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‘Angie Hart Made Me Want to Move to Melbourne’: Stories of Loving a Local Singer

Julia Tulloh, Killings Oct 2012
Kill Your Darlings’ Julia Tulloh writes on Angie Hart’s commissioned performance at the Going Down Swinging Issue #33 launch in September 2012. Read the original article here. Read about the Angie Hart...
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More Dark Matter
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A Freelancer's Guide to Europe: True Stories from Edinburgh Share Houses

Megan Anderson
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Psychological Shopping: Harvey Norman

Oliver Mol
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City of the Future: Getroit

Rafael S. W.
Rafael S. W. imagines a future where cities are bailed out by global corporations. Hmm, it seems like you’re using an older version of your city. Would you like...
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Lingua Fracas

Rafael S. W.

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The Meditations Part I: Nathan Curnow on 'Boy Got a Bullet'

Nathan Curnow
The Meditations is a curated series of reflections on writing and storytelling from contributors to the thirty-third issue of Going Down Swinging. This reflection comes from Nathan Curnow on his poem...
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Adam Ford
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My First Orgy

Megan Anderson
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Finding the Will

Fiona Broom
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10 Things I've Learnt about the Writing Life

Paul Mitchell
1. It’s not a life. It’s a profession, a hobby, an activity or an obsession. Life goes on regardless of it. In fact, life doesn’t care whether I write...
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