dSCRIBE

dSCRIBE: Issue 17 launching soon!

dSCRIBE is Darebin's annual literary magazine that publishes all forms of creative writing (including but not limited to fiction, poetry, short stories, journalistic pieces, creative non-fiction) from writers living, working and or studying within the City of Darebin. 

This year we’ll be publishing dSCRIBE 17 in September, edited by local Madison Pawle with a fresh look and new theme, ‘Desire Lines'. 

"Desire lines are those unofficial paths softened, formed and eventually inscribed by the collective and ongoing tread of foot and paw: the quicker route across the park to the toilet block, the dirt trails snaking along the Merri. More conceptually, a desire line might be a way to think about our own associative patterns of thought and feeling. 

Though it is not subversive by virtue of its existence, a desire line reveal tensions between the native and the built environment; between structure and collective will — alternative mappings of motion, place, and public life. We must also pause to consider the colonial implications here: the deep time desire lines that exist beneath – and are erased by – the city." 

- Madison Pawle, dSCRIBE 17 Editor 

Selected entries to dSCRIBE will go on for a chance to win the 2024 Darebin Mayor’s Writing Awards. 

Entries are now closed. The publication will be launching on Sunday 15 September. See here for details.

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Cover artwork: ‘Flower, Gold’ by Declan Kavanagh-Bugel (2024)

Cover artwork Artist Bio:
Declan Kavanagh-Bugel is an intuitive, abstract painter, practising on Wurundjeri land. His works are known for their layers of composition, colour, movement and graffiti-like tagging. Declan’s art is grounded in his experiences of place, family, friendship and the activities he loves – capturing his experiences as a neurodiverse young man. His practice offers him a modality through which he is able to share insights into his internal experiences, inviting others to become part of his personal journey.

Previous editions

Click on the covers below to read past issues of n-SCRIBE magazine.

d-SCRIBE, 2023(PDF, 3MB)

d-SCRIBE (Youth), 2023(PDF, 1MB)

n-SCRIBE, 2022(PDF, 846KB)

n-SCRIBE, 2020(PDF, 33MB)

n-Scribe 14, 2019(PDF, 3MB)

n-Scribe 13, 2018(PDF, 3MB)

n-Scribe 12, 2017(PDF, 2MB)

n-Scribe 11, 2016(PDF, 510KB)

n-Scribe 10, 2015(PDF, 3MB)

n-Scribe 9, 2014(PDF, 1MB)

n-Scribe 8, 2013(PDF, 5MB)

More Information

For more information about n-SCRIBE magazine, contact:

Darebin arts writing projects

Email: writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au

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