Going Down Swinging: Issue 35

Review

246 pages $25  Going Down Swinging has been publishing beautifully designed literary anthologies since 1980—for almost as long as I’ve been alive. Each issue takes…

A Few of Our Favourite Things

Editor's Desk

It’s almost closing time for 2013, so we thought a love-in was in order. Look at all we’ve done! Look at all the world has done!…

Beat Bang Beat Beat Bang

Writer's Other Jobs

This is a Writers’ Other Jobs post by Craig Schuftan. — Hello, my name’s Craig, I’m a non-fiction author who writes about music, cultural history,…

Friends With Internets: Adventures Writing From Home part 3

Ideas

This is the last in a 3-part series from Bridget Lutherborrow. See part one and part two. — While writing this blog series every stupid…

Merry Christmas from the Writers Bloc team

Editor's Desk

The end of 2013 is almost upon us! Christmas and the New Year are always a time for introspection and pondering, resolutions and gratefulness. Here…

Lifted Brow: Issue 20

Review

This post is a review of The Lifted Brow issue 20, by Veronica Sullivan. — The Lifted Brow Issue 20 Edited by Sam Cooney 76…

The Courage of Ignorance | Writers Bloc

Ideas

This is a post by Lou Heinrich. It was on the way to a friend’s house that I found out. Yipping like an excited puppy,…

Friends With Internets: Adventures Writing From Home Part 2

Ideas

This is part two in a short series from Bridget Lutherborrow. Read part one here. — When I was an undergrad I didn’t have the…

So you want to write for a living?

Building Blocs

This is an Ideas piece by independent journalist Royce Kurmelovs. I missed my flight. That’s how it started. I had booked a red-eye to save on money and…

So Much Besides: Writing as the Other Job

Writer's Other Jobs

This is a Writers’ Other Jobs post from Karen Andrews. — I thought I came to the realisation that I wanted to be a writer…