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May 26th – June 5th in Melbourne – catch a number of published Paroxysm Press authors including Teri Louise Kelly, Shane Jesse Christmass, Ryan Paine, James Andre and of course festival director, Lisa Dempster. See the website for details of the massive program.
Most of the flash fiction is ready to go but there are still some places open. So get to submitting one last time. Previously unpublished submissions only.
Get to it guys (see below for details) – you don’t want to miss out – this is shaping up to be a hell of a good book!
Cheers
Daniel Watson
Publisher
Paroxysm Press
Damn Paroxysm people – hell of a couple of months coming up.
Catch Kerryn Tredrea, Matthew Smith and Daniel Watson doin’ a quick reading down Rundle Mall this Friday 11th @ 7pm to plug the Fringe. Kerryn then overnights to Melbourne to do two cities in two days at the Melbourne ABJ book launch. And so on the Sat 12th Paroxysm does Melbourne and Adelaide at the same time, threesome style!
Then before we can draw a breath – the very next weekend sees the start of the 3 week Paroxysm Adelaide Fringe run (see previous posts)
We are back with our world famous 60 second slam – grow a set and try for the $100 prize on the first Sunday, followed by a paroxysm showcase – some of the rawest writers in town and brought up by Rimbaud exposition theory.
The Tuxedo Cat – Yellow Room
Electra House 131 King William St Adelaide
Sunday 20th & 27th Feb and Sunday 6th March
5pm
Free entry
SUNDAY 20TH FEB. 5PM, FREE
Paroxysm Press 60 Second Slam.
If it’s all about the words and if those words are sharp and cut deep then come and show us what you’ve got. Australia’s grittiest independent publishers want to hear your 60 seconds worth in an open mike recruitment drive. First prize $100. Sign up early, time will be tight.
Remember people this is a Paroxysm slam and will be judged according to Paroxysm standards!
MC: Kerryn Tredrea (editor – Paroxysm Press)
Judges:
Kami (editor – Paroxysm Press, publisher – Jazz From Hell)
Daniel Watson (publisher – Paroxysm Press, MC S.A Slam)
Matt Smith (Beer Swill Productions)
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SUNDAY 27TH FEB. 5PM, FREE
too stubborn to die paroxysm showcase.
we are gunna give the winner of the 2011 paroxysm press 60 second slam a chance to join us as we showcase the stalwarts and the newcomers & interstate guests to our crew. if you wanna hear some of the toughest, funniest, wittiest and, let’s admit it the sexiest spoken word in town. some of us are ticking over our 12th year @ this so come and check out our catalogue of books but this is one little gig you’re probably not gunna wanna miss… m.c kerryn tredrea drags allan boyd (w.a), dr. el suarvo (melb) as well as locals kami, indigo, jenny toune, teri louise kelly, film maker sean king & publican dick dale to the stage for an electric hour of spoken word. alcohol will be involved.
paroxysm press – too stubborn to die.
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SUNDAY 6TH MARCH 5PM, FREE
RIMBAUD EXPOSITION THEORY
Believer? Anarchist? Piss taker? Genius?
Ironically, the man who despised labelling, has had more hung on him than any since . . .
“I admire him. Not only because he truly believed he had done all he could for the form, but because he saw no future in it and stuck to his word.”
Baudelaire
Arthur Rimbaud left the genre of poetry a legacy; a poisoned chalice which is still drunk from by all in search of the alternative side of the form. Dead at thirty-seven, having completed all of his works by the age of twenty and having abandoned the genre as a folly, Rimbaud went on to live in Africa before returning to die in France. What remains is myth entangled with truth, lies entangled with hearsay and an enduring portrait of an artist who refused to be hemmed in by invisible or physical parameters.
Paroxysm Press invite you to bring a Rimbaud poem and celebrate the man and his work in this tribute evening – one night in – a season in hell. m.c teri louise kelly.
PLUS TONS OF OTHER FRINGE ACTIVITIES AND SIDE GIGS TO COME : INCLUDING:
THE FORMAT FESTIVAL – ZINE FAIR, SHANE JESSE CHRISTMASS (MELB),
SPOKE FESTIVAL – TERI LOUISE KELLY, JENNY TOUNE, DANIEL WATSON
LAST YEARS 60 SECOND SLAM WINNER MEL HUGHES WITH HER OWN FRINGE GIGS
PLUS DR. EL SUARVO AND ALAN BOYD AT THE SQUATTERS
Its time for the eastern states to get their first taste of the down n’ dirty rockin’ take on 80s America that is ABJ! This is Teri Louise Kelly’s fourth book and a complete must read.
So come support Teri, Paroxysm and the legendary Collected Works.
Collected Works
SATURDAY 12th FEB
Lvl 1/ 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
From 2pm, Free entry.
AND For those in Adelaide that day . . .
Saturday, February 12 from 11:00am – all day & all night.
Paroxysm Press features: Kami, Indigo, Matthew Smith and Daniel Watson.
PLUS a small truckload of bands (see their facebook site for full line-up and times.)
MORE ON ADELAIDE FRINGE SOON.
A new anthology
Edited
By
Stephen Studach
&
To be
published
By
Paroxysm press
Seeks
The best flash fiction in THE WORLD
This will be a one hundred work anthology of some of the best new flash fiction from Australia and around the world.
Submitted pieces should be from 0 to 1000 words in length. Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Realism and anything in between. Award winners and reprints are welcome.
The anthology will be produced by iconic cult publishers Paroxysm Press.
The submission period is now open and will remain so until the editor has 100 brilliant works and that announcement is made.
When submitting; apply standard ms format. We prefer 12 pt Times New Roman font. Three character indent for paragraphs, including first paragraph. Underline for italics. Oxford English spellings (colour not color etc). Double quotation marks for dialogue. Single quotation marks for quotes and ‘stressed’ words. Otherwise, refer to the Oxford style manual. Please send stories as Word.doc or RTF files.
Payment is in contributor’s copies.
Please send up to three flashes to paroxysm@paroxysmpress.com
If you think that you can hurl literary lightning bolts, we want to read you.
One hundred writers, one hundred outstanding flashes of brilliant plasma – each captured in the mason jar of this volume.
From the editor: ‘I am the lightning collector. The lid is off the jar. Come thee and fork lightning…’
With Paroxysm original bad-boy, Kami, making it to the final of the
National Australian Poetry Slam (in the Sydney Opera House no less!) we figured a quick Sydney trip was in order (nothing to do with one of the fights of the century being on the day before mind you).
We’re very happy to be cruising along with this years (and last years)
S.A. heat winner, Indigo (Ten Years of Things that Didn’t Kill Us).
On Tues the 1st of Dec. we’ll be going along to see the locals do
their thing at ‘Word in Hand’ held at the Friend I Hand Hotel, 58
Cowner St, Glebe. (02) 9660 2326
Wed. night is Danny Green vs Roy Jones Jr – so we’ve put up the ‘do
not disturb’ sign for that one.
Thursday the 3rd Dec. is the massive Australian Slam Final – about as
slick as spoken word gets. The overall winner will receive $5,000 and
a place at the Ubud Readers & Writers Festival in 2010, including
flights and accommodation. The overall runner-up will receive $500.
www.australianpoetryslam.org
AND MORE NEWS SOON ON:
- Hardboiled Thursday 10th, Adelaide (including free demo-CDs)
- Latest Paroxysm anthology submissions open.
- Crossover gigs in Adelaide in 2010
- Adelaide Fringe Paroxysm Press Sixty Second Slam
- Melbourne tour in May.
1. Sucked, Fucked and Tattooed in Melbourne (21st March)
2. Adelaide Fringe Zine Fair (14th March)
3. Paroxysm Press t-shirts, beanies & stubbie holders
. . .
1. Sucked, Fucked and Tattooed in Melbourne
It’s time for Melbourne to witness the relaunch the out of print and much requested first novella from Kami, S.F.&T* (Sucked Fucked and Tattooed) – THE Australian punk-rock novella – now published together with his second novella Bunk Beds & Chilli Vodka.
And to spice it up Hop Dac and Shane Jesse Christmass (both ‘characters’ in Bunk Beds & Chilli Vodka) will be reading small extracts from when they first ‘met’ Paroxysm before launching into their own original work. Plus a short story reading from Paroxysm main-stay Kristy Love with more TBA.
And of course the compulsory BEER and munchies!
This will also be Melbourne’s first chance to get hold of the new raft of Paroxysm Press merchandise (although with the stock we have to lug over supplies will be limited)
SATURDAY 21st MARCH.
COLLECTED WORKS BOOKSHOP
Lvl 1 / 37 Swanston St, Melbourne.
2 p.m. for 3 p.m. start.
2. Adelaide Fringe Zine Fair
Saturday March 14th
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The John W. Howard Memorial Hall
145 Hindley Street
(Next to Crazy Horse! – yes you heard right – hell we used to do gigs next to a brothel so I guess we’re stepping up in class)
Adelaide
Some very special reasons to get down there and spend some cash:
First off – anyone who buys two Paroxysm books will receive FREE a Paroxysm stubbie holder (worth $10).
Secondly – this will be only the second Adelaide appearance for the new Paroxysm merch. (see below)
And third – Lisa Dempster from the brilliant Melbourne publisher Vignette Press will be in town – and this will be your first chance in Adelaide to get hold of their new anthology – Death Mook – which features a huge line-up including our own Paroxysm Press publisher, Daniel Watson.
“The Adelaide Zine and DIY Fair has been run annually since 2005, beginning as an independent event before attracting attention and support from the Fringe festival in 2006. Last year’s event featured sixty zine and independent publishers, ranging from members of the Unley City young writers’ group, long standing punk fanzine writers, local poets and artists, members of the Magdalene Community Centre and a vast array of young and emerging writers who have utilised zine publishing as the cheapest and easiest way to produce their work. The Fringe estimated around 1000 visitors over the course of the day.”
3. Paroxysm Press t-shirts, beanies & stubbie holders
Over the years the various Paroxysm Press t-shirts have been very popular and in response to the demand from all you good people we have a new design just released. The latest shirt is black (of course) with ‘paroxysm’ written across the front in the Impact font we use. The back features the amazing poem Jesus Was Wrong from Kelly-Lee Hickey (as appeared in Ten Years of Things that Didn’t Kill Us). $20.
The previously very rare Paroxysm Press stubbie holders (featuring our logo) are also now available to the general public. $10.
And brand new (and of a very high production quality – thanks to our new merch guys) Paroxysm Press beanies! A very modern style of black beanie featuring our logo. These ones really look kick arse! $20.
We’re still working out the logistics re: whether they will be offered for sale on the website or not but if you’re interested send us an email and we’ll let you know how we’re going.
Paroxysm Press is proud to relaunch the out of print and much requested first novella from Kami, S.F.&T* – Shotgun fiction for those who don’t have time for long drawn-out epics about lives we’ll never lead. And to spice it up even more it’ll be re-released as two novellas in one – also containing Kami’s second book, Bunk Beds & Chilli Vodka. And if that’s not enough we’ll also be doing a live recording of a set from Recyclopath to be released in the Paroxysm Radio-Demo series later this year. Plus spoken word from Kerryn Tredrea, Indigo (2008 SA winner National Poetry Slam), Matthew Smith, Heather Taylor Johnson, Jenny Toune and U.K. Jamie.
Friday 20th February. Tuxedo Cat, Rooftop 15-19 Synagogue Place, off East Rundle Street, Adelaide. Doors open 7p.m. for 8p.m. start. Free entry.
And don’t forget – David Rat’s ‘Happy Ending’ will be out later this year.
plus coming soon – some news on a prose-based Paroxysm anthology with a difference.
To help Hard Boiled celebrate its last reading for 2008 Paroxysm Press is launching #3 in its Radio-Demo series. Entitled ‘Kids These Days . . .’ it features Hard Boiled MC, Matthew Smith plus Rob Parry and Gemma Parker. All three are big up-and-comers – hence the demo title. All were published in the Ten Years of Things that Didn’t Kill Us anthology while Matthew Smith is also in Shotgun.
And to make it really special – we will be giving the demo away FREE on the night. But get in early – stock will be limited.
Thursday Dec 11th at La Boheme, 36 Grote St.
8pm, Free entry
Raffle and raffle prizes
Best reader gets the $$
Open Mic
Then stay on to party at this very big Hard Boiled with DJ Shit Magnet and his Redneck Lounge (as featured at the 2008 National Young Writers’ Festival).