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  • EXT 2012 launched at Wangaratta Jazz Festival on 2 November

    EXT 2012 was launched by Margaret Brickhill at Wangaratta Jazz Festival on Friday 2 November and featured readings by Geoff Page, Graeme Kinross-Smith and bass playing by Sam Pankhurst.

  • EXT 2012 | November 2012

    EXT 2012 is poetry, prose, short fiction | writing inspired by music

  • Conjuror | poems by Allan Browne

    'Like reading Gregory Corso meets Medeski, Martin and Wood, a cadence of heavy-footfalls, sophisticated rhythm and jive.' - Kent MacCarter

extempore has been publishing writing about music since 2008. Our publications include:

extempore journal (2008-2010)

Take Me Higher | collected stories by John Clare

A Sudden Sentence In The Air | jazz poetry by Geoff Page

Conjuror | poems by Allan Browne

EXT 2012 | writing inspired by music

EXT 2012 is the fourth book from extempore, and our ninth release, including the five journal issues released before we moved into books.

We are an Australian publisher with a focus on writing inspired by music, with a special focus on jazz and improvisation.

EXT 2012 Melbourne launch
Thursday 6 December,
Uptown Jazz Café,
6-7:30 pm, free event
includes readings and jazz