This Saturday 17th October 2pm-4pm we have wonderful poet Barbara Stapleton + launch of Winter Gold and open-mike at Perth Poetry Club, VIA ZOOM and at THE MOON CAFÉ.
Barbara Stapleton was born in Melbourne in 1937. She grew up at Hampton in a housing area for returned soldiers where the streets are named after the battlefields of France: Passchendaele, Villeroy, Amiens. After travelling overseas, she returned to Australia and entered a Catholic religious order in 1962, and subsequently taught in a number of schools in Victoria. She came to Perth about 30 years ago and became interested in short-story writing. For the past 20 years she has been a member of the Nuhra Community and lives at their retreat and meditation centre near Mandurah. She has had a short story published in a Penguin anthology entitled The Man Who Played Spoons (1987). Winter Gold is her first book of poems
Liana Joy Christensen will give a short launch speech. Liana is emeritus M.C. of Voicebox, and a great poet and performer of poetry.
The venue is Moon Café, 323 William St, Northbridge. A great place to be this Saturday afternoon 2pm-4pm.
Gig details are:
Perth Poetry Club is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom at the Moon Cafe. this Saturday, 17th October 2:00pm to 4:00pm Perth Aus WST (GMT+8hrs).
Chapbook Launch of Winter Gold by Barbara Stapleton, launch speech by Liana Joy Christensen + regular open-mike, also at the Moon Café, 323 William St Northbridge
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/942971412
You will have to wait for Zoom to do its thing. Be patient. You will need to be let into the meeting from the Waiting Room. Please be patient. It may not work straight away. Try again. If that fails email Elio on eliopoet@gmail.com
The Moon Café is open for bookings from 12noon each day. It also runs as a take away food / delivery and pick-up venue. Online bookings via their website, Facebook and Instagram. Also try calling 9328 7474. • Please support them and other businesses as much as you can during this time.
The next few weeks, we have the following features + usual open mike:
17-Oct-20 Chapbook Launch of Winter Gold by Barbara Stapleton, launch speech by Liana Joy Christensen + regular open-mike
24-Oct-20 Soul Reserve + Colin Young + open-mike
31-Oct-20 Launch of Seeing Trees by Glen Phillips and John Ryan, launch speech by Vivienne Glance + regular open-mike
7-Nov-20 Splodge + open-mike
14-Nov-20 Jaya Penelope + open-mike …
All with open-mike, not to be missed …
FOOTNOTE:
The WAPI Mar Bucknell workshop is on one week earlier, on the 17th October at WAPI office, Bon Marche Arcade, Barrack Street, Perth 1130am-1pm. Bookings thru Mar Bucknell 0421 778 270 or marbucknell@gmail.com