No. 8 January 2012

• Maria Tumarkin on hunger, MasterChef and the fetishisation of food
• Anthony Morris on Justified and Breaking Bad
• Clementine Ford on her experiences as a phone-sex worker
• New fiction from Michael Sala's debut novel
• KYD in conversation with Malcolm Knox

Latest from KILLINGS, our blog —

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  Literary Links • by Kill Your Darlings

  Amusements and distractions

  Killings brings you our fortnightly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. The art of book cover fails How to write like a funny woman (and other tips) How internet memes and hollywood remakes are alike Food blurbs! Do our viewing tastes reflect … Read more »

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  Column: Art / Music / Theatre • by Julia Tulloh

  Living a Pop Life: The rise and fall of Smash Hits Australia

    Eighteen months ago, while I was clearing out old boxes at my parents’ house, I came across a relic from my childhood: two Smash Hits sticker sheets, intact, covered with my favourite pop artists and TV stars. Mariah Carey, the Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Jonathan Taylor Thomas … Read more »

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  Column: Books and Writing • by S.A. Jones • 4 comments

  The stories that numbers tell: Jane Gleeson-White’s Double Entry

  Jane Gleeson-White is a doyenne of the Australian literary scene. She is the author of two books on literature (Classics and Australian Classics), the fiction editor at Overland magazine and the blogger behind Bookish Girl. It is only natural, therefore, that her new book should be about … Read more »