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The Sydney Writers’ Festival at the Wheeler Centre: double passes up for grabs!
This competition has closed. Some of the biggest names at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival will be coming to Melbourne to take part in the Wheeler Centre’s eclectic new series, Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills. Luckily for us, the Wheeler Centre has very generously given Kill Your Darlings … Read more
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Telling uncomfortable truths: Javier Cercas and Juan Gabriel Vásquez on truth and fiction
‘There’s no contradiction between fiction and truth’, said Javier Cercas, as Juan Gabriel Vásquez nodded, telling the sold-out crowd at the Wheeler Centre last Wednesday that the task of the novelist is to arrive at truth through fiction. Guests of the Adelaide Writers’ Week and the Instituto … Read more
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Novelty, escape, boredom, hope: A life in videogames and four acts
At the recent Freeplay festival, we asked a bunch of people to dig out their recollections of games that they’ve played from the extraordinary, the influential, the shaping, the personal, and then – inspired by a similar Emerging Writers Festival event – present them in a Pecha Kucha night of tiny little talks where each slide lasts for twenty seconds. Read more
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Kill Your Darlings literary trivia night!
Please join us for an evening where your obscure (and bleeding obvious) literary knowledge can win you not just the bemused admiration of your peers, but prizes too! When: 6 for 6:30pm, Thursday 29 September Where: The Pumphouse Hotel, 128 Nicholson St, Fitzroy How much: $15 at … Read more
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The Face of the Book Industry
Together with Readings we invite you to join us for a discussion on the book industry. What’s working, and what’s not? How have consumers changed? Join us as Mark Rubbo (Managing Director of Readings), Michael Heyward (Publisher at Text) and Matthia Dempsey (Editor-in-chief of Bookseller+Publisher, the Weekly … Read more
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Emerging Writers’ Festival: KYD appearances
The Emerging Writers’ Festival begins on Thursday May 26, and Kill Your Darlings is excited to be taking part. See KYD editors in the following events: The Pitch Our panel of publishers and editors – from diverse publications such as literary journals, newspapers, magazines and online – … Read more
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Melbourne: Kill Your Darlings Trivia Night tomorrow!
We hope you’ve been speed-reading all the classics and madly perusing recent bestsellers, because the Kill Your Darlings Trivia Night (and launch of Issue Five) is on tomorrow night! When: 6 for 6:30pm, Thursday 7 April Where: The Pumphouse Hotel, 128 Nicholson St, Fitzroy How much: $15 … Read more
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The Evolution of the Bookshop
Join punters keen to discuss the future of the bookshop at The Wheeler Centre on Wednesday 30 March, at 6:15 pm. Kill Your Darlings Associate Editor Jo Case, who also edits the Readings Monthly newsletter, will be one of a panel of guests (including Chris Flynn, Sally … Read more
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International Women’s Day event: Women in Print
Don’t forget, Kill Your Darlings and Readings’ International Women’s Day event is on tomorrow. Join us to discuss the fate of women in publishing, writing and the media in the noughties. KYD editor Rebecca Starford chairs a panel of formidable women in print: feminist author and commentator … Read more
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Event: Women in Print
Kill Your Darlings and Readings join forces to present a lively discussion of the fate of women in publishing, writing and the media in the noughties. Women’s writing has been proven to be woefully under-represented in the US literary scene – what’s the situation here? What challenges … Read more
