (post-birth)+
Writer and past Going Down Swinging editor Jessica Friedmann reflects on birth, language, and the wavering world. I’ve lost words....
GDS No. 34: No, it’s not a bloody PDF+
It’s safe to say that we’d never published anything like it. I’m not sure who...
The Swinger Files: Emily Andersen+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them?...
DJ Whelan wraps up the party+
We knew the warehouse party for our No. 34 all-digital edition was going to be big....
Finding the words (post-birth)+
Writer and past Going Down Swinging editor Jessica Friedmann reflects on birth, language, and the...
AUDIO: Kevin Brophy reads from ‘A Small Boy’+
Last week, Professor Kevin Brophy read an excerpt from his Blue Corner piece, ‘A Small...
Spoken Wordsters: Emilie Zoey Baker+
Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your...
Why do you write poetry? – joanne burns+
Once a month I travel this wide brown be-girted land and beyond, seeking answers to...
If the party seems hazy, then these are for you+
So… last Friday. You sailed into Brunswick’s Dawson St Studios on a lake of Bulmers...
Joelistics joins the party+
Jetsetter and hip hop poet Joelistics is back in town and ready to ear-punch everyone tonight...
The Writing Life: All aboard the poetry bus+
In both its media and creative guises, the writing life has taken me on some...
The Swinger Files: Simon+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them?...
Spoken Wordsters: Luka Lesson+
Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your...
No. 34 Warehouse Party!+
Last year’s Going Down Swinging warehouse party took the roof off. So we’re doing it...
The Swinger Files: Katia+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them?...
Why do you write poetry? – alicia sometimes+
Once a month, on behalf of The Blue Corner, I sidle up to a poet,...
The Swinger Files: Emily+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them?...
A Small Boy: Don’t be scared to be scared+
I am thinking of a small boy in the early 1960s, living in an outer...
The Swinger Files: Bhakthi+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? Who likes them?...
Dress Young+
Here’s a poem from the archives of David Prater’s brilliant blog, Davey Dreamnation. DRESS YOUNG...
Why do you write poetry? – Paul K. Tunis+
Once a month I pose a deceptively simple question to various practitioners of the poetic...
The Writing Life: How to make a buck in the henhouse+
So The Monthly’s editor, John van Tiggelen, recently made public his spat with former editor...
AUDIO: Excerpts from Jas H. Duke+
We’ve done some digging and have dusted off our very special 1993 tribute CD to...
How to get teenagers interested in poetry+
“Today,” I announce enthusiastically to a school hall full of fidgeting Year 8s, 9s and...
Hettie Jones: Writing behind Beats & bars+
Last year I wrote a fan letter to poet, writer, teacher and Beat chick Hettie...
Why do you write poetry? – Kevin Brophy+
Once a month, writer, comic artist and past Going Down Swinging editor Adam Ford will...
The Writing Life: The Switcheroo+
Every three weeks, seven-time Going Down Swinging contributor Paul Mitchell will provide insight into the...
Making a poo-brown movie poster+
Cartoonist writer and zine maker Pat Grant shows us how to make a stunning poo-brown...
Going Down Swinging hits Chuvash shelves+
Photo / Zina Lebedeva There were no Christmas trees at Valery Petrovskiy’s reading party at...
‘Angie Hart made me want to move to Melbourne’: Stories of loving a local singer+
Kill Your Darlings’ Julia Tulloh writes on Angie Hart’s commissioned performance at the Going Down Swinging Issue...
Eric Paul Shaffer: GDS, ‘A Million-Dollar Bill’, and Me+
With GDS Digital Edition #34 about to bring a whole new bunch of artists to...
Neil Boyack: Storytelling and Self Help+
Photo / Steffen Pedersen From storytelling to social work, rural Victorian writer Neil Boyack is...
The Meditations Part VIII: Emilie Zoey Baker on ‘Fuck You, Glee’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to...
A Miraculous Moment: #33 Reviewed+
Australia Poetry’s November 2012 Edition of Sotto reviews Going Down Swinging’s No. 33. Read the...
The Meditations Part VII: Eric Yoshiaki Dando on ‘The Novel Teacher’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to...
Humouring Jesus: Santangelo + Hall+
Designers Elise Santangelo and Stuart Hall don’t believe in Jesus. “I believe in karma,” says...
The Meditations Part VI: Daniel East on ‘I Used to be a Young Poet’+
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to...