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Review: The Housemate by Sarah Bailey, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

September 29, 2021September 19, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The HousemateAuthor: Sarah BaileyGenre: Fiction Thriller; MysteryPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: August 2021 The Housemate by Sarah Bailey is a story of murder,

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Review: The First Time I Thought I Was Dying by Sarah Walker, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

September 8, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The First Time I Thought I Was DyingAuthor: Sarah WalkerGenre: Nonfiction; personal essaysPublisher: UQPPublished: August 2021 Trigger warning: mention of self-harm, mental

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Opportunities for writers September 2021

September 4, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover image from ShotStash ArtsHub: Call for Reviewers“ArtsHub (a national online arts organisation) is looking for new (including aspiring) reviewers to join the

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Review: Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 29, 2021September 19, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Sexy Tales of PaleontologyAuthor: Patrick LentonGenre: Spec fic; short story collectionPublisher: Subbed InPublished: 26th July 2021 Patrick Lenton’s short story collection, Sexy

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Review: All Summer Long by Amelia Joy, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 18, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: All Summer LongAuthor: Amelia JoyGenre: FictionPublisher: Lore and LunarPublished: 1st July 2021 Amelia Joy’sdebut novella, All Summer Long, is a raw, searing

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Opportunities for writers August 2021

August 5, 2021September 6, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by fotografierende from Pexels National Indigenous Times seeking contributorsThe National Indigenous Times is seeking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander freelancers, journalists, book

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Issue 35: Australian Gothic is now available!

August 5, 2021December 11, 2021 By Underground Team

The Underground Writers team presents issue 35: Australian Gothic! With the surge in Australian Gothic literature and films in the past few years,

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Our Favourite Australian Gothic Books

July 21, 2021August 22, 2021 By Underground Team

The UW team are very excited to be bringing you our 35th issue in a few weeks: Australian Gothic. To get you in

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Review: All the Murmuring Bones by A. G. Slatter, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

July 14, 2021July 12, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: All the Murmuring BonesAuthor: A. G. SlatterGenre: Gothic fantasy; fairy talesPublisher: Titan Publishing GroupPublished: March 2021 All the Murmuring Bones by A.

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Interview: Angela Slatter, author of All the Murmuring Bones, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

July 11, 2021July 8, 2021 By Underground Team

Operations Manager Jemimah spoke with author and editor Angela Slatter to talk about her new gothic fantasy novel, book re-brandings, and everything fairy

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Opportunities for writers July 2021

July 4, 2021August 3, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels. Image shows an open notebook with three flowers and a pen. Stella Young Award 2021 – for young disabled

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Review: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

June 13, 2021July 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Before You Knew My NameAuthor: Jacqueline BublitzGenre: Mystery; FeminismPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: May 2021 TW: murder; sexual assault; gendered violence What neither

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Opportunities for writers June 2021

June 2, 2021July 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels Reading and Writing Group for Queer YouthA place for queer (anyone who identifies as other than heterosexual

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Review: The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

June 2, 2021July 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The Little Boat on Trusting LaneAuthor: Mel HallGenre: FictionPublisher: Fremantle PressPublished: May 2021 The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall

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Issue 34: Fan Fiction is here!

May 5, 2021July 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Editor in chief Kate Lomas Glendenning writes in her introduction “A lot of uncertainty and disdain surrounds the genre of ‘fan fiction’. Many

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Our Favourite Aussie Fanfic Books

April 28, 2021May 27, 2021 By Underground Team

Our much-anticipated Fan Fiction issue is coming out very soon, so we’d like to present you with some of the Underground team’s favourite

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Opportunities for writers April 2021

April 1, 2021April 5, 2021 By Underground Team

Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay 42 Stories Anthology ‘Call for submissions: 42-Word Stories Anthology. An anthology of 42 categories of 42 selected

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Review: The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall, Jemimah Halbert Brewster

March 21, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The Farm at Peppertree CrossingAuthor: Leonie KelsallGenre: Rural RomancePublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: February 2020 TW: Mention of past trauma triggered Roni (short

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Review: The Mistake by Katie McMahon, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

March 17, 2021March 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: The MistakeAuthor: Katie McMahonGenre: Literary Fiction/ThrillerPublisher: Echo PublishingPublished: March 2021 The Mistake is a debut work from Katie McMahon told from the

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Opportunities for writers March 2021

March 1, 2021March 4, 2021 By Underground Team

Cover image photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Submit to Pulch Mag Seeking submissions from WA writers up to 26 years of age. ‘You can write

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Issue 33: Historical Fiction is here!

February 18, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

When we sought submissions for this issue, we wrote that, ‘What makes historical fiction captivating is not the absence of modern inventions but

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Opportunities for writers February 2021

February 1, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Hindsight 2020 Anthology ‘Hindsight is a snapshot of 2020, written by people just like you. We’re soliciting

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Our Favourite Aussie Historical Fiction Books

January 31, 2021April 1, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by JJ Jordan from Pexels With our Historical Fiction issue out in February, the Underground team wants to share our favourite historical

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UW Does AWWC 2021

January 14, 2021February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten

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Opportunities for writers January 2021

January 2, 2021February 18, 2021 By Underground Team

Photo by MESSALA CIULLA from Pexels American Australian Association Arts Fund Indigenous Scholarships “The American-Australian Arts Fund (AAAF) provides support of up to US $20,000 to

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Opportunities for Writers June 2020

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images Bloodaxe Books Sri Lankan Poetry Anthology Callout “Editors Vidyan Ravinthiran, Shash Trevett and Seni Seneviratne are seeking submissions to

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Issue 30: Thriller is here!

May 5, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

For your reading pleasure we are pleased to present issue 30: Thriller, hot off the virtual press!  Interview Coordinator Shelley Carter compiled and

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Opportunities for Writers May 2020

May 4, 2020June 3, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images The Bird Makers Project ‘Through the remnants of shared experience, each stitch becomes bigger than the self.

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Review: In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

April 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: In the Dark Spaces Author: Cally Black Genre: YA Sci-fi Thriller Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Cally Black’s debut YA novel, In the Dark

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