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Title: The First Time I Thought I Was DyingAuthor: Sarah WalkerGenre: Nonfiction; personal essaysPublisher: UQPPublished: August 2021 Trigger warning: mention of self-harm, mental
Cover image from ShotStash ArtsHub: Call for Reviewers“ArtsHub (a national online arts organisation) is looking for new (including aspiring) reviewers to join the
Title: Sexy Tales of PaleontologyAuthor: Patrick LentonGenre: Spec fic; short story collectionPublisher: Subbed InPublished: 26th July 2021 Patrick Lenton’s short story collection, Sexy
Title: All Summer LongAuthor: Amelia JoyGenre: FictionPublisher: Lore and LunarPublished: 1st July 2021 Amelia Joy’sdebut novella, All Summer Long, is a raw, searing
Photo by fotografierende from Pexels National Indigenous Times seeking contributorsThe National Indigenous Times is seeking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander freelancers, journalists, book
The Underground Writers team presents issue 35: Australian Gothic! With the surge in Australian Gothic literature and films in the past few years,
The UW team are very excited to be bringing you our 35th issue in a few weeks: Australian Gothic. To get you in
Title: All the Murmuring BonesAuthor: A. G. SlatterGenre: Gothic fantasy; fairy talesPublisher: Titan Publishing GroupPublished: March 2021 All the Murmuring Bones by A.
Operations Manager Jemimah spoke with author and editor Angela Slatter to talk about her new gothic fantasy novel, book re-brandings, and everything fairy
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
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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Title: The Little Boat on Trusting LaneAuthor: Mel HallGenre: FictionPublisher: Fremantle PressPublished: May 2021 The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall
Editor in chief Kate Lomas Glendenning writes in her introduction “A lot of uncertainty and disdain surrounds the genre of ‘fan fiction’. Many
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
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay 42 Stories Anthology ‘Call for submissions: 42-Word Stories Anthology. An anthology of 42 categories of 42 selected
Title: The Farm at Peppertree CrossingAuthor: Leonie KelsallGenre: Rural RomancePublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: February 2020 TW: Mention of past trauma triggered Roni (short
Title: The MistakeAuthor: Katie McMahonGenre: Literary Fiction/ThrillerPublisher: Echo PublishingPublished: March 2021 The Mistake is a debut work from Katie McMahon told from the
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
When we sought submissions for this issue, we wrote that, ‘What makes historical fiction captivating is not the absence of modern inventions but
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Hindsight 2020 Anthology ‘Hindsight is a snapshot of 2020, written by people just like you. We’re soliciting
Photo by JJ Jordan from Pexels With our Historical Fiction issue out in February, the Underground team wants to share our favourite historical
Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten
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
Image by cottonbro, from Pexels free images In our final post for 2020, the Underground Team have rounded up all their favourite new
Cover image from Canva free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia ‘WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website
Cover art by Linus Andersson Issue 32: Horror can be downloaded for FREE here Welcome to the final issue of 2020, #32: Horror.
Image from Pixabay free images Pitches open for Women With Disabilities Australia “WWDA will soon be launching a blog on their website and
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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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
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
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,
Title: How to be Australian Author: Ashley Kalagian Blunt Publisher: Affirm Press Favourite quote: “I couldn’t do the PR application, and more urgently,
Image from Pexel free images Red Room Poetry Object for Australian students, U18s and accredited teachers Red Room Poetry Object is Australasia’s
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
For your reading pleasure we are pleased to present issue 30: Thriller, hot off the virtual press! Interview Coordinator Shelley Carter compiled and
Cover image from Pixabay free images The Bird Makers Project ‘Through the remnants of shared experience, each stitch becomes bigger than the self.
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
When you think of ‘thriller’ as a genre you might think of a mystery set against the clock, unexpected twists that raise the