Mar
01
extempore Issue 4 - featuring a print by John Ryrie
Due out in May 2010, Issue 4 of extempore is nearly here! Look out for a great piece on Roger Frampton by John Shand. We asked him to answer the questions ‘Who was Roger Frampton?’ and ‘Why should we care?’ In his response, find out how Roger Frampton contributed to the history of improvised music in this country.
Fans of John Clare will enjoy him taking the piss out of John Lennon - tongue in cheek, as only John can! Jorge Sotirios joins the exclusive club of extempore contributors with the first of two essays he’s agreed to write for us. This one’s on jazz and existentialism. PS Cottier moves from poetry to prose, with her short story about Noddy, a jazz punter in limbo. We have National Jazz Writing Competition prize-winning essays by Peter Mitchell and Paul Pax Andrews. Belinda Webster interviews bass player Steve Elphick. Will Guthrie and Ren Walters captured in conversation and Adrian Jackson chats to Andrea Keller. And more, of course. It’s your usual 192 pages of interviews, essays, fiction, poetry, photos, due for release on 1 May 2010.
Pre-order your single copy here for delivery in the last week of April, or subscribe>
Jan
26
If you prefer to do your reading online, try our online edition. It comes free with your print subscription or save yourself a bundle by subscribing just to the online edition. Just $30 per year (2 issues) or $60 for two years (4 issues).
Great page turning technology and access to all our back issues. And it’s easy to upgrade to print at any time!
Check out the online edition now: http://extempore.realviewtechnologies.com
Not convinced? Email Miriam at info@extempore.com.au for a free one-week trial before you decide.
Dec
07
Offer extended - We are so proud [let me say that again] SO PROUD of our three issues of extempore that we’d like to share them around. Buy a pack of the first three issues of extempore at an incredibly discounted rate: $70 (normally $90) including postage for posting to Australian addresses. $90 (normally $120)including postage for postage outside Australia.
Nov
06
Click the image to visit our online edition.
extempore is now online, with groovy technology that allows you to turn pages on screen, zoom in and see all previous issues! There are many different ways a journal can go ‘online’ - we’ve chosen this one because it allows us to show off our unique design (thanks to Ian Robertson) and also protects the copyright of our contributors. You can’t download from the site, but you can zoom in, email links to friends, and print pages.
If you subscribe to the print edition of extempore, the online edition is available to you for free… or if you want to subscribe just to extempore Online, you pay just $30 for 2 issues or $60 for 4 issues; around half the price of a print subscription. You can upgrade to print at any time if you crave the printed page.
If you are a print subscriber and haven’t received your online edition login details, you can request them by contacting us at info [at] extempore [dot] com [dot] au
It’s been an exciting process getting the journal online, and we welcome feedback. Please let us know if you enjoy using extempore Online, or even if you don’t!
Oct
31
Watching and listening...
It’s becoming a tradition: extempore launches are thinly disguised excuses for a celebration, and celebration is exactly what they are about!
Issue 3 of extempore was launched in style on Friday 30 October, at Wangaratta Jazz.
A big thank you to Mike Nock who launched the journal again, and to John Clare and Geoff Page who read from their contributions to Issue 3. Baddaginnie Run supplied delicious wines and Milawa Cheese was enjoyed by all.
Thanks also to Steve Doig, the hallmaster at St Patrick’s Hall for his help in setting up!
Oct
10
Start your Wangaratta Jazz weekend with the launch of Issue 3 of this adventurous new journal of writing, music, art and improvisation. Readings and performance from within the pages of extempore and beyond!
We’ll be serving light refreshments including Milawa Cheese and wines by Baddaginnie Run.
5–6 pm Friday 30 October 2009
St Patricks Hall Supper Room, Ford Street Wangaratta
Free and open to the public - RSVP by 23 October so we all have plenty to eat & drink!
miriam [at] extempore.com.au or sms 0407 664 202
Sep
23
The winners of the 2009 National Jazz Writing Competition were announced this week. the competition this year focused on the essay form. Entries were received from all over Australia and winners are from three Australian states: New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.
Entries reflected the breadth of interpretations possible for the term ‘essay’ and ranged from referenced pieces to writing that could also be classified as creative non-fiction. All had something interesting to say about some aspect of jazz and improvised music.
First Prize The Fearless Note by Andrew Lindsay
Second Prize The Certainty of Risk by Peter Mitchell
Third Prize The Scene… Sydney, way back then by Paul Pax Andrews
Editor’s Choice Award Facing the music - the critic under review by Roger Mitchell
Second and third prize-winning essays by Peter Mitchell and Paul Pax Andrews will be published in Issue 4 of extempore in May 2010. Pieces by Andrew Lindsay (First Prize) and Roger Mitchell (Editor’s Choice Award) appear in Issue 3, published 1 November 2009.
For more information about the winners visit the competition website >
Sep
01
“…I had some reservations as to whether the project of interspersing jazz with traditional Australian music and dance would work. However any such doubts were very quickly dispelled…”
Brian Ormsby was one of the lucky extempore subscribers who won a double pass to hear The Australian Art Orchestra’s Crossing Roper Bar. Here’s what he had to say…
Aug
25
It seems strange to think that when Issue 3 comes out in November, extempore will only have existed for a year. If you’d asked me, I would have said it’s been around for much, much longer than that!
Since we began, we’ve received some excellent feedback and some great support. And the best news is, we’re still enjoying ourselves! But some big questions remain… Why haven’t more people subscribed? Should we offer an online version? Are we including a good balance of Australian and international content? Are there too many poems? Too many interviews?
These are questions that only you can answer! Please help us keep on track… tell us what you like about extempore and what you would change if you could. You can remain completely anonymous! Just 18 questions (most of them can be answered with a click of your mouse), and we also have thank you gifts for those who participate.
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Aug
01
Thanks to all who submitted an essay to this year’s National Jazz Writing Competition!
Entries are now closed and winners will be announced in early September.
To keep up to date on competition announcements and to be informed when entries open next year, why not sign up to the extempore Update newsletter.
