Category Archives: Events
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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
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Magazine at Melbourne Writers Festival
Kill Your Darlings is delighted to be part of Magazine at the Melbourne Writers Festival. This new, free event will see Australian literary journals and magazines, including Meanjin, Overland, The Big Issue and Ampersand, taking residence in the Magazine shipping container on the banks of the Yarra … Read more
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Kill Your Darlings at the Wheeler Centre Open Day
If you thought that Open Days were only for awkwardly introducing your parents to your Grade Four teacher or figuring out where you’d like to embark upon your university bar-hopping-slash-education, you were wrong. Melbourne’s hub of literary activity, The Wheeler Centre, is having an Open Day on … Read more
