“Most Hipster Publication in Australia” – New Issue Launched

Ben Walter
The fifth edition of Australia’s quirkiest literary journal was launched in Tasmania this week.

Only three copies of The Picton Grange Quarterly Review are printed for its readers. These are
offered on social media – the first three people to respond to the launch announcement receive the
copies for free, providing they are willing to keep to the rules: to read the journal within 48 hours,
before offering it up for free on their own social media platforms.

“We were described by one Twitter user as ‘the most hipster publication in Australia’ – I’m not sure
how I feel about that,” says the editor, Tasmanian writer Ben Walter. “But I’m pretty sure we’re the
only one with a visitors’ book.”

The fifth issue features two pieces by the poet and academic Pete Hay. The journal is a short read,
narrow enough to fit in a DL envelope, and projects a distinctive design by Nick Gross.

“I like to think that the copies keep circulating forever, giving us a wider readership than the
mainstream literary journals,” says Walter. “But they probably just end up down the back of people’s
couches.”

Further information is available at: h ttps://www. f acebook . com/ p ictongrange/