Saturdays 5 & 12 June
PLAN TO BE PUBLISHED with Les Wicks
at the NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle 10am – 4pm
at the NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle 10am – 4pm
One of the best known poetry workshop
templates in Australia will be on offer in Sydney.
Be inspired! Be published!
More details: http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?keyword=june2010 or ring 9555 9757
Exceptional, supporting yet challenging, showing (and earning) respect, a privilege toattend this leader’s workshop;serendipity but fabulous; contributed very generously great value for money;I got more from two days with Les’ workshop than I did over a postgraduate year at universityOne of the best-known poetry workshop templates in Australia. OK, you write and are starting to think it may be better if your work gets out there into a wider world, on to the next level. This is for you, all styles, all ages. Les' workshops are known for their constructive and friendly orientation. This workshop will have an emphasis on the nuts and bolts of establishing a poetry audience. A key component of the two days will be traditional workshopping where 3 of each participant's poems are discussed (don't worry, it's not intimidating, we just work together to make a good thing a little better). But this won't be all that's covered. Participants will benefit greatly from applying insider's hints on how the poetry scene works. Poems are examined with a view to finding outlets that fit your style... all in addition to intensive editorial feedback. Other topics include running your own projects, taking up opportunities offered by the internet and, of course, getting your book published. Everyone who so wishes will have their poems published in an established internet magazine. Experience has shown this approach is highly effective… combining practical information with an artistic dialogue among peers over a solid block of time.
LES WICKS is widely published both in Australia and overseas, an accessible poet with 8 collections to his name. He's been involved in dozens of editing projects over his 35 years as a writer and has done his popular workshops from Hobart to Byron Bay to Perth.
Enquiries ring 9555 9757 Full price $270, NSWWC members $190, Conc members $165
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Date: Friday May 21 Voices from Underground
An interactive performance by the Sydney-based group, Harbour City Poets, presenting all-new poems and a new chapbook. These edgy readings feature buried Sydney, from the city margins to the centre. Political, ecological and social issues surface from its history to disturb the smooth façade. Expect sewers and cemeteries, the Police Museum, convicts and larrikins of the nineteenth century, The Rocks (earliest Chinatown), rat plagues, jails, in fact anything subterranean (literally and metaphorically) that our poetic ventriloquy can re-create.
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue: Sydney Philharmonia Choir Studio
Cost: $5 at door (cash only)
MC: Margaret Bradstock
Time: 5.30-7pm
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Auburn Poets and Writers’ Group (APWG) 22nd May
Zalzala: Inner quakes and after-shocks 10.00am
Event: ZALZALA: Inner Quakes and After Shocks
Date: Saturday 22 May
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Bangarra Mezzanine
Address: Walsh Bay, Sydney
Entry : Free entry
Earth Quakes:
Listen as APWG goes under the skin of culture shock.
Cultures within cultures: intersexions of body and soulful words, dislocations of place and inner languages, a collidescope of climate changes in the whether.
Tremors of the heart: A collaborative spoken-word performance in English, Tamil, Arabic and Farsi, creating rhythms and linkages between the experience of change in culture and climate.
Shocking:
For further information please phone Auburn Community Development Network (ACDN) on
Tel. (02) 9649 5559 or
Email: Alissar Chidiac at ACDN auburnarts@acdn.org.au
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Friday the 21st of May
Red Room invites you to "Poems to Share at SWF!"
When: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Pier 2/3 Cafe, Sydney
On May 21st, The Sydney Writers' Festival hosts a Red Room event,
celebrating seven years of successful collaborations with Australian
poets. Come and mingle with ten of Australia's top poets!
Celebrate the work of the Red Room Company and contemporary Australian
poetry at the Sydney Writers' Festival. The Red Room has organised a
special event for the SWF, gathering ten prominent Australian poets
featured in Poems to Share, our new set of poetry cards produced in
collaboration with our design partners, Corban & Blair.
Each poet will read their piece from Poems to Share, and also share
another with the audience. Along with the readings there will be a
discussion on the notion of sharing and its relation to poetry;
perhaps an anecdote of a book lent, or a poem read aloud by a lover,
or a favourite poem long kept tucked away.
The audience will be seated at tables with the poets, able to share
their own ideas and impressions of the event.
Visit www.redroomcompany.org to see more information about the event.
Red Room invites you to "Poems to Share at SWF!"
When: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Pier 2/3 Cafe, Sydney
On May 21st, The Sydney Writers' Festival hosts a Red Room event,
celebrating seven years of successful collaborations with Australian
poets. Come and mingle with ten of Australia's top poets!
Celebrate the work of the Red Room Company and contemporary Australian
poetry at the Sydney Writers' Festival. The Red Room has organised a
special event for the SWF, gathering ten prominent Australian poets
featured in Poems to Share, our new set of poetry cards produced in
collaboration with our design partners, Corban & Blair.
Each poet will read their piece from Poems to Share, and also share
another with the audience. Along with the readings there will be a
discussion on the notion of sharing and its relation to poetry;
perhaps an anecdote of a book lent, or a poem read aloud by a lover,
or a favourite poem long kept tucked away.
The audience will be seated at tables with the poets, able to share
their own ideas and impressions of the event.
Visit www.redroomcompany.org to see more information about the event.
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DiVerse and the S.H. Ervin Gallery
Presents
Poetry from the Salon Des Refusés 2010
A poetic rendering of the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Salon des Refusés exhibition.
A poetic rendering of the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Salon des Refusés exhibition.
Sunday the 23rd of May 2010 at 3.00 pm.
Part of the Sydney Writer’s Festival for the fourth year, DiVerse perform their specially written poetry, based on the art works of the Salon des Refusés.
The DiVerse poets have been invited to write ekphrastic responses to this eclectic selection of works.
S.H. Ervin Gallery
National Trust of Australia
Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, NSW 2000
National Trust Reception: (02) 9258 0123
Friday the 21st of MayNational Trust of Australia
Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks, NSW 2000
National Trust Reception: (02) 9258 0123
Red Room invites you to "Poems to Share at SWF!"
When: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Pier 2/3 Cafe, Sydney
On May 21st, The Sydney Writers' Festival hosts a Red Room event,
celebrating seven years of successful collaborations with Australian
poets. Come and mingle with ten of Australia's top poets!
Celebrate the work of the Red Room Company and contemporary Australian
poetry at the Sydney Writers' Festival. The Red Room has organised a
special event for the SWF, gathering ten prominent Australian poets
featured in Poems to Share, our new set of poetry cards produced in
collaboration with our design partners, Corban & Blair.
Each poet will read their piece from Poems to Share, and also share
another with the audience. Along with the readings there will be a
discussion on the notion of sharing and its relation to poetry;
perhaps an anecdote of a book lent, or a poem read aloud by a lover,
or a favourite poem long kept tucked away.
The audience will be seated at tables with the poets, able to share
their own ideas and impressions of the event.
Visit www.redroomcompany.org to see more information about the event.
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