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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... September 2023 of Kill Your Darlings [Online] est. 2010 Kill Your Darlings [Online]
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Extract : A Light in the Dark, Allee Richards , extract novel
Not Showing, Not Telling, Indigo Bailey , single work essay

'In an age of hypervisibility and surveillance, the confessional mode has been trending. While opacity may seem counterintuitive in the quest for authentic representations, art that embraces the unknown can offer nuanced understandings of the world.' (Introduction)
Debut Spotlight : Rhys Gard on Four Dogs Missing, Rhys Gard , single work column

'Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For September that debut is Four Dogs Missing by Rhys Gard (Echo Publishing), an ‘edge of your seat’ thriller where art theft, revenge and murder play out against the vineyards of the Mudgee wine region. We spoke to Rhys about his publishing journey, writing practice and what wine to pair with the book!' (Introduction)
Extract : Sunbirds, Mirandi Riwoe , extract novel
Show Your Working : Shelley Parker-Chan, Shelley Parker-Chan , single work column
Extract : Everyone and Everything, Nadine J. Cohen , extract novel
— Review of Everyone and Everything Nadine J. Cohen , 2023 single work novel ;
The Urgency of Songs for the Dead and the Living, Dženana Vucic , single work review
— Review of Songs for the Dead and the Living Sara Saleh , 2023 single work novel ;

'According to the UN, almost 6 million Palestinians are refugees, meaning that almost half of all Palestinians are unable to return to their homes. The violent, and ongoing, dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people has become known as the Nakba—the Catastrophe—and from it are born millions of stories of movement and exile, of hope and unflagging determination.'
Shelf Reflection : Melanie Saward, Melanie Saward , single work column

'Shelf Reflection is our series where we explore the bookshelves and reading habits of writers. In this latest instalment, Melanie Saward talks to us about Blak lit, romance comedies and her new novel, Burn.'
Extract : Me, Her, Us, Yen-Rong Wong , extract novel
Books Roundup : Four Dogs Missing, Firelight, Something Bad Is Going to Happen, Simon McDonald , Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker , Laura Pettenuzzo , single work review
— Review of Four Dogs Missing Rhys Gard , 2023 single work novel ; Firelight John Morrissey , 2023 selected work short story ; Something Bad Is Going to Happen Jessie Stephens , 2023 single work novel ;
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