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Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Did you manage to see the google doodle celebrating Saul Bass this week? It’s so wonderful! When wrong layouts lead to wrong laughs. The Sydney Film Festival released it’s program. So … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and Distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. The Millions take a look at the art of book reviewing and have put together a three-part list of literary and arts Tumblrs to follow or at least spend some time … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and Distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. The Smithsonian take a look at ‘The Revolutionary effect of the Paperback Book’. Young J.D. Salinger’s letters have been discovered. Read about it at The New York Times. ‘Watch Tilda Swinton … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire new trailer. It looks soooooo good. Speaking of, Vulture ask which YA series is the next Hunger Games? Kick off a Michael Chabon book club with his 10 favourite books. (Don’t forget KYD Twitter … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Jurassic Heart dating simulator? Yes, please take a look. Feel free to play. How about a little imaginary time travel with these movie posters reimagined from another time and place. This … Read more
Notes from
You Couldn’t Have Afforded the Party Anyway: Berlin and the European Championship
Summer evenings in Berlin are longlit, they stretch, the city brims. In the long dusk, the public spaces grow suddenly thick with long-shanked people, the shops spill their wares onto the street, apartment-dwellers drink beer on their building doorsteps. It’s an unfolding of kinds. Summer is a … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Hello! Hope your holidays were a tasty time. Now, back to it: Some Pixar artists run an independent games company and intend to release their first game – Flyhunter – mid-year. … Read more
Issue Thirteen
KYD No. 13 Teaser: ‘Another World is Possible: Game of Thrones and the Politics of Imagination’
For the final KYD No. 13 teaser, Brad Nguyen looks at how history and the politics of imagination are presented in our favourite HBO fantasy show. Want to read the rest? Of course you do! KYD Issue 13 will be available for purchase on 9th April. In … Read more
News
Kill Your Darlings Issue 13 launch – and trivia night!
Please join Kill Your Darlings in celebrating the launch of our 13th issue. And what better way for a bunch of bookish folks to party than with literary trivia – where you get to show off all your literary smarts, and win stuff for it! We’ll have … Read more
Issue Thirteen
KYD No. 13 Teaser: ‘Notes on Theatre Notes: The Importance of Being Seen’
For our second KYD No. 13 teaser, respected theatre critic Alison Croggon reflects on the role her blog Theatre Notes played in her life and the critical world. The rest of Alison’s interesting article – and the whole of Issue Thirteen – will be available for purchase … Read more
Column: Film and TV
Political Panic: Argo , Zero Dark Thirty and the hunt for the truth
‘Based on a true story.’ It is a phrase commonly superimposed on a black screen, utilised by the filmmaker to evoke a deeper level of resonance and authenticity before the first scene even plays out. In recent times, the adaptation of real-life events to film has become … Read more
Issue Thirteen
KYD No. 13 Teaser: “Keep Calm and Carry On”: An Unexpected Path to Publication
For the first KYD No. 13 teaser, our very own deputy editor Hannah Kent reflects on the process of writing her highly anticipated debut novel Burial Rites. To read the rest of Hannah’s frank and fascinating piece, grab a copy of Issue Thirteen, released 9th April. Just … Read more
Podcast
Podcast: Strange Tales
Melbourne overflows with respect for the written word, but events celebrating oral storytelling are far less common. Bazaar Tales, where contributors tell short, on-theme stories for an audience, is a recent addition to the storytelling scene. Meaghan Dew went along to Horse Bazaar to find out what … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. ‘A Man Named Bart Simpson Appeared Before a Judge Named Mr Burns’ – yes, somewhere in the real world, that happened this week. ‘The New rules of the Hyper-Social, Data-Driven, Actor-Friendly, … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. This site was set up in reaction to the stupid surprise news that Google are abolishing Reader. For a more helpful link, here are five alternative options to Reader too. National … Read more
Column: From the Editors
That’s it. I quit. I’m moving on.
Last week I quit my job. After four years in the one position, with no chance of promotion, I’d had it. My long dreamt exit strategy – a whirlwind of double-finger salutes and profanities – was put aside for the dull, terrifying reality. There was no Kool-Aid … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Let’s start with a lovely letter of note: in 1980, a librarian and her students wrote to Francis Ford Coppola imploring him to adapt The Outsiders. The rest is history. ‘Island … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Dreams of Space is a darling site about cool vintage space ephemera. This Russian children’s book from 1970, Bear In Space, is a particularly interesting case. Vulture are hosting a Sitcom … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Everyone can use a little Joan Didion on Friday, or any day of the week really. So today, or tomorrow, or whenever, revisit this interview from The Believer. Friends, I give … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. When Vulture stop making amusing name generators, I’ll stop linking to them. This week, they provide entertaining Die Hard sequel titles. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and the internets got all smooshy, … Read more
News
When a journo becomes the story
Following her investigation of the online drug distribution site Silk Road for Kill Your Darlings, Eiley Ormsby gives a fascinating update on the case and her personal, involuntary involvement. You can read her original article here. Last Wednesday I went along to sit in on the plea … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Bad news for fans of household appliances, but good news for cat lovers – the iron Monopoly piece will be put to rest and replaced by a silver cat figurine. ‘I … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Get an inspiration pep talk from Kid President - what will be your Space Jam? Speaking of, have I reminded you that Space Jam’s website still exists in its original form? … Read more
Gang of Five
Gang of Five: shit siblings
In our list series, ‘Gang of Five’, we make a list of five things related to … whatever we like. Here’s KYD Online Editorial Assistant, Stephanie Van Schilt, with five ‘shit siblings’. A few years ago, the Triple R Breakfasters would list the ‘lesser’ child of a … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. This week I’ve been enjoying having a laugh at some terrible drawings of British actors. Favourite tumblr of the last 7 days is Die Popular for the hilarious, irreverent and poignant … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Hello again, The Great Gatsby game, welcome back to my life. This is why bookmarks were invented. (Make sure you read the ‘about’ gold!) The ABC of Architects video is educational, … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Good day, one and all. When two of our favourite funny women are hosting the Golden Globes, the inevitable press and hype in the lead up is fun to follow. Here … Read more
Amusements and Distractions
Amusements and distractions
Killings brings you our weekly selection of posts that have amused, enlightened and generally distracted us. Happy New Year one and all! Let’s say hello to 2013 by saying goodbye to 2012′s ‘Fugliest fugs’ compiled by the amazing Go Fug Yourself girls, forever full of erudite sartorial … Read more
Issue Twelve
KYD No. 12 Teaser: ‘Unquiet Graves: Returning to East Timor’
For our final KYD No. 12 teaser, Jill Jollife returns to East Timor after a long absence. Want to read the rest of Jill’s insightful article? You can get your hands on Issue Twelve on 7th January. After a long absence I’m back in East Timor on … Read more
Issue Twelve
KYD No. 12 Teaser: ‘Into the Crater: Public Nudity on a Japanese Volcano’
For our first KYD No. 12 teaser, Robbie Arnott touches on his travels in Japan. Want to read the rest of Robbie’s big reveal? You can get your hands on Issue Twelve on 7th January. I was going to Hokkaido to climb a volcano. I’d already been … Read more
