Category Archives: News
News
Kill Your Darlings available online!
We’re immensely excited to announce that Kill Your Darlings is now available in digital formats. Our new issue, Kill Your Darlings No. 8, is available here as an e-book from Booki.sh (just $9.99) and Kobo (a steal at $7.99). Of course, it’s also available in a beautiful … Read more
News
Announcing the Kill Your Darlings columnists
As part of Kill Your Darlings’ commitment to in-depth arts coverage, we have selected nine regular Killings columnists to cover Australian books and writing; film and television; and music, theatre and visual arts throughout 2012. We’re delighted to announce that the Killings Australian books and writing columnists … Read more
News
Counting down the days to Kill Your Darlings online…
You may have heard around the traps that Kill Your Darlings will soon be available online and as an e-book. Well, it’s true! We are extremely excited about this progression, and we will be launching these new formats very soon. Don’t worry – you’ll still be able … Read more
Issue Eight, News
Happy holidays, and Issue Eight teaser week
Well, that was a lot of turkey. Here at KYD headquarters, we’re hoping all our readers and friends are having a lovely holiday season. Killings will be taking a short break this week, but we’ll be back right after New Year’s with some sneak peeks at Issue … Read more
News
Kill Your Darlings Literary Trivia Night
Thank you to everyone who braved the Melbourne Weather of Terror to do battle in last week’s Kill Your Darlings literary trivia night, where we launched Kill Your Darlings Issue Seven. The competition was fierce, but luckily, thanks to our generous friends and sponsors, not only the … Read more
Film, News
Bait: Bret Easton Ellis jumps the shark?
Bret Easton Ellis is reportedly working on a screenplay for a shark horror film. The Guardian and various film sites have reported this week that Ellis is collaborating with Paul Schrader (the screenwriter of such films as Taxi Driver and Raging Bull) on a shark-infested psychological horror … 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
News
Melbourne Writers Festival is looking for UNbloggers
Are you an avid blogger who likes to write about books, reading and writing? Melbourne Writers Festival is looking for five UNbloggers. Successful applicants will get free access to the 2011 Melbourne Writers Festival plus the opportunity to have their work promoted through the festival’s networks. Interested? … Read more
Commentary
For Everything Else There’s Mastercard: Anonymous and 21st Century Hacktivism
Recently Anonymous, a decentralised collective of hackers and activists, has been everywhere – getting headlines for crashing the websites of governments and corporations alike – but also nowhere. Like an insouciant wart on the foot of institutional power, Anonymous can be irritating, occasionally painful and primed for … Read more
Commentary
My Face: The Horrors of Reflection
On a recent trip to the city, I saw my reflection in a shop window and didn’t recognise myself. I thought, ‘Who is that old man, striding along in a hurry? He looks like Monsieur Hulot or Mr Bean.’ It was only later, when I passed another … Read more
