Ladeez and Gennulmen, for your literary enticement, allow us to present the cream of the crop of previously published work from prior issues of GDS! Flip through and get a taste of what has gone before.

Come back for another visit soon - we update this section all the time. The work that you currently enjoy is available for a limited time only, before other chest-beatingly good pieces pummel them down to the bottom of the pack. Ahem. We suggest you read the work online and buy the book when you fall in love.

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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.

Interview: Ania Walwicz - Kevin Brophy & Myron Lysenko Issue #5, 1982.

Grant on Edward - Kevin Brophy (poetry) Issue #15, 1995.

Browse through the 23-year history of Going Down Swinging with our cover archives, and be astounded by the people we knew before they were world-famous. Sadly most of these literary treasures are out of print, but issues #18, #19, #20, #21 and #22 are all available in the showbag. Click the thumbnail for a larger picture.

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.

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.


Issue 3 (July 1981)
Prose and poetry from Ania Walwicz, Kristin Henry, Grant Caldwell and Jas H. Duke, plus an interview with Michael Wilding.


Issue 4 (December 1981)
Prose and poetry from Brian Castro, Adrian Martin, Frances Rouse, Judith Woodfall and an interview with John Bryson.

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.


Issue 6 (1984)
Poetry and prose from Moya Costello, Lyndon Walker, Rory Harris and J. B. Klooger, plus an interview with PiO.


Issue 7 (1986)
Poetry and prose from Myron Lysenko, Rob Finlayson, Anna Bianke, Antonella Sella, and an interview with Helen Garner.


Issue 8 (1988)
Poetry and prose from Kay Waters, Gillian Mears, Geoff Goodfellow and David Metzenthen; and interviews with Bill Turner and Bruce Pascoe.

Issue 9 (1989)
Poetry and prose from Rod Usher, Rosanne Musu, Jill Jones and Bill Fewer; plus an interview with Jenny Boult.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Issue 15 (1995)
Poetry and prose from Ian McBryde, Kevin Brophy, MTC Cronin, Emma Lew, Grant Caldwell and Jordi Albiston.



Issue 16 (1996)
Poetry and prose from PiO, Ron Pretty, Grant Caldwell, Kerry Scuffins, alicia sometimes and Lyn Boughton.

Issue 17 (1998)
Poetry and prose from Kate Fielding, Adam Carey, Judy Jaques, Angela Costi and Peter Murphy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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..