Going Down Swinging is a literary magazine publishing short fiction, poetry, comic art and spoken word,
all in the one book/CD package. GDS has been publishing since 1980 to widespread acclaim.

Going Down Swinging is very proud to present "STATIC: white noise writ large" - a commission for three poets, premiering at the Melbourne Writers' Festival on 29th August, and at Ex Libris Port Fairy Book Fair 6th September, 2008. More information here

Going Down Swinging No.26 - in stores! New poetry, short fiction, comic art, spoken word CD plus! a special street art feature! and! 30 special hard-cover editions featuring original prints by Tom Civil, HaHa, ghostpatrol, Miso and Vexta. Cover art by Tom Civil. "For a thirty-year old magazine, [GDS] feels surprisingly youthful" says Andrew Burns in ABR this month. We assure you, it's not Botox - if it were, we wouldn't be able to smile this wide. Download Andrew Burns' review of No.26 - from the July-August issue of ABR	Going Down Swinging No.25 - the best of 2007! Celebrating 25 years of swinging, our recent double CD issue features a heady cocktail of work from spoken word artists around the world - wrapped in the gorgeous artwork of Tai Snaith. ++ GDS No.25 was listed in About.com's Poetry Picks: The Best CDs of 2007! Read more, and flick through our old press clippings, here.
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