Review: The Housemate by Sarah Bailey, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: The HousemateAuthor: Sarah BaileyGenre: Fiction Thriller; MysteryPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: August 2021 The Housemate by Sarah Bailey is a story of murder,
Review: The First Time I Thought I Was Dying by Sarah Walker, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: The First Time I Thought I Was DyingAuthor: Sarah WalkerGenre: Nonfiction; personal essaysPublisher: UQPPublished: August 2021 Trigger warning: mention of self-harm, mental
Opportunities for writers September 2021
Cover image from ShotStash ArtsHub: Call for Reviewers“ArtsHub (a national online arts organisation) is looking for new (including aspiring) reviewers to join the
Review: Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: Sexy Tales of PaleontologyAuthor: Patrick LentonGenre: Spec fic; short story collectionPublisher: Subbed InPublished: 26th July 2021 Patrick Lenton’s short story collection, Sexy
Review: All Summer Long by Amelia Joy, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: All Summer LongAuthor: Amelia JoyGenre: FictionPublisher: Lore and LunarPublished: 1st July 2021 Amelia Joy’sdebut novella, All Summer Long, is a raw, searing
Opportunities for writers August 2021
Photo by fotografierende from Pexels National Indigenous Times seeking contributorsThe National Indigenous Times is seeking Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander freelancers, journalists, book
Issue 35: Australian Gothic is now available!
The Underground Writers team presents issue 35: Australian Gothic! With the surge in Australian Gothic literature and films in the past few years,
Our Favourite Australian Gothic Books
The UW team are very excited to be bringing you our 35th issue in a few weeks: Australian Gothic. To get you in
Review: All the Murmuring Bones by A. G. Slatter, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: All the Murmuring BonesAuthor: A. G. SlatterGenre: Gothic fantasy; fairy talesPublisher: Titan Publishing GroupPublished: March 2021 All the Murmuring Bones by A.
Interview: Angela Slatter, author of All the Murmuring Bones, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Operations Manager Jemimah spoke with author and editor Angela Slatter to talk about her new gothic fantasy novel, book re-brandings, and everything fairy
Opportunities for writers July 2021
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
Review: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: Before You Knew My NameAuthor: Jacqueline BublitzGenre: Mystery; FeminismPublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: May 2021 TW: murder; sexual assault; gendered violence What neither
Review: The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: The Little Boat on Trusting LaneAuthor: Mel HallGenre: FictionPublisher: Fremantle PressPublished: May 2021 The Little Boat on Trusting Lane by Mel Hall
Issue 34: Fan Fiction is here!
Editor in chief Kate Lomas Glendenning writes in her introduction “A lot of uncertainty and disdain surrounds the genre of ‘fan fiction’. Many
Our Favourite Aussie Fanfic Books
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
Opportunities for writers April 2021
Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay 42 Stories Anthology ‘Call for submissions: 42-Word Stories Anthology. An anthology of 42 categories of 42 selected
Review: The Farm at Peppertree Crossing by Leonie Kelsall, Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: The Farm at Peppertree CrossingAuthor: Leonie KelsallGenre: Rural RomancePublisher: Allen & UnwinPublished: February 2020 TW: Mention of past trauma triggered Roni (short
Issue 33: Historical Fiction is here!
When we sought submissions for this issue, we wrote that, ‘What makes historical fiction captivating is not the absence of modern inventions but
UW Does AWWC 2021
Last year the Underground team took on the Australian Women Writers Challenge, committing to the Franklin level challenge to read at least ten
Our Favourite Books Released in 2020
Image by cottonbro, from Pexels free images In our final post for 2020, the Underground Team have rounded up all their favourite new
Issue 31: Sci-fi has arrived!
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
Issue 29 release!
Cover art by Liana Wright The first edition of the Underground Writers zine for 2020 is here! ‘Romance’ is special because, apart from
Review: What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
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
Review: Highway Bodies by Alison Evans, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Title: Highway Bodies Author: Alison Evans Published: 2019 Genre: YA, horror Publisher: Echo Publishing Highway Bodies (2019), a YA thriller by Alison Evans, follows
Review: From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
From Here On, Monsters (2019) by Elizabeth Bryer In Elizabeth Bryer’s From Here On, Monsters protagonist Cameron is an antiquarian book dealer who
Review: My Name is Revenge by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, by Jemimah Halbert Brewster
Issue 27’s Review Review by Jemimah Halbert Brewster (this review can also be read in the Underground zine, issue 27: Case) Ashley Kalagian
Issue 24 has arrived!
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
Writing Opportunities July 2018
Writing Opportunities for July 2018 Windfall: Australian Haiku A small annual print publication which seeks to publish fine examples of contemporary Australian
Writing Opportunities for June 2018
Writing Opportunities June 2018 Girls Will Be Girls submissions GWBG is currently open for submissions for their winter-spring issue. ‘Accepting words, art, comics,
Issue 22 release!
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
Writing Opportunities for April 2018
Writing Opportunities for April Australian Storytellers Festival Sunday 8th April at the Literature Centre in Fremantle Monash Undergraduate Prize in Creative Writing This
Review: Defying Doomsday, by Jemimah Halbert
Defying Doomsday is a Pozible-funded anthology of short stories published by the indie publishing house Twelfth Planet Press. Twelfth Planet is an organisation
Writing opportunities for January 2018
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
Australian titles reviewed in 2017!
Below are all the Australian titles reviewed by Underground Writers in 2017! The Other Woman by Kylie Jones, reviewed by Kate,
Books to read if you loved ‘Moana’, by Jemimah Halbert
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
Writing Opportunities for December 2017
Emerging Writers Festival 2018 Artist call-out Artists and writers are invited to submit expressions of interest to participate in the 2018 Emerging Writers
Interview: Emma Michelle, author of ‘Watching Cartoons with Boys’
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Issue 20: Nostalgia
Issue 20: Nostalgia is here! This issue you’ll find some excellent poetry by Allan Lake, Jan Price and Bradley Baronner, a few delectable
Writing Opportunities for October 2017
You can also read editor Dylan’s blog post for more upcoming literary events local to Perth and Western Australia 2017 WestWords Western Sydney
Jemimah Halbert’s TBR list
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