DEEP VAULT
Rare morsels from the glorious bygone era of GDS, scanned from chalky pages for your viewing pleasure. Pity you can't download that old book smell...
Short Story Extract: Brian Castro - Issue #4, 1981.
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Poem: Slivers 3 - Ian McBryde - Issue #22, 2004.
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Graphic: 6 - Peter Murphy - Issue #1, 1980.
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Poem: Anniversary - Jennifer Harrison
Issue #2, 1981.
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Spoken Word - Mist - Grant Caldwell (0:27) - Issue #19, 2001.
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COVER GALLERY
Issue 1 (1980)
Poetry and prose by Ania Walwicz, Eric Beach, Myron Lysenko and Kevin Brophy, plus an interview with and essay on Peter Carey.
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Going Down Swinging #1 (1980)
Cover Photograph: "Ned Kelly (fought Wild Wright)"
by W.J. Chidley of Travelling Portrait Rooms (1874)
Issue 2 ( January 1981)
Poetry and prose from Anna Couani, Rory Harris, Cornelis Vleeskens and Judith Woodfall, plus reviews of books by Grant Caldwell, Rob Bath, Steve Brown and an overview of litmags in 1980.
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Going Down Swinging #2 (January 1981)
Cover Photograph: Brendan Hennessey
Issue 3 ( July 1981)
Prose and poetry from Ania Walwicz, Kristin Henry, Grant Caldwell and Jas H. Duke, plus an interview with Michael Wilding.
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Going Down Swinging #3 (July 1981)
Cover Photograph: "Performance, ania walwicz"
Cover Title: Janine Brophy
Issue 4 ( December 1981)
Prose and poetry from Brian Castro, Adrian Martin, Frances Rouse, Judith Woodfall and an interview with John Bryson.
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Going Down Swinging #4 (December 1981)
Cover Illustration: Chris Brophy
Cover Title: Brett Brophy
Issue 5 ( 1982 )
Poetry and prose from Gig Ryan, Billy Marshall-Stoneking, Kris Hemensley and Kate Ahearne, plus reviews of and interviews with Anna Couani and Ania Walwicz.
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Going Down Swinging # 5 (1982)
Cover Photograph: Michael Croke
Cover Design: Janine Brophy
Issue 6 ( 1984 )
Poetry and prose from Moya Costello, Lyndon Walker, Rory Harris and J. B. Klooger, plus an interview with PiO.
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Going Down Swinging #6 (1984)
Cover Photograph: Brendan Hennessey
Cover Design: Janine Brophy
Issue 7 ( 1986 )
Poetry and prose from Myron Lysenko, Rob Finlayson, Anna Bianke, Antonella Sella, and an interview with Helen Garner.
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Going Down Swinging #7 (1986)
Cover Illustration: Nigel Eyre
Cover Title: Janine Brophy
Issue 8 ( 1988 )
Poetry and prose from Kay Waters, Gillian Mears, Geoff Goodfellow and David Metzenthen; and interviews with Bill Turner and Bruce Pascoe.
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Going Down Swinging #8 (1988)
Cover Photograph: Antoni Jach
Issue 9 ( 1989 )
Poetry and prose from Rod Usher, Rosanne Musu, Jill Jones and Bill Fewer; plus an interview with Jenny Boult.
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Going Down Swinging #9 (1989)
Cover Illustration: Kim Mackell
Issue 10 & 11( 1990 )
Prose and poetry from Ania Walwicz, Jas H. Duke, Tom the Street Poet and Gillian Mears; Kevin Morgan's novella, "Eyeglass"; an essay by Kris Hemensley; and interviews with Geoff Goodfellow, Gerald Murnane and Bev Roberts.
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Going Down Swinging #10/11 (1990)
Cover Photograph: Peter Lyssiotis
Issue 12( 1992 )
Prose and poetry from Eric Beach, Steven Herrick, Mal Morgan, Tracy Ryan, Heather Cam and Dorothy Porter; and graphics from Carol Carter and Phillip Dogget-Williams.
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Going Down Swinging #12 (1992)
Cover Painting: Carol Carter
Issue 13( 1993 )
Poetry and Prose from Glen Tomasetti, Ken Smeaton, Jenny James and Peter Bakowski, cartoons by Judy Horacek, plus the Jas H. Duke Tribute CD.
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Going Down Swinging #13 (1993)
Cover Painting: "Alienation" by Margery Hummell Bennett
Back Cover Photograph: "Jas H Duke" by PiO
Issue 14( 1994 )
Poetry and prose by Peter Bakowski, Jeltje, PiO and Coral Hull; graphics from Emma Stoneman and Scott Wileman; plus reviews of books by Kristin Henry, Lauren Williams, Les Wicks and Nolan Tyrrell.
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Going Down Swinging #14 (1994)
Cover Painting: Sarah King
Issue 15( 1995 )
Poetry and prose from Ian McBryde, Kevin Brophy, MTC Cronin, Emma Lew, Grant Caldwell and Jordi Albiston.
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Going Down Swinging #15 (1995)
Cover Photograph: Heather Winter
Cover Design: Terry Bennett
Issue 16( 1996 )
Poetry and prose from PiO, Ron Pretty, Grant Caldwell, Kerry Scuffins, alicia sometimes and Lyn Boughton.
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Going Down Swinging #16 (1996)
Cover Art: Sandy Caldow
Cover Photograph: Julie Best
Cover Design: Mal Coates
Issue 17( 1998 )
Poetry and prose from Kate Fielding, Adam Carey, Judy Jaques, Angela Costi and Peter Murphy.
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Going Down Swinging #17 (1998)
Cover Photograph: Sarah Andrew, Lauren Manitta
Cover Art: Ben Schintler
Cover Design: Sarah, Lauren, Kim Griffiths & Lyn Boughton
Issue 18( 2000 )
Poetry and prose from Simmone Howell, Carlie Lazar, Garth Masden, Kieran Carroll and Michael Farrell. CD featuring work by AJ Rochester, Hugh Tolhurst, PiO, Myron Lysenko and Phil Norton.
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Going Down Swinging #17 (1998)
Going Down Swinging #18 (2000)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 19( 2001 )
Poetry, prose and art from Andy Jackson, Natasha Cho, Tim Richards, thalia, David Prater and Eve Vincent. CD featuring work by Sean M Whelan, Sarah Coles, Peter Salmon, Angela Costi and Edward Burger.
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Going Down Swinging #19 (2001)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 20( 2002 )
Poetry, prose and art from George Dunford, Peter O'Mara, Ivy Alvarez and Gabrielle S. CD featuring work by Jess Watson, Peter Knight, Lisa Greenaway, Jo Davidson & Fiona Roake, Gaby Bila-Gunther and Justin Treyvaud.
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Going Down Swinging #20 (2002)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 21( 2003 )
Poetry, prose and art from Vanessa Berry, Chris Grierson, Anna Krien, Shelley O'Reilly and Clint Curé. CD featuring Klare Lanson, PiO, Salena Saliva Godden, Benito Di Fonzo and Paul Mitchell.
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Going Down Swinging #21 (2003)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 22( 2004 )
Poetry, prose and art from Tim Danko, Jo Waite, Nathan Curnow, Rose Mulready, Ali Alizadeh and Gerald Roche. CD featuring The Bedroom Philosopher, Mike Ladd, Tom Cho & Jannette Hoe, plus Michael Farrell.
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Going Down Swinging #22 (2004)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 23( 2006 )
Poetry, prose and art from Michael Riley, Phil Ilton, Ula Majewski, Grant Caldwell, Ashok Niyogi,Michael Nudelman. CD featuring Esteban David do Santos, Steve Kilbey, mc zoe zee, Kathleen Mary Fallon, Meg Dunn & Whore Island...
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Going Down Swinging #23 (2006)
Cover Art: Anthony Lister
Issue 24( 2006 )
Poetry and prose from Mitchell Joe, Klare Lanson, Kieran Carroll, Kris Allison, Jillian Pattinson, Scott McDermott ... Special 80-page comics section edited by Mandy Ord, featuring work from Nicholas Kallincos, Paul Oslo Davis, Mirranda Burton, Nicki Greenberg, Jo Waite and more...
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Going Down Swinging #24 (2006)
Cover Art: Detail from diorama 'The zebra that changed her mind' by Drasko Boljevic
Issue 25( 2007 )
Special double-CD spoken word edition featring a disc of New International Spoken Word plus a disc of New Australian Spoken Word. Featuring work from Edwin Torres, Victoria Stanton, Ventriloquist, Fortner Anderson, Ghostboy, Don Walker and St John's Ambience, CooknKitch and the Settle Down Sound System, Jayne Fenton Keyne and more....
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Going Down Swinging #24 (2006)
Cover Art & illustrations throughout: Tai Snaith
Issue 26( 2008 )
Poetry and prose from Fiona Wright, Matthue Roth, Stuart Cooke, David Prater, Leanne Hall, Josephine Rowe, Ghostboy... Comic art from Daniel Reed, Anna Simic... Spoken Word from Thomas, Jack of Hearts, Emilie Zoey Baker, David Thrussell, The Ventriloquist Band, Ian Ferrier... Special street art feature with works from Tom Civil, ghostpatrol, miso, Vexta and HaHa. 30 special hardcover editions..
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Going Down Swinging #26 (2008)
Cover Art: Tom Civil
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Spoken Word - Mist - Grant Caldwell (0:27) - Issue #19, 2001.
listen
COVER GALLERY
Issue 1 (1980)
Poetry and prose by Ania Walwicz, Eric Beach, Myron Lysenko and Kevin Brophy, plus an interview with and essay on Peter Carey.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #1 (1980)
Cover Photograph: "Ned Kelly (fought Wild Wright)"
by W.J. Chidley of Travelling Portrait Rooms (1874)
Issue 2 ( January 1981)
Poetry and prose from Anna Couani, Rory Harris, Cornelis Vleeskens and Judith Woodfall, plus reviews of books by Grant Caldwell, Rob Bath, Steve Brown and an overview of litmags in 1980.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #2 (January 1981)
Cover Photograph: Brendan Hennessey
Issue 3 ( July 1981)
Prose and poetry from Ania Walwicz, Kristin Henry, Grant Caldwell and Jas H. Duke, plus an interview with Michael Wilding.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #3 (July 1981)
Cover Photograph: "Performance, ania walwicz"
Cover Title: Janine Brophy
Issue 4 ( December 1981)
Prose and poetry from Brian Castro, Adrian Martin, Frances Rouse, Judith Woodfall and an interview with John Bryson.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #4 (December 1981)
Cover Illustration: Chris Brophy
Cover Title: Brett Brophy
Issue 5 ( 1982 )
Poetry and prose from Gig Ryan, Billy Marshall-Stoneking, Kris Hemensley and Kate Ahearne, plus reviews of and interviews with Anna Couani and Ania Walwicz.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging # 5 (1982)
Cover Photograph: Michael Croke
Cover Design: Janine Brophy
Issue 6 ( 1984 )
Poetry and prose from Moya Costello, Lyndon Walker, Rory Harris and J. B. Klooger, plus an interview with PiO.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #6 (1984)
Cover Photograph: Brendan Hennessey
Cover Design: Janine Brophy
Issue 7 ( 1986 )
Poetry and prose from Myron Lysenko, Rob Finlayson, Anna Bianke, Antonella Sella, and an interview with Helen Garner.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #7 (1986)
Cover Illustration: Nigel Eyre
Cover Title: Janine Brophy
Issue 8 ( 1988 )
Poetry and prose from Kay Waters, Gillian Mears, Geoff Goodfellow and David Metzenthen; and interviews with Bill Turner and Bruce Pascoe.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #8 (1988)
Cover Photograph: Antoni Jach
Issue 9 ( 1989 )
Poetry and prose from Rod Usher, Rosanne Musu, Jill Jones and Bill Fewer; plus an interview with Jenny Boult.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #9 (1989)
Cover Illustration: Kim Mackell
Issue 10 & 11( 1990 )
Prose and poetry from Ania Walwicz, Jas H. Duke, Tom the Street Poet and Gillian Mears; Kevin Morgan's novella, "Eyeglass"; an essay by Kris Hemensley; and interviews with Geoff Goodfellow, Gerald Murnane and Bev Roberts.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #10/11 (1990)
Cover Photograph: Peter Lyssiotis
Issue 12( 1992 )
Prose and poetry from Eric Beach, Steven Herrick, Mal Morgan, Tracy Ryan, Heather Cam and Dorothy Porter; and graphics from Carol Carter and Phillip Dogget-Williams.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #12 (1992)
Cover Painting: Carol Carter
Issue 13( 1993 )
Poetry and Prose from Glen Tomasetti, Ken Smeaton, Jenny James and Peter Bakowski, cartoons by Judy Horacek, plus the Jas H. Duke Tribute CD.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #13 (1993)
Cover Painting: "Alienation" by Margery Hummell Bennett
Back Cover Photograph: "Jas H Duke" by PiO
Issue 14( 1994 )
Poetry and prose by Peter Bakowski, Jeltje, PiO and Coral Hull; graphics from Emma Stoneman and Scott Wileman; plus reviews of books by Kristin Henry, Lauren Williams, Les Wicks and Nolan Tyrrell.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #14 (1994)
Cover Painting: Sarah King
Issue 15( 1995 )
Poetry and prose from Ian McBryde, Kevin Brophy, MTC Cronin, Emma Lew, Grant Caldwell and Jordi Albiston.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #15 (1995)
Cover Photograph: Heather Winter
Cover Design: Terry Bennett
Issue 16( 1996 )
Poetry and prose from PiO, Ron Pretty, Grant Caldwell, Kerry Scuffins, alicia sometimes and Lyn Boughton.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #16 (1996)
Cover Art: Sandy Caldow
Cover Photograph: Julie Best
Cover Design: Mal Coates
Issue 17( 1998 )
Poetry and prose from Kate Fielding, Adam Carey, Judy Jaques, Angela Costi and Peter Murphy.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #17 (1998)
Cover Photograph: Sarah Andrew, Lauren Manitta
Cover Art: Ben Schintler
Cover Design: Sarah, Lauren, Kim Griffiths & Lyn Boughton
Issue 18( 2000 )
Poetry and prose from Simmone Howell, Carlie Lazar, Garth Masden, Kieran Carroll and Michael Farrell. CD featuring work by AJ Rochester, Hugh Tolhurst, PiO, Myron Lysenko and Phil Norton.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #17 (1998)
Going Down Swinging #18 (2000)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 19( 2001 )
Poetry, prose and art from Andy Jackson, Natasha Cho, Tim Richards, thalia, David Prater and Eve Vincent. CD featuring work by Sean M Whelan, Sarah Coles, Peter Salmon, Angela Costi and Edward Burger.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #19 (2001)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 20( 2002 )
Poetry, prose and art from George Dunford, Peter O'Mara, Ivy Alvarez and Gabrielle S. CD featuring work by Jess Watson, Peter Knight, Lisa Greenaway, Jo Davidson & Fiona Roake, Gaby Bila-Gunther and Justin Treyvaud.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #20 (2002)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 21( 2003 )
Poetry, prose and art from Vanessa Berry, Chris Grierson, Anna Krien, Shelley O'Reilly and Clint Curé. CD featuring Klare Lanson, PiO, Salena Saliva Godden, Benito Di Fonzo and Paul Mitchell.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #21 (2003)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 22( 2004 )
Poetry, prose and art from Tim Danko, Jo Waite, Nathan Curnow, Rose Mulready, Ali Alizadeh and Gerald Roche. CD featuring The Bedroom Philosopher, Mike Ladd, Tom Cho & Jannette Hoe, plus Michael Farrell.
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #22 (2004)
Cover Art: Peter Savieri
Issue 23( 2006 )
Poetry, prose and art from Michael Riley, Phil Ilton, Ula Majewski, Grant Caldwell, Ashok Niyogi,Michael Nudelman. CD featuring Esteban David do Santos, Steve Kilbey, mc zoe zee, Kathleen Mary Fallon, Meg Dunn & Whore Island...
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #23 (2006)
Cover Art: Anthony Lister
Issue 24( 2006 )
Poetry and prose from Mitchell Joe, Klare Lanson, Kieran Carroll, Kris Allison, Jillian Pattinson, Scott McDermott ... Special 80-page comics section edited by Mandy Ord, featuring work from Nicholas Kallincos, Paul Oslo Davis, Mirranda Burton, Nicki Greenberg, Jo Waite and more...
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #24 (2006)
Cover Art: Detail from diorama 'The zebra that changed her mind' by Drasko Boljevic
Issue 25( 2007 )
Special double-CD spoken word edition featring a disc of New International Spoken Word plus a disc of New Australian Spoken Word. Featuring work from Edwin Torres, Victoria Stanton, Ventriloquist, Fortner Anderson, Ghostboy, Don Walker and St John's Ambience, CooknKitch and the Settle Down Sound System, Jayne Fenton Keyne and more....
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #24 (2006)
Cover Art & illustrations throughout: Tai Snaith
Issue 26( 2008 )
Poetry and prose from Fiona Wright, Matthue Roth, Stuart Cooke, David Prater, Leanne Hall, Josephine Rowe, Ghostboy... Comic art from Daniel Reed, Anna Simic... Spoken Word from Thomas, Jack of Hearts, Emilie Zoey Baker, David Thrussell, The Ventriloquist Band, Ian Ferrier... Special street art feature with works from Tom Civil, ghostpatrol, miso, Vexta and HaHa. 30 special hardcover editions..
photo credit
Going Down Swinging #26 (2008)
Cover Art: Tom Civil
Issue 27( 2008 )
Poetry and prose from Adam Ford, Amanda Yskamp, Ben Schroeder, Rumjhum Biswas, Angela Costi, Jonathon Greenhause, Sean M Whelan... Comic Art by Michael Farrell, Beck Wheeler, Jo Waite... Spoken Word from Jim Christy, Kim Salmon, Chloe Jackson-Willmott, Adam Gibson & The Aerial Maps, Philip Davenport, Miles Merrill, plus new commissioned works by David Thrussell and Carolyn Connors... Mini Graphic Novella from picknick.
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Going Down Swinging #27 (2008)
Cover Art: Tom Civil
Issue 28( 2009 )
Short fiction, poetry and comics from Fiona Wright, Sally Ann McIntyre, Kuzhali Manickavel, Jillian Pattinson, James Stuart, Paul Mitchell ... Spoken Word CD featuring Don Walker + StJAM, Teresia Teaiwa (NZ), Arjen Duinker (Netherlands) Jody O Lloyd, Dan Lee + four new works commissioned for the 2008 GDS touring show STATIC, from Alicia Sometimes, Sean M Whelan, and Nathan Curnow
... Graphic Novella by Jo Waite.
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Going Down Swinging #28 (2009)
Cover Art: Stephen Ives
Issue 29( 2009 )
Short fiction, poetry and comics from Lorin Ford, Hinemoana Baker, Chris Flynn, Ivy Alvarez, and Julie Hashimoto-Mcreery ... Spoken Word CD recorded at the Overload Poetry Festival featuring Ateif Khieri, Josephine Rowe, Cate Kennedy, Afeif Ismail Abdelrazig, Felix Nobis and L.E. Scott ... Graphic Novella 'Where the Wild Things Aren't" by Oslo Davis
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Going Down Swinging #29 (2009)
Cover Art: Mila Faranov