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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, [...]
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 [...]
Sheahan Galleries winter season in Wollongong’s northern suburbs
In two exhibitions, Sue Smalkowski and Mitchell English explore different aspects of the coastal environment.
Smalkowski’s paintings portray both the minutiae of rock pools and the magnificence of the Illawarra escarpment. In this new body of work, Smalkowski has employed the subtleties of an accomplished watercolorist with her lush painterly oils to capture nature’s intimate beauty [...]
Digital art finds permanent home on Sydney’s streets
Sydney’s largest electricity substation has now become the country’s first permanent, public gallery for digital based art, after the official launch of Grid Gallery recently.
EnergyAustralia Managing Director George Maltabarow said Grid Gallery would showcase the digital works of media-based artists via an energy efficient LED art wall.
“Grid Gallery is about power and light,” Mr [...]
International author and famous Rocket Readings when Sydney Writers Festival comes to Wollongong
Sydney Writers Festival and South Coast Writers Centre are presenting two regional festival events in Wollongong in May, including a visit from Canadian writer Richard Van Camp.
Celebrating the Voice 10: Indigenous Writers Night will feature Canadian writer Richard Van Camp, in Australia as a guest of the Sydney Writers Festival and South Coast Writers Centre thanks [...]
Nowra’s River Readings - A Big Night for Shoalhaven Poets
South Coast Writers Centre, the Kitchen Table Poets and the Shoalhaven Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers are working together to put on regular poetry readings in the Shoalhaven Arts Centre.
The River Readings series will kick of with award-winning guest poet Brook Emery. At the first River Readings,there will also be ten local [...]
Archibald Prize 2010 - Winner of Packing Room prize
Sydney artist Nafisa has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2010 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Glenn A Baker, rock historian and travel writer.
Three-time holder of the BBC’s Rock Brain of the Universe title, Glenn A Baker is renowned for his encyclopaedic knowledge of rock music. He has written books [...]
