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Underground Writers

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AWWC Wrap-Up for 2020

December 31, 2020January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

In January the Underground Team took up the Australian Women Writers Challenge for 2020, pledging the Franklin-level challenge where we committed to read

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#Ebony Bryant #Jemimah Halbert Brewster #Jess Gately #Junior Editors #Kate Lomas Glendenning #Lauren Pratt #Shelley Carter

Our Favourite Books Released in 2020

December 23, 2020February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Image by cottonbro, from Pexels free images In our final post for 2020, the Underground Team have rounded up all their favourite new

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Opportunities for writers December 2020

December 2, 2020January 2, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover image from Canva free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia ‘WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website

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#Blog Posts #Jess Rae #Past editors #Writer Resources

6 Things I’ve learnt in 6 Years of Underground Writers, by Jess Rae

November 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Like all good books, there is a final page and this marks my final page at Underground Writers. I joined the Underground team

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Review: Windfall by Ketan Joshi, by Jess Gately

November 29, 2020January 26, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Windfall: Unlocking a fossil-free future Author: Ketan Joshi Publisher: NewSouth Books ‘Australia’s new decade has opened with the static anxiety of helplessness

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Review: Hysteria by Katerina Bryant, by Grace Wholley

November 25, 2020March 6, 2022 By Underground Team

Title: Hysteria Author: Katerina Bryant Publisher: NewSouth Publishing Published: 2020 Katerina Bryant’s Hysteria does not fall comfortably into a familiar literary category: it is not unequivocally

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Interview: Dr Anne Ryden, Danish-English translator, by Shelley Timms

November 22, 2020February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Dr Anne Ryden Dr Anne Ryden is a Danish-English translator, and a senior lecturer in Professional Writing and Publishing at Curtin University where

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Review: Where The Fruit Falls by Karen Wyld, by Lauren Pratt

November 18, 2020February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Where The Fruit Falls Author: Karen Wyld Publisher: UWAP Where The Fruit Falls is Karen Wyld’s debut award-winning novel which delves into

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Books to Get You in the Mood for Summer, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

November 15, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Since we’ve all spent nearly the entire year stuck indoors because of You Know What, it

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Review: Skyglow by Leslie Thiele, by Dylan Dartnell

November 11, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Skyglow Author: Leslie Thiele Released: October 2020 Publisher: Margaret River Press ‘A woman adjusts to her new urban landscape. A slaughterman comes

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Review: Little Jiang by Shirley Marr, by Jess Gately

November 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Little Jiang Author: Shirley Marr Illustrator: Katy Jiang Publisher: Fremantle Press Published: 1st October 2020 This review was first published in the Underground

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Issue 32: Horror has arrived!

November 5, 2020February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover art by Linus Andersson Issue 32: Horror can be downloaded for FREE here Welcome to the final issue of 2020, #32: Horror.

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Interview: Laura Elvery by Lauren Pratt

November 4, 2020January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Underground Junior Editor Lauren Pratt speaks with Laura Elvery about women in science, inspiration, and her new short story collection Ordinary Matter.  Congratulations

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Opportunities for writers November 2020

November 2, 2020November 6, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pixabay free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia “WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website and

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5 Aussie book-to-screen adaptations you’ll want to watch

November 1, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Book-to-screen adaptations are a controversial art. The limitations of special effects and other behind the scenes factors can make it difficult to accurately

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An interview with Maria Papas, winner of the 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, by Shelley Timms

October 28, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Maria Papas is the winner of the City of Fremantle 2020 TAG Hungerford Award, announced on Thursday 22nd October at an awards ceremony

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Meet our newest team members: Paul Dielesen and Ebony Bryant

October 21, 2020November 6, 2020 By Underground Team

We are very pleased to welcome the newest members of the Underground Writers team. Former Junior Editor Ebony Bryant is joining the team

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Opportunities for writers October 2020

October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image by Ag Ku from Pixabay Right Now Magazine: Human Rights in Australia – seeking submissions “We’re looking for pitches on human rights issues in Australia.

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Review: Fauna by Donna Mazza, by Dylan Dartnell

September 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Fauna Author: Donna Mazza Publisher: Allen & Unwin Fauna is Donna Mazza’s tribute to an unsettling future that seems as near as

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Review: Return Ticket by John Doust, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

September 23, 2020May 31, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Return Ticket Author: Jon Doust review Publisher: Fremantle Press Genre: Historical fiction Favourite quote: “Perhaps I wash the dishes the way I

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How to Write Horror, by Shelley Timms

September 16, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images What makes a good horror story? Is it the shocking gore, or the slow burn of psychological torture

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Review: The History of Mischief by Rebecca Higgie, by Dylan Dartnell

September 13, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The History of Mischief Author: Rebecca Higgie Publisher: Fremantle Press Winner, Fremantle Press, The Fogarty Literary Award 2019 Introducing Rebecca Higgie and her

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“I had to do justice to this story”: An interview with Danielle Binks, by Max Vos

September 10, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

  Danielle Binks is a Melbourne-based author and agent, who recently published her debut novel The Year the Maps Changed with Hachette Australia.

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Opportunities for Writers September 2020

September 1, 2020September 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Kill Your Darlings First Nations Editor-in-Residence ‘We are now accepting non-fiction pitches and submissions from Aboriginal and/or Torres

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Meet Our New Junior Editors: Lauren Pratt & Grace Wholley

September 1, 2020January 17, 2021 By Underground Team

Underground Writers is pleased to welcome Lauren Pratt and Grace Wholley to the team as Junior Editors for the next six months. They

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Reviews: ‘under/Limelight’ and ‘Kindred: 12 Queer Stories’, by Jess Rae

August 30, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Reading has been a tricky task for many during isolation. We think that because we have way more free time we should use

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Upcoming New Releases We’re Looking Forward To, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Here at Underground we’re always hearing about new and exciting books being released in Australia. There’s always a delightful and relevant combination of

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#Dylan Dartnell #Past editors #Reader Resources #Reviews

Review: Siarad by Caroline Reid, by Dylan Dartnell

August 16, 2020January 2, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Siarad: Poetry & Prose Publisher: ES-Press, an imprint of Spineless Wonders Published: 2020 ‘Siarad [sha-rad] is a Welsh word meaning to talk,

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Interview: Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, illustrator of Bruce Pascoe’s ‘Found’, by Ebony Bryant

August 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis Charmaine Ledden-Lewis makes her debut into the illustration world, capturing the vivid beauty of the Australian Outback, in Bruce Pascoe’s

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Review: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, by Jess Gately

August 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Aurora Rising Authors: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Genre: YA/Sci-Fi Publisher: Allen & Unwin This review was first published in the Underground

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Issue 31: Sci-fi has arrived!

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Lola Issue 31: Sci-fi can be downloaded for FREE here Issue 31: Sci-fi features short stories from Jake Dean, Rachelle

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Opportunities for Writers August 2020

August 2, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Photo by Anastasia Zhenina from Pexels Pulch Magazine open for submissions Seeking submissions of ‘anything and everything, from politics, to culture, to identity, fictional short stories,

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Review: How to be Australian by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

July 12, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: How to be Australian Author: Ashley Kalagian Blunt Publisher: Affirm Press Favourite quote: “I couldn’t do the PR application, and more urgently,

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Review: Fire Front poetry anthology, by Shelley Timms

July 8, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Fire Front: First Nations Poetry and Power Today Editor: Alison Whittaker Genre: Anthology/Poetry collection Publisher: UQP “Our legacies become futures, written from

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How to Motivate yourself to Write during Lockdown Ease, by Kate Lomas Glendenning

July 5, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pexels free images Although this year feels like it has been ripped out of a dystopian novel, have you managed (amongst

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Opportunities for Writers July 2020

July 2, 2020 By Underground Team

  Image from Pexel free images Red Room Poetry Object for Australian students, U18s and accredited teachers Red Room Poetry Object is Australasia’s

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8 Aussie Sci-Fi Authors Whose Books You Should Read, by Jess Gately

July 1, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Marianne de Pierres Where better to start than with this boundary-crossing writer who has graced Australian publishing over and over again. Since 2003,

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Review: The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham, by Ebony Bryant

June 17, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: The Coconut Children Author: Vivian Pham Genre: YA, coming-of-age, urban fiction Favourite quote: ‘The coconut children on the trees need to drop

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#Jess Gately #Self Publishing Series

Self-Publishing Series Part 4: Typesetting and internal design

June 14, 2020June 11, 2020 By Underground Team

A post by Jess Gately  Cover image by Mali Maeder on pexels.com While many authors are excited about the cover design of their book,

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Overcoming Shiny Object Syndrome, by Jess Gately

June 7, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image by Myriam Zilles from Pixabay We’ve all been there. You’re down to the nitty gritty bits of your manuscript. You’re not quite sure how

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