So… last Friday. You sailed into Brunswick’s Dawson St Studios on a lake of Bulmers cider, and what a night...
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Joelistics joins the party+
Jetsetter and hip hop poet Joelistics is back in town and ready to ear-punch everyone tonight at our No. 34 warehouse...
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 in the world had. So...
No. 34 Warehouse Party!+
Last year’s Going Down Swinging warehouse party took the roof off. So we’re doing it again to celebrate the launch...
Crime Factory’s double debut+
“If I have any appeal at all, it’s to the fellow who takes out the garbage,” said tough guy film...
Going Down Swinging hits Chuvash shelves+
Photo / Zina Lebedeva There were no Christmas trees at Valery Petrovskiy’s reading party at the National Library of Chuvash...
‘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 #33 launch in September 2012....
A Miraculous Moment: #33 Reviewed+
Australia Poetry’s November 2012 Edition of Sotto reviews Going Down Swinging’s No. 33. Read the original article here. I’m counting...
Submissions Open for #34+
Yes, submissions are once again open for Going Down Swinging. They close Friday 14 December 2012 at midnight AEST –...
My First Orgy+
Writers have changed. No more are they sitting pretty in brothels and brocade drawing rooms diligently scribbling into their goat...
A tardy but sincere and warm note of thanks+
What an extraordinary launch we had three weeks ago. Nestled in the soft red interiors of the Toff in Town...
Writers wanted to collaborate with Elefant Traks musicians+
Here’s an exciting opportunity for adventurous writers. The record label Elefant Traks is a great Australian institution, founded by The...
New in GDS #33: Sietta+
How does one of the most exciting new musical acts in the country, a soul duo from Darwin, end up...
New for GDS #33: Angie Hart and Benezra+
Why Angie Hart? Why Benezra? What’s a commission? All good questions, fictional internet interrogator. To start at the end, each...
GDS #33 Cover Revealed+
And here it is… the cover for thew new Going Down Swinging #33, by stellar design duo Santangelo + Hall....
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...
Radar Launch!+
In exciting news, tomorrow will see us post two fresh poems by Kevin Brophy and Nathan Curnow from their new...
Reading your submissions+
When can you expect to hear back from us? Our editors are busy reading all your wonderful contributions, and decisions...
Downloading the Disappearing+
Shelley liked the crumbly legs of Ozymandias and Yeats was wild about Innisfree – let’s face it: most poets are...
Fresh!+
Our first Monday feature piece has just been published for The Blue Corner! Written by Kevin Brophy it’s a introduction...
Welcome+
“And in the Blue Corner, surviving of more than thirty years of arts funding, late nights and copious amounts of...
The Next Launch: #33+
Our next edition of Going Down Swinging – No. 33 – will be launching at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival on...
Waiting on your post?+
A note for subscribers: our first wave of mail went out this week, and the rest will go out this...