Pre-order now! Style is everything. With slick photography and slicker writing, Seizure puts men in skirts and economic policy into a sequinned gown. A launchpad for Australian writing, in Seizure’s third issue you’ll find satire, features and fiction. On sale, July 2012 but available now for pre-order.
For those of you following the ‘Five Obstructions of Sam Twyford-Moore’ you may be wondering what’s been happening since Feb 6 when we challenged STM to rewrite his story in outline form to make him focus on the bare bones elements. This was an attempt to draw out a sense of direction in the work [...]
The literary novel is in decline and every year it grows harder for emerging writers to find a market. The novel does not suit our time-poor age and the short story does not attract the interest it once did. So where does the future lie for the emerging writer? To answer that we need to [...]
In the next issue of Seizure, we’re lucky enough to publish Fiona Wright, poet, Sydney-sider and baker extraordinaire. In 2011 her first poetry collection, Knuckled was released by Giramondo and I can confirm that the succulent persimmon on the cover is a good indication of its contents. Fiona writes of a familiar Sydney but reconsiders [...]
Well, STM came through again, delivering to us what we think is his best piece yet. It’s fresh, it’s met the challenges head on and is highly readable. (see below.) It did set off a bit of a discussion between the two torturers, DMH and RM, which we thought we should relate below. DMH: He’s [...]
Seizure is on the hunt for invigorating fiction and are launching a new novella competition for Australian and New Zealand writers. If you sometimes think that novels are just obese novellas, then you’re on our wavelength. And since we are theme-lovers this time we are challenging all writers to tackle the theme: ‘Origin’. You can [...]
