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Return Flight: MEL>CHC

June 20, 2018

Fasten your seatbelts! Return Flight is landing.

News

Submissions Now Open

June 3, 2018

Get your bird poems ready.

News

Internship Program 2017

May 25, 2017

Applications are now open to join our team as an Editorial or Online Intern.

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Introducing: The Red Corner

January 18, 2017

The Red Corner is a place for Australian spoken word, presented with support from Going Down Swinging and curated by Alicia Sometimes.

Articles

From the DJ Booth: Going Down Swinging 37 Launch Party

September 23, 2016

DJ and poet Sean M. Whelan looks back at the launch party that was.

Articles

Homecoming

April 11, 2016

Tessa Toumbourou adjusts to life after travel.

On Writing

Mental Health and Memoir

April 10, 2016

The challenges of mixing memories with mental health. By Katerina Bryant.

The Editions

Andrew Denton’s first cartoon collection. Bridget Lutherborrow’s first book of short stories. First novellas from Luke Johnson, Libbie Chellew and Katherine Kruimink. Pat Grant’s graphic novella reimagined as a fold-out poster book with DVD extras.

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

April 7, 2016

My favourite game in the world is to pretend Dean is better than him and watch Jess truthers spin out. We all know that Logan was the best.

Articles

I Have This Friend

April 7, 2016

I have this friend. He’s a little bit chubby and he sweats a lot and the other thing about him is that he’s right into porn.

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker

April 7, 2016

There were two stories that gave me brilliant Gilmore Girls epiphanies.

Stories & Poems

Glorious Kingdom

April 7, 2016

He’s waiting for me. He’s just sitting there, in his car in the parking lot outside the store, biding his time.

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

Complete Poems of Anne Sexton

April 7, 2016

As a confessional poet, Sexton’s writing covers similar ground to that of Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino: mother-daughter relationships, getting pregnant and un-pregnant; you know, girly stuff.

Articles

Everyone Remembers Their First Time

April 7, 2016

British India guitarist Nic Wilson recalls his first time onstage.

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Interview with Bruce Pascoe, 1987

April 7, 2016

I reckon that people who write are really the crucible, or the cradle of all culture, because most things come out of writing.

Articles

The Guinea Pig Show

April 7, 2016

When we arrived at the Cavy Council of Victoria, everyone was already set up and grooming their guinea pigs.

Articles

My Helmet

April 7, 2016

Roz Bellamy on the relationship between her hair, sexuality and sense of self.

Articles

Between a Father and a Son

April 7, 2016

My wife is into the forty-first week of her pregnancy. We’ve tried everything to bring on labour: acupuncture, raspberry leaf tea, sex, a ridiculously hot vindaloo. Nothing yet.

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge

Complete Novels of Dawn Powell

April 7, 2016

Rory mentions Powell because she was a prolific writer who fell into relative obscurity, and is often credited with coming up with some of Dorothy Parker’s famous witticisms.

Articles

Interview with a Tinderphile

April 7, 2016

Tinder isn’t about love. That’s the first rule of Tinder. But it’s the first rule of love as well.

Articles

A Brilliant Fantastic Great Interview with Pi O

April 7, 2016

We found this explosion of an interview – A Brilliant Fantastic Great Interview with Pi O – in the sixth issue of Going Down Swinging, published in Spring 1984.