Category Archives: From the Editors
From the Editors
From the editors: Hannah Kent’s culture picks for 2011
With 2011 now hurtling to a close, I’m finding myself increasingly thinking back on the year that was. All the New Year’s resolutions I didn’t keep (write a diary, wear less black, look up ‘pulchritude’), the various skills acquired (baking kanelbullar, learning how to pronounce Colm Tóibín, … Read more
From the Editors
‘What did you think?’: How e-readers will affect bookish conversations
I’ve finally bitten the bullet: I now have a digital reading device. The latest metal-and-plastic addition to my life has given me a few interesting days (heavenly: bookshop browsing from my bed; hellish: e-store account proliferation and administration). I haven’t had the chance yet to be very … Read more
From the Editors
Back issues of Kill Your Darlings all $10!
In the lead-up to Christmas, in addition to our subscription special, all back issues of Kill Your Darlings are just $10 each! This means that any issue of KYD except the current one will cost a mere tenner. Snap up KYD at this special price here, for … Read more
From the Editors
Give a KYD gift subscription this Christmas for just $50 – and keep a present for yourself!
Give the perfect gift to your friends and family: a subscription to Kill Your Darlings. Not only will you be giving a yearly dose of KYD goodness (with a saving of 30% off RRP and free postage) but from now until Christmas Eve you can also keep … Read more
From the Editors
Halfway to Don Quixote
Happy Halloween! Just a reminder that there are still two weeks left before the next Kill Your Darlings Culture Club podcast (airing November 14), in which I’ll be discussing Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote with Text Publishing’s Caro Cooper and The Lifted Brow‘s Ronnie Scott – yes, … Read more
From the Editors
Keeping the Future Bright: Kill Your Darlings and New Writing
It’s hard to believe, but a little over two years ago Kill Your Darlings – pale and naive – had the audacity to launch into the Australian literary community. It wasn’t our first issue that marked this date, but our first Melbourne fundraiser, a literary trivia night, at … Read more
From the Editors
The pesky thing called marketing: book trailers
How can you best market a book these days? This is a question I’m increasingly asking myself. With the advent of the internet, marketing has undergone a transformation. Gone are the days of the aggressive print-advertising campaigns: readerships are dwindling, the cachet of print is dying. Now, … Read more
From the Editors
Italian Vogue accepting pitches via blog comments
Franca Sozzani of Italian Vogue has revealed that they are accepting story pitches via her blog: By next Tuesday you must send us the topics you would like to cover. Please write them in the comments below this post. … This is an opportunity to put yourselves … Read more
From the Editors, News
Kill Your Darlings Special Single Issue Purchase Offer
Need to catch-up on past issues of Kill Your Darlings? We have a special offer for KYD fans: Issues Two, Three and Four are now available for purchase at a very special price. Normally $18, until 31 August only $10 each! (and we’ll cover the postage too) … Read more
From the Editors
Welcome to the new Kill Your Darlings website!
Welcome to the new Kill Your Darlings website! We’re delighted to have such a great new home. We invite you take a look around – go on, get comfortable. Thanks to Studio Skiing for our new home. Read more
