One Night Wonders is back with three new shows in 2015.
One Night Wonders is Back in 2015+
One Night Wonders is back with three new shows in 2015.
The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse+
Patrick Lenton takes a leaf out of Rory Gilmore’s books to read Rory’s books. All 337 of them.
Reliving One Night Wonders – More Tracks from Derrick Brown+
Relive the grandeur, the humour, and the sneaky tears from Derrick Brown at One Night Wonders.
Reliving One Night Wonders – More from Eleanor Jackson+
Enjoy two more tracks from Eleanor Jackson at One Night Wonders.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess+
Patrick Lenton takes a leaf out of Rory Gilmore’s books to read Rory’s books. All 337 of them.
Reliving One Night Wonders – More from Sean M. Whelan and the Mime Set+
More tracks from that special night where a group of friends reformed for one magical gig.
Christine by Stephen King+
Patrick Lenton takes a leaf out of Rory Gilmore’s books to read Rory’s books. All 337 of them.
Reliving One Night Wonders with Felix Nobis+
Get inside the long, rolling tales of Felix Nobis right here.
Good Grief: How Loss in ABC’s Glitch Leads to Magical Thinking+
As the first season of ABC’s Glitch wraps up, Matilda Dixon-Smith hopes there is room for more in Australian...
Please Stop Saying These 18 Ridiculous Phrases At Work+
You do not want to remember these words and say them at work. They are the words of bad robot...
The Art Behind the Ebook: Introducing ‘Essays, Letters, Reflections’+
We catch up with 'Essays, Letters, Reflections' illustrator Genna Campton ahead of this Thursday’s Melbourne launch.
A Short History of Melbourne Art+
The Depressionist movement emerged at the turn of the century with a group of Melbourne-based artists whose mild disappointment with...
The Prophet Effect+
Fiona Broom reads Gibran's masterpiece for the first time, at the right time, and considers its effect.
Get Inside Longbox: ‘Looking a Little Drawn’ by Andrew Denton+
It’s intriguing when a person noted for particular skills tries something altogether different. Some attempts end better than others. Andrew...
Longbox Launched+
For those who missed it, the big multi-format issue we call Longbox launched in Sydney a week or so ago....
Sean M. Whelan & the Mime Set – Live Album Released+
“This Friday night something very special is happening and it will never happen again.” That’s how the frontman put it. Through the...
Longbox – the New Multiformat Collection from Going Down Swinging+
Longbox: the thirty-sixth edition of Going Down Swing. Six extended works by eleven artists
All Grown Up+
Fiona Broom on growing up – and why your teenage self didn't have it as wrong as you think.
Get Felix Nobis – his Live Album is Here+
Felix Nobis brings a warmth and robust humour to his storytelling that wins over every audience: long, rolling tales in the...
As the Animal Leaves the Flesh: More Notes on the Bullfight+
Daniel East on the bullfight.
A Place for Women in Hollywood Action Blockbusters+
Matilda Dixon-Smith on 'Mad Max' as a feminist film – and the failure of other blockbusters to keep up.
The Stratified Stare+
Tessa Toumbourou writes on the hierarchy of who looks and is looked at in Jakarta.
The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman+
This week’s Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is covered by guest reviewer Daniel East. Daniel is an Australian poet and critic...
Finding the Will+
Willpower. We need it in so many aspects of our lives, and yet it can be so hard to come...
Positions Vacant: General Manager, Digital Editor+
Going Down Swinging is looking for a new General Manager, and for a Digital Editor. Part of Australian literature since...
Spoken Wordsters: Ebony MonCrief+
Alabama-raised Ebony MonCrief is a writer, performance poet, speaker and MC.
A Fan Letter Never Sent Because I Was Too Much A Coward+
Terry Pratchett: I meant to write to you sooner (isn’t that always the way?), but in my case ‘sooner’ meant...
Lessons in Self-Sabotage+
After releasing a collection of essays on the struggles and scrapes of the working artist, As Dire as its Title:...
Prism Writing Prompt: Haters Gonna Hate+
PRISM's executive editor Clara Kumagai calls on you haters to get writing.
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger+
I read The Catcher in the Rye at the correct time – somewhere around the age of seventeen or eighteen...