See you at Same Page Art Book Fair!

“Perimeter and Gertrude have partnered to present the Same Page Art Book Fair, focusing on innovative independent publishers and small-scale local imprints. Same Page brings together a select network of imprints, publishers and distributors who share a commitment to supporting local artists, writers and thinkers. The bespoke art book fair is a community-oriented event, highlighting the practices of small presses and collective activities in contemporary art publishing.”

We will have copies of Issue 02 & Issue 03 available.
Free large format photo posters with each purchase.



Located at Gertrude Contemporary
21-31 High Street, Preston VIC 3072

Saturday September 2
11am–5pm, followed by launch party 5pm–7pm

Sunday September 3 
11am–5pm

More info: https://www.perimeterbooks.com/pages/same-page-art-book-fair-2023-presented-by-gertrude-and-perimeter

Tune in! 6-8pm, 17th May 2023

https://streams.radiomast.io/15def3f1-1302-4e5f-a4de-426e1f6b96a1

Launch Invitation

Come on down for an introduction by editors Cher Tan and Jon Tjhia, and readings by Lucy Van, Darcy Hytt, Madison Pawle, and a special appearance by Aurelia Guo, author of World of Interiors.

Poster by Zenobia Ahmed
Photo by  Cherine Fahd

Issue 03
Announcement!

We’re excited to announce the contributors to our third issue, The Urge to Know, co-edited by Cher Tan and Jon Tjhia. Debris Magazine is supported by Merri-Bek City Council & Yarra City Arts. More info to follow.

Submissions Open
for Issue 02!

This issue starts from the premise that knowledge is literally at our fingertips, in ways that have never been possible before. We google, check our inboxes, scroll on social media and consume information almost constantly. From smartphones and smart speakers to public services and intelligence agencies, how is knowledge taken from us and used to shape us? What’s a ‘knowledge economy’ anyway?

Contributors are invited to interrogate the theme—knowledge, and its compulsions—from all angles: the relationship between knowledge and action, the burden of excessive knowledge, the urge to learn, and others we are yet to discover.

What is knowing for, and how does it affect and intervene in our experiences? How does our desire for ‘truth’ mislead us? Who is owed an explanation? When is knowledge competitive, and why? How does networked knowledge – gossip, group chats, private forums – protect us? When is it threatening? When is knowing enough, enough?

Arguably, we’re awash with potential knowledge; the choice to pursue it, or sometimes to reel from too much of it, occupies much of our time. The editors invite exploration of this theme through non-fiction, fiction, poetry, prose, graphic art or other hybrid forms. We especially welcome work from unpublished writers or those less heard from.

DETAILS

• Please submit pitches up to 250 words.
  

• The total word count for selected pieces will be up to 3,000 words.
  

• Rates vary from $150 - $500 depending on the scope of the commission.

KEY DATES

• Submit pitches by 22 December 2022. Debris Magazine has extended the deadline for pitches to 12 January 2023, 11.59 PM AEST.

• Contributors will be notified of the outcome by 18 January 2023. Please note that we are unable to provide any feedback should your pitch be rejected.
  

• Submission deadline for final pieces will be 28 February 2023.

• Issue 03 will be published in May 2023. Please inform us if you are pitching to multiple publishers or if you are pitching an already published piece.
  
  

Please note - submissions have now closed.

︎︎︎JULY 2022

RRR Feature

Anna Yeon chats with Oslo Davis on Triple R about our new release and her experience on the working closely with emerging writers.

Listen here:
︎︎︎ https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/21076/687000

︎︎︎JUNE 2022

Issue 02
Launch

Join us at Manzé to celebrate the release of our second issue!

We will have an introduction to the magazine by Editor-in-Chief, Elena Tjandra, as well as readings from contributors. 

When: 6.30-9pm on Tuesday, July 5th
Where: Manzé, Shop 2/1-5 Errol St, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia

Free nibbles and drinks available for purchase over the bar. Please note that this event is Auslan interpreted.



Poster by Sharni Hodge
Photo by Chris Taylor

︎︎︎JUNE 2022

‘I Never Read’

Last remaining copies of Issue 01 ‘Grief’ will be available at Kaserne Basel in Switzerland.

Entry is free and open to everyone
Wednesday 15 June (6.00 – 10.00pm)
Thursday 16 June (3.00 - 9.00pm)
Friday 17 June (3.00 - 9.00pm)

Find out more here and follow here.

︎︎︎MAY 2022

︎︎︎April 2022

Incendium Radical Library
& Collective Zine Fair

A space to learn through stories and create networks of solidarity. Zines, food, tea, coffee, complimentary child-care & wheelchair accessible.

When?
Sunday 24th April from 1pm til 5pm.

Where?
The Edinburgh Community Room is situated in Edinburgh Gardens, Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy on Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Land.

More information about the venue accessibility at here.
Find out more about the organisers here.

︎︎︎April 2022

︎︎︎ December 2021

Call-out for Contributors

Debris Magazine is now calling for pitches towards Issue 02 'Hospitality'. For each issue, we commission writers & artists to respond to a theme.  
Contributors are invited to interrogate the theme of hospitality from all its angles: the relationship between hospitality and inhospitableness, between being a host and being welcomed or shunned—and others we are yet to discover.

What does accommodation look like in the settler colony? What does it mean to be a host on stolen land when sovereignty, though never ceded, is frontally attacked by a settler state that exports inhospitableness—in the guise of border control—around the world? What relations of power come to the surface when we interrogate the delicate balance between host and guest? Who can extend welcome?

How did hospitality become a euphemism for an industry that is precarious and exploitative, one which during the Covid-19 pandemic, became inhospitable to those who rely on it to keep the wolves from the door?

The meaning of hospitality is expansive. The editors invite exploration of this theme through fiction, poetry, prose or graphic art. We especially welcome work from unpublished writers or those less heard from.

Guidelines:
Please submit pitches up to 250 words. The total word count for selected pieces is up to 3,000 words.

Rates:
Vary from $150 - $500
depending on the scope of the commission.

Key Dates:
Submit pitches by 10 January 2022.
Notifications of outcome by 24 January 2022.
Deadline for selected pieces 28 March 2022.
Issue 02 will be published in May 2022.

Poster by Sharni Hodge
Artwork by Katie Harvey

︎︎︎ November 2021

︎︎︎ August 2021

Issue 01 ‘Grief’
Out Now

We’re thrilled to share our inaugural issue. Featuring twelve texts, a photo essay, and a comic strip from a range of emerging and established artists and writers.

Creative Direction — Julia Flaster
Editor-In-Chief — Elena Tjandra
Cover Wrap — Chris Taylor
Design & Digital — Sharni Hodge

︎︎︎ August 2021

Launching.....

Poster by James Vinciguerra
Artwork by Sharni Hodge