Poetry
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 [...]
The All Poetry Competition for 2009
Closing Date June 30, 2009
Open Now for all genres of poetry. Length between 14 and 40 lines.
Open theme. First Prize: $150. Second Prize: $80. Third prize: $50
Each winner to receive a copy of Tangents by The Kitchen Table Poets
Entry postmarked no later than June 30 2009.
No entry form required. Include a cover sheet showing name [...]
2009 PressPress Chapbook Award announced
After a successful Award in 2008 the PressPress Chapbook Award will run again in 2009!
The award is for an unpublished chapbook length manuscript of poems. The winning manuscript will receive $500 and chapbook publication with PressPress. The closing date is 31 May 2009.
Last year’s award had entries from all Australian states, as well [...]
Arts world mourns loss of Dorothy Porter
Dorothy Porter, a shining light of the poetry world, died in Melbourne on 9 December. Described as one of the true originals, Porter is best known for her verse novels including The Monkey’s Mask a thriller about a lesbian detective, published in 1994. The Monkey’s Mask won the National Book Council’s Poetry Prize in 1995 [...]
Magical Journeys – exhibition by South Coast artists
Aurora and Lazuli
(Lazuli is an azure kingfisher who
flies with Aurora)
Exhibition by Chere & Ric Le Page, Shoalhaven Arts Centre, Nowra,
14 November – 10 December. Launch 5 to 7pm, 14 November.
This exhibition is based on two of Chere’s whimsical poems “Aurora and Lazuli” and “The Pirate and the Fish Spitting Whale”.
The centrepiece of the [...]
