Monthly Archives: September 2009
Books
Review: The Believer, September 09
The latest issue of The Believer comes with all the usual goodies we’ve come to expect from this quirky but edifying lit mag: lengthy book reviews, personal essays and clever interviews. Steered by the dynamic team of Heidi Julavits, Ed Park and Vendela Vida, The Believer continues … Read more
Books
Recommended (online) reading: interns, crazy outfits and bad bad reviews
Things have been a little quiet over at KYD headquarters this past week – or at least on the blogging front – because we’ve been super busy organising our first public outing, the Kill Your Darlings Literary Trivia Night, held at The Pumphouse in Fitzroy last night. … Read more
Books
Head Trauma, Heartache and Hunchbacks
The Occupational Health and Safety Risks of Being a Writer and Reader I recently had to suffer through a conversation with someone who was convinced that my job, as a writer, reader and editor, was ‘soft’. ‘My brother’s in construction,’ they told me, ‘and I’m a fireman. … Read more
Film
Inglourious Basterds: Violently inspired
Guest post by Michelle Calligaro “When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.” Joyce Carol Oates One man being hounded at the moment because of the violence in his art is Quentin … Read more
News
Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009
Finalists Announced Five authors have been shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature, an award worth a whopping $60,000. This year Barry Hill, Hannie Rayson, Shane Maloney, Alex Miller and Gerald Murnane make up the famous five. The Prize, which is offered every three years, is awarded … Read more
News
And the winner is …
Thanks to everyone for your comments on our recent blog post, Getting real (and angry) about the sexualisation of girls. It’s great to be part of a vigorous online conversation about the topic, which continued over at The Dawn Chorus, where Mel Campbell responded with some quite … Read more
News
Welcome Martin
Kill Your Darlings welcomes our newest editorial advisor, Martin Hughes. Martin is Publisher at Affirm Press, and has previously worked for Lonely Planet and The Big Issue (Australia). Thanks for joining us kyds, Martin!
Books
Getting real (and angry) about the sexualisation of girls
Last week, I was asked to chair a panel discussion on an important new book about the sexualisation of girls, Getting Real (edited by Melinda Tankard-Reist). The main reason I was asked was because a friend of mine is acting publisher at Spinifex Press, and she’s heard … Read more
Books
A Habit Worth Keeping
I recently discovered that my obsession with the written word had reached new heights when, upon wrestling with my tax return, I became aware that I had spent more than a sizeable chunk of my salary on books over the past year. I should have known: the … Read more
Art
Liquid Desire
The Salvador Dalí exhibition, ‘Liquid Desire’, is in its final weeks at the National Gallery of Victoria. The retrospective, which includes some of Dalí’s earliest work (completed at the age of fifteen), cleverly shows the evolution of the artist’s distinctive style. Texts accompanying the artworks provide … Read more
