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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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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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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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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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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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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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Issue 29 release!

February 5, 2020August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Cover art by Liana Wright The first edition of the Underground Writers zine for 2020 is here! ‘Romance’ is special because, apart from

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Review: What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

January 8, 2020November 18, 2020 By Underground Team

Title: What the Woods Keep Author: Katya de Becarra Published: 2018 Genre:  YA thriller fantasy Katya de Becerra’s debut YA fantasy novel What the

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Review: Highway Bodies by Alison Evans, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

December 11, 2019September 8, 2021 By Underground Team

Title: Highway Bodies Author: Alison Evans Published: 2019 Genre: YA, horror Publisher: Echo Publishing Highway Bodies (2019), a YA thriller by Alison Evans, follows

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Review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

October 20, 2019October 9, 2019 By Underground Team

From Here On, Monsters (2019) by Elizabeth Bryer In Elizabeth Bryer’s From Here On, Monsters protagonist Cameron is an antiquarian book dealer who

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Review: My Name is Revenge by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster

August 6, 2019August 24, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 27’s Review Review by Jemimah Halbert Brewster (this review can also be read in the Underground zine, issue 27: Case) Ashley Kalagian

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Issue 24 has arrived!

November 5, 2018September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 24 has arrived! The cover this issue was designed by WA-based artist Jonathan Park, whom you can find on Instagram at @fresh_kb Our

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Writing Opportunities July 2018

July 5, 2018August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Writing Opportunities for July 2018   Windfall: Australian Haiku A small annual print publication which seeks to publish fine examples of contemporary Australian

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Writing Opportunities for June 2018

June 6, 2018August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Writing Opportunities June 2018 Girls Will Be Girls submissions GWBG is currently open for submissions for their winter-spring issue. ‘Accepting words, art, comics,

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Issue 22 release!

May 5, 2018May 7, 2018 By Underground Team

Issue 22: Pop! is here! This issue we’re very happy to have our cover designed by the talented Perth-based Alisa Dempster—you can follow

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Writing Opportunities for April 2018

April 5, 2018August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Writing Opportunities for April Australian Storytellers Festival  Sunday 8th April at the Literature Centre in Fremantle Monash Undergraduate Prize in Creative Writing This

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Review: Defying Doomsday, by Jemimah Halbert

January 10, 2018January 5, 2018 By Underground Team

Defying Doomsday is a Pozible-funded anthology of short stories published by the indie publishing house Twelfth Planet Press. Twelfth Planet is an organisation

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Writing opportunities for January 2018

January 3, 2018August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

ABR 2018 Calibre Essay Prize Seeking non-fiction essays from 3,000 to 6,000 words, written in English. Entry fees are $15 for current ABR

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Australian titles reviewed in 2017!

December 30, 2017March 24, 2020 By Underground Team

Below are all the Australian titles reviewed by Underground Writers in 2017!     The Other Woman by Kylie Jones, reviewed by Kate,

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Books to read if you loved ‘Moana’, by Jemimah Halbert

December 13, 2017July 25, 2018 By Underground Team

In the spirit of Summer I recently re-watched Disney’s Moana, one of my favourite Disney movies to date, and it got me thinking

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Writing Opportunities for December 2017

December 1, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

Emerging Writers Festival 2018 Artist call-out Artists and writers are invited to submit expressions of interest to participate in the 2018 Emerging Writers

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Interview: Emma Michelle, author of ‘Watching Cartoons with Boys’

November 29, 2017May 24, 2018 By Underground Team

Emma Michelle, photograph by Bryn DC An interview by Jemimah Halbert Brewster Become a Patreon supporter of Underground Writers and receive all content

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Issue 20: Nostalgia

November 5, 2017September 28, 2019 By Underground Team

Issue 20: Nostalgia is here! This issue you’ll find some excellent poetry by Allan Lake, Jan Price and Bradley Baronner, a few delectable

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Writing Opportunities for October 2017

October 5, 2017August 9, 2020 By Underground Team

You can also read editor Dylan’s blog post for more upcoming literary events local to Perth and Western Australia 2017 WestWords Western Sydney

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Jemimah Halbert’s TBR list

September 29, 2017January 19, 2019 By Underground Team

I divide my To Be Read lists into roughly long-term and short-term lists. My long-term list is far too long to write about

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