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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: 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: 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: 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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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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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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Years later: Reflecting on your own writing, by Jess Rae

May 24, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

I read a short story I wrote 10 years ago and I have some thoughts… COVID-19 self-isolation has meant spring-cleaning time for my

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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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How To Support Yourself and Other Authors While Self-Isolating by Jess Rae

April 19, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Pixabay free images We’re in an unprecedented time. Stores, restaurants and entertainment venues are closed; people have lost their jobs; we

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Social Media Finally Invests in Wellbeing by Dylan Dartnell

March 29, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover image from Pixabay free images My uncle has lived a life of first-class flights, with contacts and friends in every country around

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Reviews: Baby Business, Little Bird’s Day, & Lucky and Spike by Jess Rae

March 8, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

I could say that I have three nieces and two nephews and so I have a familial interest in children’s books, but I

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Perth Fringe Festival for Literary Nerds, by Jess Rae

January 26, 2020December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Perth Fringe Festival is in full swing and if you’re anything like me you adore the arts and like to take full advantage

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The Year That Was… by Dylan Dartnell

December 15, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from Canva free stock images The year that was—that still is. You have done so well… but I need just a little more from

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Review: Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard, by Jess Rae

December 1, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Trigger Warnings: This book contains suicide, abuse, homophobia and alcohol. If any of these topics are a potential hazard to you this might

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Review: Fabulous Lives by Bindy Pritchard

November 8, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Fabulous Lives (2019) by Bindy Pritchard From Margaret River Press comes the short story anthology Fabulous Lives by debut author Bindy Pritchard. Each

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Issue 28: Invitation

November 5, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Frank Candilaro ‘Invitation’ is special because, apart from being our 28th issue, it is being released on the 10th birthday

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Underground Writers 10 Years On

November 2, 2019November 18, 2020 By Jess

On Friday, November 1st 2019, Underground Writers held a birthday party at PICABar in Perth to celebrate 10 years supporting Australian emerging writers.

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Review: Not Bad People by Brandy Scott, by Jess Rae

September 8, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Not Bad People Author: Brandy Scott Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Thriller/mystery Isn’t it funny that the books we’re drawn to read reflect a

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Growing up: A tale of books read, by Dylan Dartnell

August 25, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Once upon a time, in an age few can recall, lived a boy who read books upside down sitting on his Nanna’s recliner

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How To Create a Compelling Villain, by Jess Rae

August 21, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

Image from the Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive I recently re-watched all the Harry Potter films and whilst doing so found myself rolling my

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Kate & Jess Rae on Aussie Women Authors

June 18, 2019November 18, 2020 By Jess

Kate Lomas Glendenning and Jess Rae recently appeared on Six Minutes For Me’s #ReadingWomenMonth Camera Flip series to help viewers fill in the

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Perth Independent Book Tour, by Jess Rae

May 15, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

When you don’t drink alcohol or coffee, what could possibly be your vice? Bookstores—duh! At least in my case that’s exactly what it

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Review: The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale, by Jess Rae

April 28, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Trigger warning: this review discusses a book that contains themes of abusive relationships, drug-abuse, and sexual assault. WARNING: This is the kind of

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Review: Driving Into the Sun by Marcella Polain, by Dylan Dartnell

March 17, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Driving Into the Sun Author: Marcella Polain Genre: Literary fiction Publisher: Fremantle Press (2019) The novel that took some ten years to write,

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Is Your Idea Worth It? By Jess Rae

February 13, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

How to tell what story is worth writing.  I know as a writer I always have so many ideas but I never have

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The Big 5 I Need for a Successful Year of Reading, by Dylan Dartnell

January 23, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Reading Goals It all starts here! Whether we are deciding to read more of a particular genre or to read more widely, to

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Review: Flight Risk by Michael McGuire, by Fred Woolhouse

January 16, 2019January 2, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Flight Risk Author: Michael McGuire Genre: spy thriller Favourite Part: Ted finally meets the individuals behind the terror attacks Favourite Quote: “No

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What We Learnt in 2018

January 2, 2019December 31, 2020 By Underground Team

2018 was a big year for learning, and our editors were happy to discuss and share as much as they could. This post

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Aussie Titles Reviewed in 2018

January 2, 2019November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

 2018 was a huge year for reviews with our editors covering a range of genres, themes and authors. Take a trip down memory

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Review: Blakwork by Alison Whittaker, by Jess Rae

November 28, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Blakwork Author: Alison Whittaker Genre: Poetry Look at that: the fantasy editor is reviewing poetry! Pigs really do fly after all. I

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Dylan’s Character List

October 31, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

I am a jealous reader. Those characters we share an affinity with, you should know, are mine, mine alone, and, no, I will

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Literary Halloween Costume Ideas, by Jess Rae & Kate Lomas Glendenning

October 20, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

We’ve reached that time of the year again … Halloween! It’s always fun to dress up on Halloween, but how do you decide

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Review: Oriental Vagabonds by Richard Regan, by Fred Woolhouse

September 14, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Oriental Vagabonds: A Tale of a Far East Tramp Author: Richard Regan Genre: Fiction Favourite part: Captain Rowden finds himself entangled with

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Review: Rohypnol by Andrew Hutchinson, by Fred Woolhouse

September 7, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: Rohypnol Author: Andrew Hutchinson Genre: Australian fiction Favourite part: The narrator’s revelation in the finale. Favourite quote: ‘The New Punk is not

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Dylan Dartnell’s TBR list – pt 2

April 18, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Dylan Dartnell’s TBR list, part 2 You Belong Here, Laurie Steed I have seen this little number advertised quite a few times in

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Issue 21: Mythological Figures

February 6, 2018November 18, 2020 By Jess

Issue 21: Mythological Figures is here! This issue is packed full of poetic goodness form MTC Cronin & Peter Boyle, Alys Jackson, Elise

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Writing: What You Need to Know for 2018, by Dylan Dartnell

January 15, 2018November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

If you are like me, a stupendous procrastinator with wild ambition, you might have exhausted Facebook’s ‘save’ function and now have an archive

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Issue 15’s Review: Defiance, by Tim Adeyemi

May 22, 2017November 8, 2017 By Underground Team

Issue 15’s Review Defiance by C. J. Redwine A review by editor Timilehin Adeyemi (this review can found in issue 15: Change) This

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Issue 14’s Review: Death of a Bachelor (album), by Ana Neves

May 22, 2017November 8, 2017 By Underground Team

Issue 14’s Review Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the disco A review by editor Ana Neves (this review can be found

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Review: Underwater by Marisa Reichardt, reviewed by Tim Adeyemi

January 15, 2017December 21, 2017 By Underground Team

January’s Review Underwater by Marisa Reichardt A review by editor Timilehin Adeyemi Underwater is one contemporary novel that had me on the edge. 

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