Category Archives: Australian pulp fiction

Pulp Curry added to National Library of Australia’s web archive

In a sign of just how much Australia’s culture is on the skids, this site, Pulp Curry, is to be added in the National Library of Australia’s PANDORA Archive. PANDORA is the National Library e-archive dedicated to enabling the long … Continue reading

Pulp Friday: Sinquake

“Mike Brand’s most sinister adversary – Cyn Boudin, high priestess with a lust for power.”  Today’s Pulp Friday offering is a wonderful piece of forgotten Australian pulp, Sinquake by Gene Janes. Sinquake was produced by little known local pulp publisher … Continue reading

Pulp Friday: interview with Iain Mcintyre, author, Sticking it to the Man!

Today’s Pulp Friday is a fascinating interview with Melbourne-based social historian Iain McIntyre, author of a new book, Sticking it to the Man! Pop, Protest and Black Fiction of the Counterculture, 1964-75. Sticking it to the Man! is a roller coaster … Continue reading

Pulp Friday: Model School

“The King’s Cross vice world taught her the other side of the profession.” Today’s Pulp Friday offering is a wonderful example of local pulp fiction from the early sixties, Model School by Christine James, released by Horwitz Publications in 1965. … Continue reading

Interview: Australian pulp fiction historian Toni Johnson Woods

Dr Toni Johnson Woods is someone I’ve been keen to interview on this blog for a while now. A Research Fellow at University of Queensland, she is passionate about Australian books. Not just capital ‘L’ literature, but the local mass … Continue reading