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10 May

CLUNES BOOKTOWN 2012!

What a Winner!

10 May

SPUNC Announces Inaugural Independent Publishers’ Conference and New Prize for Small Publishers

November 2012 will see a new conference for publishing and a prize awarding an undervalued title…

08 May

LAUNCH! Editors Victoria

The Society of Editors Victoria Inc. has had a facelift and they’re ready to launch their new name, Editors Victoria, along with their new logo and website!

08 May

NEW RELEASE: The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights

SPINIFEX PRESS are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Unfinished Revolution’, which tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls.

08 May

Submissions now OPEN! Cordite 39 & Cordite 40!

Submit your poetry and/or poetry reviews to Cordite!

Ten Years of Spoken Word on Show [21.10.2009]

The Unguarded Word

Installation with Sound, Listening Room, Spoken Word.

Since 1999 - 12 CDs; around 300 pieces of aural poetry, spoken word, sound art and storytelling; that's some 900 minutes of the story in audio, from 5 continents. Going Down Swinging is one of only a handful of journals on the planet anthologising spoken word, and the only one still doing it every issue. To celebrate 10 years of the spoken word CDs, Going Down Swinging invites you into our listening lounge. Lay back and immerse yourself in a world of aural poetry and storytelling drawn from a decade of Going Down Swinging. Installation & Performances

INSTALLATION OPEN DAILY - Melbourne Saturday 31st October - Monday 8th November Between 8am - 8pm weekdays and 11am - 8pm weekends Venue: 1000 £ Bend - 361 Lt Lonsdale St Melbourne Free entry before 5pm daily

INSTALLATION OPEN DAILY - Sydney Friday 20th November - Monday 23rd November Between 3pm - 8pm daily Venue: Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator - Forsyth St Glebe, Sydney Free entry daily

PERFORMANCE - Sydney Saturday 21st November
8pm - Midnight Josephine Rowe with cellist Judith Hannan - performing a new Going Down Swinging-commissioned spoken word and music collaborative work at the Anode2009 Sydney Performance Night. Venue: Paddington Town Hall Tickets: on sale soon

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