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17 July 2010 Updating the news

The Third Flaunt has been rescheduled so we can launch it at Feast Festival in November. If you're a writer, now is the time to send us your script.

So to get you over the winter months, we have a new lesbian novel! A South Australian tale of love and drama. Available only from here, in the next few weeks.

17 Jan 2010 Subscriber newsletter: The third flaunt

Welcome to the January 2010 lesbian-ebooks newsletter: its purpose is to keep you up-to-date with news from lesbian-ebooks. Firstly, the good news; 'flaunt' and '2flaunt' have had great feedback, and have now been downloaded from the website in thousands; demand has been steady (and roughly equal) since both issues were launched.

But in not-so-good news, editor of the first two 'flaunts', Kate O'Brien, is not very well and unable to continue planning 3flaunt. So we've asked a guest editor to pick up from Kate and prepare the next issue. We hope you'll join us in wishing Kate a speedy recovery.

So, an introduction to Sue Webb, our guest editor for '3flaunt'. Sue is Adelaide-based where she has been involved in the Feast festival literature committee since 1997. In 2008 and 2009 she coordinated the Feast festival's literature events - an enormous job. Born in Kenya, she came to Australia in 1969 and has a broad work experience, including being a factory hand, nanny, and cook. In recent years she has been mainly involved in the book industry: in publishing and distributing books, in owning and operating a bookshop, in being on the collective of the feminist Tantrum Press, and in organising writers events. She has a lot of experience in literature and we're very much looking forward to working with her on 3flaunt.

Which leads us to a call for manuscripts for '3flaunt': Sue is now looking for manuscripts from a wide prospective, fiction to 3 000 words, poetry to any length. If you are unsure if your piece is suitable email Sue at editor@lesbian-ebooks.com.au Deadline is still to be finalised but probably around mid 2010. Please note: we are not able to pay royalties at this time - but what we can offer you is a professional presentation of your work to many thousands of readers, world wide.

New titles now on release:

'Feast 2009' is a collection of all the winners and highly commended authors from this year's short writing competition. First prize went to Mij Tanith for 'A Winter's Tale'; Second to Anna Solding; Third to Amelia Penery; and the highly commendeds: Tarion Keelan, Megan Hammond and Peter Mitchell. A high standard of work all around - do check it out. Available from our new releases page right now and for free!

'Out of the box', an anthology of Australian lesbian and gay poetry, (in a real paperback book) is having further launches: at Midsumma in Melbourne (2 February www.midsumma.org.au ) and at the Sydney Mardi Gras festival, (26 February www.mardigras.org.au ). There's quite a line-up of poets scheduled to read, including editors Jill Jones and Michael Farrell.

Also due shortly is the '2010 New Mardi Gras Short Story competition' - all winners and highly commended place getters. As it's yet to be judged we don't know who's won (it closed on 4 January) but based on previous collections likely to be a great read. Theme is 'History of the World'; short stories only; in 750 words. If you're in Sydney the winners will be announced 6.30pm, Tues 23 February, at The Winery, 285A Crown st, Surry Hills... we'll publish soon after this date. In the meantime the winning collections from the past three years are available from our front page. LM

If you want more information on 3flaunt you can email Sue directly at:
editor@lesbian-ebooks.com.au or sue@lesbian-ebooks.com.au


December 2009 Publishing world: Picaro Press

[from gay-ebooks news] Picaro Press have been quietly publishing chapbooks of Australian poetry since 2001. Their backlist includes many family favourites from Dorothy Porter to Jenni Nixon. Being small, they're not expensive, so checkout the site - www.picaropress.com - and buy yourself a collection of recent Oz poets' work for less than the cost of a single imported paperback. GD


13-16 December 2009 New release: Feast Writing Comp 2009


24 November 2009Feast Festival

[from gay-ebooks news] We're just back from a couple of days in sun-baked South Australia with a load of new books to read. Those Adelaide possums certainly know how to stage literary events. You start with a decent heritage-listed venue - in this case Saldechin, a converted Victorian-era bank, with comfy lounges and acoustics to die for.

One of the unexpected highlights of our weekend was the Language of Song session which featured local songwriters both talking about and performing their own works. Coming from a city with a strong alternative cabaret tradition, the overall standard was high. Although seasoned performers, nothing could hide a look of adolescent glee as each realised the potential of the marble walls and high ceiling in terms of acoustics. They all went for broke & delivered really powerful performances.

There were a number of launches: Teri Louise Kelly and Kimberley Mann both launched poetry collections.

Susan Sheridan launched the long-awaited Out of the Box, an anthology of work by contemporary Australian lesbian and gay poets. (top picture, left to right: Susan with editors Michael Farrell and Jill Jones)

For us, the highlight was the announcement of the winners and highly commendeds in Feast's National Short Writing Competition. First prize, with a real gem of a story, went to Mij Tanith [bottom picture, left, with Anna Solding (2nd) and Megan Hammond (HC)]. The pdf will be shortly be available for free from this site. Do check it out. Going by the stories read during the session, it should be a great read. GD


Your feedback is always welcome

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Below: Links - Archives - About our downloadable files - Who we are - Contacting us


Links:

Australian organisations

gay-ebooks.com.au Just like us, only different

Pinkboard Sydney - Australia's first souce of all things lesbian and gay

The Feminist Bookshop Sydney - Australia's leading feminist bookshop

NSW Writers Centre Sydney - Advice for NSW writers

New Mardi Gras Sydney's icon annual gay event

Feast Adelaide's annual lesbian and gay festival

Pride History Group Sydney - history group becomes web based

Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives National gay archives

Nexus Language College People Like Us student services, links

AustLit Mainstream Australian literature reference


Australian writers, and poets

Dorothy PorterPoetry International article

Jill Jones celebrated poet with several books, co-founder of BlackWattle Press

Jenni NixonCafe Boogie

Margaret Bradstock see Mascara issue 2


Foreign gay lit sites, and more

Most of these sites have extensive link lists.

Lesbian.com'a beauty'

Chroma A (UK) queer literary and arts journal

Gay and Lesbian Review bi monthly by subscription

Read These Lips Lesbian e-anthologies, Aust authors featured, new issue

Kissed by Venus New Lesbian fiction website

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This is a list of all the authors published so far by gay-ebooks and lesbian-ebooks.


BlackWattle Press

At this stage the BlackWattle archives consist of two lists: all BlackWattle publications (name, date, ISBN, item titles etc) and detailed lists of all authors. Separately are the covers of all cargo magazines, along with authors and item titles. Some chapbooks have been scanned [or rebuilt] and are presented elsewhere on this site as downloadable pdfs. Our thanks to the authors concerned for allowing this to happen.


About our downloadable files:

All download files on this site are in the portable document file (pdf) format, so you will need a pdf program to read them. There are free readers available on most computer platforms and most computers will come with one installed; but if you need to install a reader we suggest you start with the originator Adobe's Acrobat. All our files will carry encryption and may have restrictions for use; for example some files may be for screen viewing only. Normally editing the file or extraction of text, pictures is not possible.


Who we are:

www.lesbian-ebooks.com.au is an initiative of www.gay-ebooks.com.au. Our aims are to foster lesbian and gay writing in Australia.

How it works:

We'll get you cheaper and faster access to oz lesbian lit by producing pdf files that you can easily view on-screen. We save costs such as printing, distribution and retailer markups, and you pay - nothing, it's FREE! You still could, if you wanted, still print them out to store them in the real world, but why bother with all that ink, paper and Ikea shelving. The real plus with this project is that the ideas, the stories, and the magic (all the best bits) can be in your hands almost immediately. Enjoy!

lesbian-ebooks editor: Kate O'Brien

I am a Sydney writer who believes passionately in the possibilities offered by on-line publishing. Up to now, my main exposure as a writer has been in the theatre. I have written or co-written 21 plays, all of which have found productions in Adelaide or Melbourne.
Over the last few years, my work has become increasingly concerned with the ambiguities, complexities, perplexities, agonies and ecstasies of sexuality between women. I have explored aspects of these in four of my last five plays.
(Silver Rose, 2002; Ladies and Gentlemen, 2005; Our Miss Fitson, 2005; Interim, 2007; Out of the Blue, 2008).
A published poet and short story writer, I hold a Master of Arts in Creative Writing (UTS), specialising in prose fiction. I have recently completed a novel, Lost Songs.

3flaunt guest editor: Sue Webb

Sue is Adelaide-based where she has been involved in the Feast festival literature committee since 1997. In 2008 and 2009 she coordinated the Feast festival's literature events - an enormous job. Born in Kenya, she came to Australia in 1969 and has a broad work experience, including being a factory hand, nanny, and cook. In recent years she has been mainly involved in the book industry: in publishing and distributing books, in owning and operating a bookshop, in being on the collective of the feminist Tantrum Press, and in organising writers events. She has a lot of experience in literature and we're very much looking forward to working with her on 3flaunt.


Call for Submissions:

Our next issue is titled 3flaunt and is to be launched at Feast in November (see above). Send your short stories (to 3 000 words) and poetry to the editor@lesbian-ebooks.com.au




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