Well it's finally here - as of today Torpedo Volume Two is available to buy in the store, since I've just humped dozens of boxes full of them up the stairs. I seem to remember the last time I did this, I swore I would find a burly helper for issue two. Oh, my aching back..

Well me hearties, 'tis time it seems to have a get together next to the middensail of our fine vessel. A wee launch party is in the offing, on February 13th at the Athenaeum Library on Collins Street, Melbourne. So, if ye be in the neighbourhood betwixt the hours of 530 and 830 on that fateful night, why not drop in to the oldest library in the colony, where Mark Twain gave a lecture in 1899 on the merits of the platypus (that may sound unlikely but it is fo'shizzle a true tale). Partake with us a glass of seasoned ale and prepare to be regaled by the extraordinary operatic voices of some young shipmates whilst perusing the shelves for ancient tomes. I once bought a Jules Verne first edition here for one dollar. Also true. Come round to my house and see it if you don't believe me.

With 20 million trees being cut down per year to produce books in the United States alone and only 5% of them printed on recycled paper, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out this can't go on indefinitely. Falcon vs. Monkey have now teamed up with green business Eco-Libris to make a very unique offer to you, dear prospective Torpedo reader. Pay an extra buck for Torpedo and a tree gets planted, in South America or Africa (in Malawi in fact, where an area of forest the size of a football field is cut down every 10 minutes). That makes us the first completely sustainable publisher in Australia. Here's hoping some more follow suit! Check out ecolibris.net for more info and details of how to balance out your library.