The inaugural issue of Kill Your Darlings kicks off with Gideon Haigh’s ‘Feeding the Hand that Bites’, a frank and fearless critique of Australia’s contemporary culture of literary criticism. Other commentary includes Justin Heazlewood on the death of the album, and Georgia Gowing on the underground, all-grrl roller derby scene in Australia. We’ve got new fiction from Emmett Stinson, Colin Batrouney and Nicola Redhouse, to name a few, and we chat with novelist Sarah Waters about her ‘torturous, brilliant job’.

For the full contents of Issue One, click here.