First, a pop quiz: which of these three statements is true? 1. When I went to school, I learnt to...
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Excerpt from ‘The Old Woman’s Tale’+
This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from the story The Old Woman’s Tale by...
Excerpt from ‘Badass’+
This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from the story Badass by Michael Trudeau. We...
Excerpt from ‘The Novel Teacher’+
This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from Eric Yoshiaki Dando’s short story The Novel...
Excerpt from ‘Little Monsters’+
This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from Briohny Doyle’s essay, Little Monsters. We will...
Excerpt from ‘Atlas Dharma’+
This is a sneak preview from our up-coming Going Down Swinging #33 from a collaboration between Cate Kennedy and Simon...
And Our New Heavy-Weight Champion is…+
Finally after blood, sweat and many bottles of wine, we have sent off #33 to the printers! Now all we...
Braille+
It’s a father and daughter tour and we stop for some famous cliffs. A mountain valley running to the west,...
More Dark Matter+
One of our first posts at The Blue Corner was Emilie Zoe Bakers’s poem, Dark Matter, which was from a...
On the Attractions of Innocence+
We can never go back, never return. You smile as you scoop sangria from the bowl, finger my albums’ battered...
On the Radar…+
The Night’s Insomnia ‘When the angels are panting and scratching the door to come in …’ Leonard Cohen, 2012 If...
Radar Launch!+
In exciting news, tomorrow will see us post two fresh poems by Kevin Brophy and Nathan Curnow from their new...
Horses+
Today there are horses bolting out of the sun, towards us in a snort of black heat. Close your eyes...
He Carried Oranges+
Aldo said, in his very own voice, meet me here at half to nine in the morning – here at...
Do Not Shake The Bridge+
A long bridge of books and paper spans the gorge. You have gone ahead and vertigo is a hand clasped...
One Hundred Random Cows+
1. Start They came to him at night to begin with and that’s how it started. That’s how the whole...
A New Kind of Family+
A new kind of family : Tai Snaith’s The Family Hour I am possibly the world’s worst aunty. Not...
In Defence of Slam Poetry+
EZB’s response to an article in the Australian which was originally delivered as a speech at The Wheeler Centre. -Ed....
Other Adventures…+
When I was Born When I was born I saw the beginning of things. I saw the tide roll in...
A Shortage of Santas+
A friend of a friend is recruiting Santas for shopping centres and says that they are having trouble finding them. ...
Sometimes Poems…+
Cold Was the Ground dark was the night Blind Willie Johnson huffs in my ears weeping into God. How easy...
As Sentimental as Death and TV+
I didn’t cry at the funeral. I stood around feeling awkward and wondering whether or not I should look at...
The Bedroom Philosopher: Undressed+
“I’m on a mission to lower everyone’s expectations about the arts scene in Australia,” says Justin Heazlewood on the launch...
Going Down Speaking+
“Hello?” “Hello, are you there?” “What?!” “Hello? I’LL CALL YOU BACK ON THE LANDLINE.” It’s Thursday night and I’m trying...
From the Streets…+
An extract from Going Down Swinging #26 – Street Art Feature Tom Civil Miso Ghost Patrol...
The Bedroom Philosopher Tour Diary #1+
1. Excerpt from The Bedroom Philosopher Diaries — the new book from Justin Heazlewood Friday August 13. Launceston. Hotel New...
Downloading the Disappearing+
Shelley liked the crumbly legs of Ozymandias and Yeats was wild about Innisfree – let’s face it: most poets are...
The Art of Rejection+
Attention conservation notice: When I was editing Going Down Swinging we used to send out rejection letters that were meant...
Janis Ian remembers+
photographs - watercolours of the past, but I remember cigarettes, the coffee rings of old regrets And the smell and...
The Bedroom Philosopher Tour Diary #2+
2. Excerpt from The Bedroom Philosopher Diaries — the new book from Justin Heazlewood Saturday August 14. Hobart. Brisbane Hotel....
The Formative Years+
I first met Kevin Brophy on Good Friday 1972 when I ran away from home. He was running a coffee...
Jigsaw Puzzle Writing+
There are two things that most like to do during these achingly long January days. I like to write and...
Fresh!+
Our first Monday feature piece has just been published for The Blue Corner! Written by Kevin Brophy it’s a introduction...
Wit-Bix Psychological Analysis+
Excerpt from The Bedroom Philosopher Diaries — the new book from Justin Heazlewood. It’s a casual, slightly dead-shit Wednesday in...
In the Beginning…+
It was 1979 and Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister, having won the 1975 election. I was reading David Ireland’s A...
The Bedroom Philosopher Tour Diary #3+
3. Excerpt from The Bedroom Philosopher Diaries — the new book from Justin Heazlewood Saturday 14th. Hobart. Brisbane Hotel. All-Ages...
You are you speaking for when you speak not-man?+
I came to Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and HBO’s new sitcom Girls through the controversy that surrounded it and not...
Dark Matter+
A few years ago my good friends and colleagues Alicia Sometimes, Sean M Whelan and Paul Mitchell formed Science in The Dark...
Making a Pretty Pink Picture+
Writer and comic artist Pat Grant shows us how it happens… Inspired by and Anton and Kazu I’m going to...