Pakistan floods: how you can help

reproduced from ABC Radio National
The UN estimates more than 20 million people have been made homeless by monsoonal floods that have affected 20 per cent of Pakistan’s total land area.

As at 11am Friday, the Unicef appeal has raised $859,384, including a $250,000 donation from the NSW government.

An estimated ten million of those are surviving on [...]

River Readings to feature Mark Tredinnick

The next River Readings will be held at 6pm on Friday, 10 September and will feature Mark Tredinnick. Mark’s latest book, The Blue Plateau, is shortlisted for the Non Fiction category of the $100,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Support for the readings comes from Arts NSW.
River Readings is a regular poetry reading series in the [...]

All Poetry Competition Results 2010

First: View of Dark Point. Bruce McIntyre, Marrickville NSW
Second: Poetry in the Trenches. John Upton, Burwood NSW
Third: Conversation with an Aboriginal Man of High Degree in the Todd River late one night early one morning after the Cas. Steve Browne, Alice Springs NT
HC: Flight of Ideas. Lyn Vellins, Alexandria  NSW
C: Python Bends. Peter Mitchell, Lismore NSW
C: Gallery Café. John Egan, Ashfield NSW
Shortlisted
Growth. Heather Kay, Cowan NSW
Blockout. Susan [...]

The poetic image to be polished in Batemans Bay

One of Australia’s truly significant poets will give a workshop in Batemans Bay in August. Susan Hampton is that rare combination, a poet and editor, and this makes her a teacher of poetry with an insight into both the creative process and polishing a poem for publication. Susan’s work has been praised by critics for [...]

International poets read in Nowra

Three of China’s most promising emerging poets and two award-winning Australian poets will present an afternoon of public poetry readings in Nowra.
This free literary event will be held from 2pm until 4pm on 24 July at the Manse on Kinghorn Street Nowra, (opposite Aldi). The readings from Debby Sou Vai Keng, Iris Fan Xing [...]

Lost Frescoes – new exhibition from Gerringong artist

Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes.
What would the Romans think of this exhibition?
‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, www.shoalhavenartscentre.com.au explores a response to place, antiquity, lost surfaces and ancient imagery. It evolved from 6 weeks in Italy exploring ancient art, [...]

Matthew Hill – south coast photographer

Matthew Hill’s interest in photography first began as a teenager in the 1970s with the purchase of his first SLR camera. Working in black and white film, he started out taking street scenes throughout Sydney. He then undertook a photographic course at the Ultimo Tech as it was called then. Apart from this formal training Matthew is self [...]

Snapshot of Berry – new blog

Berry artist and photography, Kim Dove, has started a new blog to document the development of her Snapshot of Berry photography project.
http://snapsofberrybook.wordpress.com

Scarlet Stiletto 2010 offers $4750 prize money

SISTERS IN CRIME AUSTRALIA
The Sisters in Crime Australian annual Scarlet Stiletto Women’s Crime and Mystery Short Story Competition is on again. The awards, Australia’s only crime writing competition for women, is celebrating its 17th birthday and offering $4750 in prize money. The awards, organised by Sisters in Crime Australia, are Australia’s most lucrative crime-writing competition for either gender. Story length is [...]

Upcoming South Coast Writers Centre workshops

SCWC WORKSHOPS
Poetry workshop with Susan Hampton – 14 August 2010
Please bring with you 15 copies of 3 pages of your poems/writing. In this workshop we’ll explore working with imagery, and the concept of point of view in poetry. We’ll look at techniques for making your poems stronger and more memorable. We will workshop a few [...]