CREATIVE DARWINISM

Bloc Features

Is living in a cultural capital bad for art? We are thrilled to feature ‘Creative Darwinism, by Nick Allbrook – courtesy of our friends at Griffith Review.…

Literary Links

Editor's Desk

We searched the wildest corners of the Internet to bring you the most genteel literary treasures we could find. Enjoy! What Julie Koh Is Reading…

The Book That Shows You Can’t Go Back

Book That

Michelle Kelly, on making the journey back to Sweet Valley as an adult. “When they hit downtown Sweet Valley it was closed up tight. The…

Listening To Snails

Ideas

Oliver Mol Writes to cult legend Eric Yoshiaki Dando for a little help figuring it all out. Several days ago I boarded a train from…

Something TO Say

Ideas

Elizabeth Flux talks to Jo Walker, Editor in Chief of Frankie Press, about Frankie’s  new book. When you’re balancing work, friends, more work and occasional moments…

Down The Hume, by Peter Polites

Review

Cameron Colwell reviews Peter Polite’s debut novel Down The Hume. Peter Polites’ Down the Hume is a rough and occasionally vicious exploration of Western Sydney, an…

All About Certain Kinds of Women

Events

Scarlett Harris reports from Sydney’s All About Women Festival. Author of the books The Dead Ladies Project, The Creative Tarot, the recently released I’m Not a…

Feminist Writers Suggest Some of the Best Feminist Books

Ideas

To help us celebrate International Women’s Day, these writers share their favourite and some of the best feminist books. Amy Gray recommends: A Room of One’s…

Why We Need To Talk About Your Writer Bio

Building Blocs

This is an ideas piece by Elizabeth Flux, about how young writers are killing their careers (and writer bio) with cuteness.  Did you know that with the right…

Literary Oxford

Literary Cities

This is a literary postcard from Oxford, by Rebecca Slater. I came to Oxford to write. I tell myself this most mornings, particularly these dark…