BLOCK

The gorgeous new issue of Block has arrived. To celebrate Block 9, we'll be launching it in style with live music, readings from the journal, cupcakes, wine and very special guest speaker, Susan Hampton. 

Don't forget, Blockers - the submissions deadline for Block 9 is Friday, September 18th.  That's this Friday!  We'd love to see some more creative work sent in; give us your short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, and art!  See the submissions link above for details and guidelines.So, the other point of this post is to talk about what I've been reading, since you asked so nicely.                                                                    

BLOCK 9 is now open for submissions! We want our ninth issue to be a great summer read, full of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics and art, so send us your best stuff!

Email submissions to submissions@blockjournal.com by Friday 18 September 2009.

Please refer to our submission guidelines before submitting.

Come and join the BLOCK team for a festive evening celebrating the launch of Issue 8! Issue 8 is a pleasingly plump little journal, replete with the latest poetry and prose from Canberra and further afield. It'll be a night of poetry, food and wine as we send it out into the world in style.

Date: June 4

Time: 6pm

Location: Smith's Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga St Civic, Canberra.

We've extended the submission deadline for BLOCK 8 to April 10!

Come along to Gorman House on Saturday 7 February from 10am to check out BLOCK at the Canberra Zine Fair. Copies of the latest issue as well as back issues will be for sale and our editors will be there to have a chat.

The Zine Fair is part of the Scribble: Young Readers, Young Writers Festival from February 6-7 2009. The Fair will be held between 10.00-17.00 at Gorman House, Q2 Foyer, Ainslie Avenue, Braddon.

Block 8 is now open for submissions! Send us your best fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photos, comics and art, on any theme, by March 20 2009! For further details, please refer to our submission guidelines.

BLOCK 7 is now available at Electric Shadows Bookshop, Smith's Bookshop, the Co-op Bookshop (ANU) and Impact Comics, with more to follow. Stay tuned for our online shop...  

Well, we've managed to do it again... BLOCK will be launching its 7th issue on October 23 and you're all invited! To help us celebrate, acclaimed Australian author Frank Moorhouse will be kicking the night off, followed by readings from the journal.  There will, of course, be wine. 

Time: 6pm, October 23 2008.

Location: Smith's Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga St, Canberra City.