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Comings, Goings and GUNCOTTON
There is only one appropriate way to begin my first news post as Managing Editor of Cordite – that being to extend, then extend further, then possibly dislocating my e-arm in extending further still, a massive thank you (for all …
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Tagged Adrian Wiggins, Ali Alizadeh, David Prater, editors, Emilie Zoey Baker, Emily Stewart, GUNCOTTON, Kent MacCarter, Matthew Hall
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No! Theme! Editorial!
The young PhD was applying for a ‘Theory for Practising Writers’ teaching position in a Creative Writing degree. He had devised a three year course, the first year of readings, lectures, tutorials and essays which though extending as far back …
An Interview with Talan Memmott
Talan Memmott is Assistant Professor of digital media and culture in the Digital Culture and Communications program at Blekinge Institute of Technology and an internationally known practitioner of electronic literature and digital art with a practice ranging from experimental video to digital performance applications and literary hypermedia. In June 2011 I met with Talan to discuss the history of beehive Hypertext Hypermedia Literary Journal, which he founded and edited.
Posted in INTERVIEWS
Tagged archiving, David Prater, e-lit, editing, editors, journals, Talan Memmott
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Cordite seeks a new Managing Editor
*PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A VOLUNTARY POSITION* Cordite Poetry Review is Australia’s premier online poetry journal. Over the past decade, Cordite has published thirty full issues (and ten mini-issues) online, featuring hundreds of Australian and international poets. In addition to …
David Prater Interviews John Leonard
In December 2007 Canberra-based poet John Leonard wrapped up his innings as poetry editor of Overland, the Melbourne-based journal whose motto is Temper democratic, bias Australian. We thought it might be a good idea to find out a bit more …
David Prater Interviews Ryan Paine
We've all read those interviews where the interviewer begins by making a few remarks about his or her subject – perhaps something cliched about a 'piercing gaze' or 'bubbly persona' – as a way of easing the reader into what promises to be a puff piece or a booster article …
Francis Raven Interviews William Waltz
Engage with the world at large. Follow your interests and your passions. Find your voice and stick with it. Cultivate many and varied interests and don't be afraid to let them work on your aesthetic or into your poetry. There's nothing more dreary than reading a poem about poetry. Brush your teeth more than you comb your hair. Keep a safe distance from the endless procession of fads churning through poetry's waters. Be yourself on the page and on the planet. Write.
David Prater Interviews John Tranter
John Tranter is a Sydney-based poet and editor of the internet magazine Jacket. In the following interview with David Prater, John discusses his editorial philosophy, the future of the global internet and the mystery of his missing moustache.
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Tagged David Prater, editors, internet publishing, jacket, john tranter
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Michael Brennan: A Short History of Vagabond Press and Poetry International Australia
Chance and community might best describe how I edit and publish poetry. Chance in the unlikely alignment of latching onto good poems available for publication and that suit the nature of whatever I'm editing at the time. Community in the …
Editorial Intervention
Usually I despise the practice whereby editors place their own work in an issue of the publication they're editing. Apart from denying a place to someone whose work is probably better, such actions often signal a kind of desperation, a …
Editorial (Issue 4)
As some readers may already be aware, Peter Minter has left CORDITE to pursue other poetic projects – which should result in more interesting poetry publications in the near future. Peter’s vital founding involvement set CORDITE on a path of …
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Tagged Adrian Wiggins, cordite in print, editing, editors, journals, peter minter, websites
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