BLOCK

It's almost here: Block 10.

 We've been hard at work, juggling stories, poems and writings of yours, and we're almost ready to publish: just a couple of things left to do before we take it to the printers and bring it to a bookshop for you, our precious readers, to read and fawn over.

 So watch this space - Block 10, coming very very soon!

Uh huh, you heard it - Block 10. Ten! So grown up, it's enough to bring a tear to the eye.

Instead of baking us a cake or buying us a present, we'd love you to send us your poems, stories, comics, art and essays!

Send us your stuff by 1 May 2010, we can't wait to read it!

Send to: editors@blockjournal.com

And please refer to our submissions guidelines (thanks!).

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...