Melbourne publisher Ford Street has just uploaded its first e-book to Amazon.
F2M, by Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy is now available in Kindle edition on the site. What’s it about? Well, it goes something like this…
School-leaver Skye plays guitar in her all-female Chronic Cramps band. Making her name in the punk/indie scene is easier than FTM (female to male) transitioning: from Skye to Finn, from girl to man. Uncovering genetic mysteries about family heritage tear the family apart. Trans gender identity is more than injections and surgery, it’s about acceptance. Going public, Finn sings ftm lyrics on TV. With a little help from bemused mates and family who don’t want to lose a daughter, but who love their teenager, Finn is transitioning.
We’re inviting submissions of short fiction inspired by music for our Issue 5…
Whether you’re an established, known writers or a new new fresh voices, we want your short fiction before 15 August!
Your submission does not have to be about music. All we need is a link, which you can supply separately and which can be as simple as ‘I was listening to an intensely emotional guitar solo by James Muller on my car radio as I barrelled down the highway from Cairns, and was inspired to write this story about loss and alienation’. See? Easy. Stretch out a bit and let the music in…
Oh, and we like lots of different kinds of music, but we specially like the jazz and improvised variety – if you’ve got any of that we’d love to see it!
The Australian Poetry Centre is seeking an enthusiastic person with high level communication skills, organizational skills, computer skills, experience in marketing and public relations, ideas and initiative to be part of our Events Team for the remainder of 2010. We are looking to grow our Events Program in 2011 and are now interviewing to select someone who is keen to play a significant role in helping the Australian Poetry Centre to develop this program.
The selected candidate will be offered an initial internship to learn more about the Australian Poetry Centre, what we do and how we work, which will include assisting the current Events Manager in delivering APC’s 2010 Events Program and assisting in the planning for 2011. At the end of the internship, if successful, a paid position will be negotiated. It is important the right person for this role understand that we are keen to build a diverse inclusive program of events which is innovative, collaborative, sustainable and exciting to APC members and the general poetry community, as well as being attractive to new audiences in order to expose more Australians to poetry and raise the profile of poets, poetry and the Australian Poetry Centre.
Full support, including use of APC facilities, office space and staff, will be provided during the internship. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is keen to curate a program of national events, based at the Australian Poetry Centre’s home within the new literary hub of Melbourne, the Wheeler Centre. Please apply by emailing your one page CV with two referees to: paul@australianpoetrycentre.org.au or call (03) 90947827 for more information. Experience in organizing arts-related events is essential. Deadline for applications is Friday July 30th.
As it approaches its historic two hundredth edition, Overland is looking for a cover image by a new or established artist, designer or photographer.
Edition 200 will be loosely themed around reflections on the past of the Left and anticipations of its future, and the cover needs to be compatible with this. The image should be striking enough to stand out in a magazine display rack, while allowing sufficient room to include the masthead and associated text in a portrait orientation. Examples of previous covers are available at www.overland.org.au.
It is anticipated that Overland 200 will receive considerable publicity, and so this is an opportunity to see your work widely distributed.
Designs need to be submitted by 30 June 2010. For further information about dimensions, formats and payment, please contact overland@vu.edu.au.
The Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize seeks to promote and celebrate the art of nature writing in Australia as well as encourage a greater appreciation of Australia’s magnificent landscapes.
All entries will be independently judged by literary journalist, Sally Blakeney and Australian renowned poet, Mark Tredinnick.
The successful entry will receive a prize of $5000 and the work will be published in indigo journal in early 2011.
The biennial prize will be offered again in 2012.
For an entry form as well as terms and conditions please email Australia@tnc.org
Closing date for entries: 30 September 2010. No entry fee.
SPUNC writes with the sad news that WA literary journal Indigo has decided not to publish after
volume 6, out in early December this year.
In their recent funding round the WA Department of Culture and the Arts
(DCA) declined the opportunity to fund the production costs for part of
volume 6 and all of volume 7 of indigo journal. While they considered indigo
an important literary project for WA, they felt it was not well known in the
Eastern States and should receive submissions from around Australia. This,
they believed would promote WA writing and writers more successfully.
Many in WA are upset about this decision and feel it should not go
without comment. If you are also disturbed by this decision Indigo encourages you
to express your views to any or all of the following:
¯ The Honorable John Day, the State Minister for Planning, Culture and the
Arts, 13th Fl, Dumas House, Havelock St, West Perth, 6005,
¯ Alana Lucas, the Director General, DCA, P.O. Box 8349, Perth 6000,
¯ The Editor of The West Australian Newspaper, Letters to the Editor, WA
Newspapers, GPO Box N1027, Perth WA, 6843. Fax 9482 3830
letters@wanews.com.au
Pantera Press, with the consent of renowned artist Bill Leak, has generously made 5 signed prints of his artwork available for auction via eBay, to raise funds for The Smith Family.
The original artwork by Bill Leak, one of Australia’s best known political cartoonists, is the cover to Simon Benson’s new book BETRAYAL, published by Pantera Press.
Funds raised from the auction will go towards Let’s Read, an early childhood literacy program developed by the Centre for Community Child Health which The Smith Family implements across Australia. Let’s Read encourages parents to develop a shared enjoyment of reading with their children, and in so doing, help children develop the building blocks of literacy before they enter school.
The auction will commence on 31st May on eBay and will last for 10 days. The winning bidders will receive one of the five limited edition framed prints (approx 420mm x 600mm) of the original cover artwork for BETRAYAL , each one signed by the artist Bill Leak. A signed copy of BETRAYAL (RRP $49.99) is included in the package.
Ford Street Publishing is proud to announce that they have two shortlisted previews in the ForeWord Book Trailer Awards: They Told Me I Had To Write This produced by author Kim Miller and The Star produced by the author/illustrator’s son Leo Baker.
More than 200 videos were submitted and over 2,400 people voted and commented on the book trailers and they are 21 finalists. Thanks to everyone who voted for our trailers. The book trailers will be played in the Indie Lounge at BookExpo America (BEA) later this month, where attendees will have the chance to vote for their favorite.
Bunny-suit wearing gadabout and Puncher and Wattmann poet Nathan Curnow has won the 2010 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize for his poem endtime.
Here’s what the judges had to say:
We know when we read great work… it is speaking to us and it might also be us speaking. It tells us what we know that we didn’t know we knew. Thus, it makes us feel foolish and wise at the same time.
Australian literature, I think, needs more poetry that makes us realize more than just what we think of ourselves… More than anything, it needs poets like the ones here tonight who care enough to be able to write what will remain worthwhile.
SPUNC congratulates Nathan on his win and cannot think of a more deserving, charming, and likable fellow than the man we call “Nathan”.
Breakdown Press has extended the deadline for POSTER submissions for The Peace Posters until the 21st May. We have received some amazing contributions from Australian and International artists and designers and the publication is already shaping up to be a powerful collection of posters! Many people have been asking for extensions for their designs so we thought we’d open this up to everyone, however the earlier you send in submissions the better for us, more details below and attached.
The Peace Posters is going to be a BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER and distributed for FREE. This is a great chance to get a large broadsheet-sized poster (similar in size to The Age or Sydney Morning Herald) of your artwork printed and distributed widely! If you are interested in distributing the publication through your networks, organisation or on the street please contact us with your details and the amount of copies you would like to receive at: distro@breakdownpress.org.
We are also looking for ARTICLES and POETRY to be included in the publication! Articles on any of the following issues would be great: Peace Building / The Arms Trade / Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society / Militarisation of Everyday Life / Global Harmony / Human & Environmental Impact of War. Also any up-to-date writing about Australia’s current role in the region and afar would be great to include as well. Please get in touch here if you have any questions or would like to run any ideas past us.
The Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize seeks to promote and celebrate the art of nature writing in Australia as well as encourage a greater appreciation of Australia’s magnificent landscapes. 
SPUNC writes with the sad news that WA literary journal Indigo has decided not to publish after
volume 6, out in early December this year.
Pantera Press, with the consent of renowned artist Bill Leak, has generously made 5 signed prints of his artwork available for auction via eBay, to raise funds for The Smith Family.
Bunny-suit wearing gadabout and Puncher and Wattmann poet Nathan Curnow has won the 2010 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize for his poem endtime.
Breakdown Press has extended the deadline for POSTER submissions for The Peace Posters until the 21st May. We have received some amazing contributions from Australian and International artists and designers and the publication is already shaping up to be a powerful collection of posters! Many people have been asking for extensions for their designs so we thought we’d open this up to everyone, however the earlier you send in submissions the better for us, more details below and attached.
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