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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #9 The Archidamian War+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

6 days ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Cat Commander+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...

7 days ago
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The Writing Life/Fringe Binge ’13: Rob McGere Bogs It In+

by Paul Mitchell

Rob McGere, alias Paul Mitchell, ponders poetry from the construction site ahead of his Melbourne...

1 week ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Izzy Roberts-Orr+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...

2 weeks ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: A Yarn+

by Lily Fish

Lily Fish unravels the creative process and mythologies behind her upcoming Melbourne Fringe performance, Yarn...

2 weeks ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Em Andersen+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...

2 weeks ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Jacky T+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

Over the next two weeks we’re tracking down as many Melbourne Fringsters as we can...

2 weeks ago
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The Blue Corner Fringe Binge ’13: Ben Pobjie+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

So the Melbourne Fringe Festival (September 18 to October 6) launched this week and the...

3 weeks ago
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City of the Future: Getroit+

by Rafael S. W.

Rafael S. W. imagines a future where cities are bailed out by global corporations. Hmm,...

3 weeks ago
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Why Do You Write Poetry? – Robbie Coburn+

by Adam Ford

September is well and truly upon us, and this month we’re excited to present our...

4 weeks ago
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Our Programmability+

by Paul Adkin

Paul Adkin explores the nature of consciousness and control through different sci-fi visions of the...

4 weeks ago
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AUDIO: Lucy Roleff at NSST 2013+

by The Blue Corner

Way back in autumn this year, Going Down Swinging took a trip to Newstead in...

1 month ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #8 Anne Frank’s Diary+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

1 month ago
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Election+

by Una Cruickshank

Una Cruickshank’s satirical take on the 2013 federal election – Scout-style. The meeting convened in...

1 month ago
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The Swinger Files: Rhys+

by The Blue Corner

Ever wondered who’s behind Going Down Swinging anyway? Who reads your submissions? What these people...

2 months ago
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The Future of Phantoms+

by Rafael S. W.

Following on from his exploration of phantom limbs, Rafael S. W. looks at the creative...

2 months ago
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Spoken Wordsters: Sachiko Murakami+

by Alicia Sometimes

Queensland Poetry Festival: spoken in one strange word is on from August 23 to 25....

2 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #7 Anna Karenina+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

2 months ago

Kim Ho and ‘The Language of Love’+

by Alexandra Macalister-Bills

Have you heard of The Language of Love? You probably should have. Stephen Fry tweeted...

2 months ago
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The Writing Life: Teaching Poetry under Bunjil+

by Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell reflects on his experience running Australian Poetry-sponsored workshops with the Aboriginal community at...

2 months ago
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Alternate Histories+

by Oliver Mestitz

In June I played a show at Red Wheelbarrow Books in Brunswick East, in the...

2 months ago
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Why Do You Write Poetry? – Pi O+

by Adam Ford

And still we persist in pestering poets with pernicious impositions, imposing puzzles upon their persons...

2 months ago
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Disappointing Japonica+

by Jennifer Compton

Jennifer Compton revisits, ponders and critiques one of her earlier poems, ‘Woman With Japonica’, from...

2 months ago
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When Your Limbs Are No Longer Ghosts+

by Rafael S.W.

Rafael S.W. on the mysteries surrounding phantom limbs and their potential for prosthetics. Sally’s right...

2 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #6 Angela’s Ashes+

by Bridget Lutherborrow

Introducing our first-ever guest reviewer to The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, Bridget Lutherborrow. (NB. This...

2 months ago
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Irish Orphan Immigration+

by Tiggy Johnson

New spoken word and poetry from GDS contributor Tiggy Johnson, who also provides a commentary on...

2 months ago
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Poetry As Ritual: Directing the ‘Kimono of Mourning’+

by Anne M. Carson

Anne M. Carson writes on confronting grief through ritual and poetry, and discusses the creative...

3 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #5 An American Tragedy+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

3 months ago
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Spoken Wordsters: Maxine Beneba Clarke+

by Alicia Sometimes

Alicia Sometimes seeks out the most exciting spoken word artists in the land for your...

3 months ago
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The Falling Sky: Drones and Modern Warfare+

by Rafael S.W.

Zoom in. The land looks like an ocean without water. Left alone for a few...

3 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #4 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

3 months ago

New Addition to Editorial Team+

by The Blue Corner

We’re ecstatic to announce Rhys Tate will be joining the editorial team at Going Down...

3 months ago
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Why Do You Write Poetry? – Stu Hatton+

by Adam Ford

Another month rolls around and it’s time for another answer to a question so subtle...

3 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #3 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

3 months ago
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Suspended Animation Inc.+

by Rafael S.W.

Rafael S.W. on the collapsing cryogenics movement and how you can help. The hissing of...

3 months ago
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Catholicism Can Be Sexy: Finding Poetry In the Pews+

by Nancy Reddy

He hung there, an object lesson in desire and its aftermath. I listened. Christ said,...

3 months ago
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The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: #2 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn+

by Patrick Lenton

In Gilmore Girls, aka the best show ever written, bright-eyed Rory Gilmore is continually seen...

3 months ago
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Sans Souci: Behind ‘Tupperware Sonnets’+

by Fiona Wright

Fiona Wright reveals the prose and the Tupperware Party behind her GDS No. 32 poem...

3 months ago
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Notes from the Desperate Capitol of Somnopolis+

by Daniel East

It reeked of sleep. Somnopolis. It reeked of insomniac worry and disquiet, and thwarted escape....

4 months ago
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Excerpts from: A Guide for the Practical Abductee+

by E. Kristin Anderson

GDS contributor E. Kristin Anderson provides an eerie insight into her upcoming paranormal and cryptozoology...

4 months ago