In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen reading a wide array of...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Cat Commander+
Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can before shooting a ton of...
The Writing Life/Fringe Binge ’13: Rob McGere Bogs It In+
Rob McGere, alias Paul Mitchell, ponders poetry from the construction site ahead of his Melbourne Fringe performance, Being a Wheel...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #9 The Archidamian War+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Cat Commander+
Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...
The Writing Life/Fringe Binge ’13: Rob McGere Bogs It In+
Rob McGere, alias Paul Mitchell, ponders poetry from the construction site ahead of his Melbourne...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Izzy Roberts-Orr+
Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: A Yarn+
Lily Fish unravels the creative process and mythologies behind her upcoming Melbourne Fringe performance, Yarn...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Em Andersen+
Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Jacky T+
Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...
The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Ben Pobjie+
So the Melbourne Fringe Festival (September 18 to October 6) launched this week and the...
City of the Future: Getroit+
Rafael S. W. imagines a future where cities are bailed out by global corporations. Hmm,...
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Robbie Coburn+
September is well and truly upon us, and this month we’re excited to present our...
Our Programmability+
Paul Adkin explores the nature of consciousness and control through different sci-fi visions of the...
AUDIO: Lucy Roleff at NSST 2013+
Way back in autumn this year, Going Down Swinging took a trip to Newstead in...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #8 Anne Frank’s Diary+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
Election+
Una Cruickshank’s satirical take on the 2013 federal election – Scout-style. The meeting convened in...
The Swinger Files: Rhys+
Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? What these people...
The Future of Phantoms+
Following on from his exploration of phantom limbs, Rafael S. W. looks at the creative...
Spoken Wordsters: Sachiko Murakami+
Queensland Poetry Festival: spoken in one strange word is on from August 23 to 25....
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #7 Anna Karenina+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
Kim Ho and ‘The Language of Love’+
Have you heard of The Language of Love? You probably should have. Stephen Fry tweeted...
The Writing Life: Teaching Poetry under Bunjil+
Paul Mitchell reflects on his experience running Australian Poetry-sponsored workshops with the Aboriginal community at...
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Pi O+
And still we persist in pestering poets with pernicious impositions, imposing puzzles upon their persons...
Disappointing Japonica+
Jennifer Compton revisits, ponders and critiques one of her earlier poems, ‘Woman With Japonica’, from...
When Your Limbs Are No Longer Ghosts+
Rafael S.W. on the mysteries surrounding phantom limbs and their potential for prosthetics. Sally’s right...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #6 Angela’s Ashes+
Introducing our first-ever guest reviewer to The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, Bridget Lutherborrow. (NB. This...
Irish Orphan Immigration+
New spoken word and poetry from GDS contributor Tiggy Johnson, who also provides a commentary on...
Poetry As Ritual: Directing the ‘Kimono of Mourning’+
Anne M. Carson writes on confronting grief through ritual and poetry, and discusses the creative...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #5 An American Tragedy+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
Spoken Wordsters: Maxine Beneba Clarke+
Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your...
The Falling Sky: Drones and Modern Warfare+
Zoom in. The land looks like an ocean without water. Left alone for a few...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #4 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
New Addition to Editorial Team+
We’re ecstatic to announce Rhys Tate will be joining the editorial team at Going Down...
Why Do You Write Poetry? – Stu Hatton+
Another month rolls around and it’s time for another answer to a question so subtle...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #3 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
Suspended Animation Inc.+
Rafael S.W. on the collapsing cryogenics movement and how you can help. The hissing of...
Catholicism Can Be Sexy: Finding Poetry In the Pews+
He hung there, an object lesson in desire and its aftermath. I listened. Christ said,...
The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #2 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn+
In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...
Sans Souci: Behind ‘Tupperware Sonnets’+
Fiona Wright reveals the prose and the Tupperware Party behind her GDS No. 32 poem...
Notes from the Desperate Capitol of Somnopolis+
It reeked of sleep. Somnopolis. It reeked of insomniac worry and disquiet, and thwarted escape....
Excerpts from: A Guide for the Practical Abductee+
GDS contributor E. Kristin Anderson provides an eerie insight into her upcoming paranormal and cryptozoology...