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David Vincent Smith (aka DVS) is a performance poet, rapper and filmmaker. He says 'you will probably hate him because he's about to take food from your plate or your table water'... is that a metaphor, d'you think? Hmm. Anyway yr blog editor would gladly share her food and water with DVS if it helps him get his words on. His PIC is a mic. What more do you need. Amplifyic, Dynamic, or simply DVS. Sandie Walker is an emerging poetry voice. Her words featured in this year’s Poetry d’Amour anthology and in the Valentine’s Day performance at the Perth Zoo Japanese Gardens. Listen to her Love (and other) poems this Saturday at Perth Poetry Club.
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15th June: Cuttlewoman & Dick Alderson | 22th June: David Vincent Smith | 29th June: Open Mike | 6th July: TBA | 13th July: Gary De Piazzi | 20th July: Tracey Ryan | 27th July: TBA 17th August: WA Poetry Festival gig at Perth Poetry Club, with local poets Allan Boyd, Brian Langley, Helen Child, Jaya Penelope and David Vincent Smith, and national poets TT.O and Graham Nunn. Photo: 'Drosera' by Keren Gila Raiter
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Cuttlewoman collected herself in solitude in forest walks and lonely evenings. She lives reluctantly in Perth, forced to support her creator to survive university. Cuttlewoman likes inventing words, Shakespeare, Charles Darwin and Sylvia Plath. Her poems are often about unrequited love--both sexual and planetary. Her poem, Eff, a peri-apocalyptic vision of women making flowers to appease nature, featured in a recent Perth exhibition, Fingers and Petals, curated by Nalda Searles and Judy-Mary Seward. Dick Alderson is a member of OOTA, and his work has appeared in Blue Dog, Indigo, Westerly and Famous Reporter, anthologies such as EmPowa and The Weighing of the Heart, and was commended in the Tom Collins Poetry prize 2009. He participated in the Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre Workshops last Year. He is said to be ‘a poet of the land, the city and elegant observations’.
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Afeif Ismail Unfortunately, Kerry Loughrey will not be able to join us.
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Come gather round the hearth this winter solstice to be warmed by yule stories, music, spiced wine and chai. We'll keep the story light aflame with stories on the theme of winter, light and rebirth told by West O' The Moon, Jesse the Wind Wanderer, Keren Gila Raiter and Shona Kaleis. And as an extra special winter treat we will have the exquisite music of Gosia Winter, fresh from Berlin. Where: Raft Gallery, 96 Bawdan Street, WillageeWhen: 21st June 2013; We will begin at 7:30 and go til late...Tickets: $15/$10 unwaged, available at the door. Please note this is storytelling for adults and may contain adult themes, children are welcome at their parent's discretion
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Zan Ross has been featured in all the usual Australian journals plus a few in the US, Canada, France, Romania and several on-line zines. She has had two collections of poetry published: B-Grade through Monogene Press and Enpassant through Fremantle Arts Centre Press, as well as the chapbook, “Je ne sais quoi” through Vagabond Press. There have been a few residencies and prizes, but who really cares about that ... She hopes to keep writing until she falls off her perch.
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4th May: Mike Greenacre & Caitlin Mahony |11th May: Ron Barton & Ron Okely | 18th May: Amber Fresh & Robin Daglish | 25th May: Jackson & Dr Jaydeep Sarangi | 1st June: Zan Ross | 8th June: Afeif Ismail & Kerry Loughrey | 15th June: Cuttlewoman & Dick Alderson | 22th June: David Vincent Smith | 29th June: Open Mic | 13th July: Gary De Piazzi | ... 20th July: Tracey Ryan 17th August: WA Poetry Festival gig at Perth Poetry Club, with local poets Allan Boyd, Brian Langley, Helen Child, Jaya Penelope and David Vincent Smith, and national poets TT.O and Graham Nunn.
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Jackson seeks poems that work whether declaimed loudly or whispered in the mind. Never a closet poet, she has always written with an audience in mind, and her second collection "Lemon Oil", launched just last Sunday, is an example of this. She will be performing this Saturday at the Moon Café from this new collection. According to poet Claire Potter, "Lemon Oil" is "fiery, bold and brave". Those at Perth Poetry Club know her to be nothing but, and we are not about to be disappointed... Jaydeep Sarangi is a bilingual writer, academic, editor and translator. He is the author of a number of significant publications (including twenty eight books) on Postcolonial issues, Indian Writing in English, Australian Literature Marginal Literature and Sociolinguistics in reputed international journals and magazines. Dr Sarangi is the editor of New Fiction Journal (a refereed journal). He has delivered keynote addresses in several national and international seminars and conferences and read his poems in different continents. He is on the editorial board of ten international refereed journals in different shores. He is the Vice President, GIEWEC (Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors & Critics ,head office at Kerala, India) and one of the founder members and the Vice President of SPELL (Society for Poetry, Education, Literature and Language) Kolkata. Dr. Paula Hayes (USA) in her Introduction to one of his books of poems comments, “a few of Jaydeep’s poems reach toward asking metaphysical questions.” Professor Dora Sales of University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain comments, “As we all know, India has a rich literary tradition. Jaydeep Sarangi is a splendid member of this endless family. Truly, a poet of note.” He delivered lectures at the University of Wollongong, and University of New South Wales, in October—November 2012. He is the author of three poetry collections; reviewed extensively in different parts of the world. Jaydeep Sarangi teaches English literature and language at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (University of Calcutta), Kolkata, India.
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The founder of Perth Poetry Club, and one of the most inspiring and dynamic poets in Perth is about to launch another book of poetry to challenge and delight:
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Amber Fresh was born in Kalgoorlie. Her poetry has been published in Westerly, Navigations, The Cottonmouth Zine, The Ponies, MoTHER [has words...], Metior, and online at Regal 8//Shelf 8 and Another Lost Shark, and probably several others. Amber's first book of poetry, “Between You and Me”, was published through funding from the Department of Culture and the Arts, and is a wonderful first collection. (Elio has it on his bathroom shelf, stacked between Rumi and Kerouac.)Amber is editor of numerous publications and zines, and will be showcased in a forthcoming publication by Fremantle Press entitled “Fremantle Poets 3: Performance Poets”, described as ‘… a poetry collection that celebrates words as living forces, flowing communally between and through us.’ See her showcase at the Moon this Saturday… Robin DaglishRobin, on his web site, states that he spent his working life as a builder in southern England, now retired and after living in Weymouth, Dorset for 14 years, he landed up near Brighton (UK), and now in PerthHe wasted the first decades of his life thinking poetry was a soppy irrelevance, then he read the dedicatory poem in T.E. Lawrence’s ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’, and in his words…“I woke up: this is a poem about love and how the sorry history of the Middle East could have been different.”He has been writing poetry now for 20+ years. His poetry has been widely published:as part of the Harbour Poets, in the anthology ‘Essential Journey’ in 2009.in poetry magazines – Orbis, South, Sentinel, H.Q. Poetry, Pulsar, Krax, Borderlines and the final edition of Fire magazine.The poem ‘Weymouth Dawn’ is the title poem of his first collection (see the PIX).Look forward to seeing him perform….
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2013-4 Peter Cowan Writers' Centre Advanced Poets Workshop Series Session times: 1.30 – 4.30 pm2013 dates: 15 June, 20 July, 17 August, 21 September, 19 October, & 16 November2014 dates: 15 March, 19 April, 17 May, 21 June & 19 July PCWC’s 2011 and 2012 Advanced Poets Workshops culminated in two anthologies Sunlight of Ordinary Days and Breath of the Sea. Our 2013-14 series will consist of eleven, monthly workshops for emerging and published poets to continue to develop their poetry practice. The series will feature published and experienced poets/poetry teachers as guest facilitators. 15 June Glen Phillips: Introduction to the series - Poetry and Place A workshop that looks at poetry as an expression of place. 20 July Jackson: Writing for the Ear (TBC) Focusing on assonance, line break, repetition and rhythm. 17 August Andrew Lansdown: Alternative poetic forms Exploring traditional Japanese poetic forms of haiku, gunsaku, tanka and choka. 21 September Dennis Haskell: Metre and Rhythm (TBC) Exploring the English metres and the relationship between metre and rhythm. 19 October Vivienne Glance: Performance Poetry and the Sound or Language Focusing on the importance of rhythm, voice and breath in performing poetry. 16 November Shane McCauley: Imagery (TBC) Exploring the types of metaphor, and literal, figurative and allusive imagery. 15 March Andrew Burke: Revision, rethinking, rewriting (TBC) How to polish the Vision, untangle the Thought, and fine-tune the Statement. 19 April Liana Joy Christensen: The Poem as an Animal Examining classic animal poems and how they achieve their effect. 17 May Lucy Dougan: Sustaining Your Creative Practice (TBC) Using fragments from a favourite poem, novel, film, song lyric, or painting as the basis for new work. 21 June Kevin Gillam: Inspiration or matching form and mood How do we keep ourselves creatively alive and alert as poets? 19 July Glen Phillips: Tradition and individual talent. What have you gained? Publishing. Poetry is a conversation between the poet-in-the-now and poets who have gone before. Bring two poems from your favourite poet to write your own response. Admission to the course will be via a selection process. Applicants must send ? poems and a one-page poetry resume with their registration to be considered for this course. Applicants who are not selected for the course will receive a full refund on fees paid. Final Registrations will close on 1 June 2013Early bird special - register by 16 May 2013: Members $400 $465 Non-members Thereafter: PCWC Members: $425 Full-time Students: $460 Non-members: $490 To APPLY: Complete the application form and return with your poetry submission to:Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre Inc., PO Box 239, Joondalup WA 6919 Phone: (08) 9301 2282, e: cowan05@bigpond.com, w: www.pcwc.org.au
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The wonderful Robbie Wood, who has been managing Perth Poetry Club's feature poet lineup since late last year, is off to Melbourne (is he chasing a girl?).We need an organised person who is passionate about keeping the magic of Perth Poetry Club alive to manage the bookings of the club's feature poet lineup.The time commitment is minimal but regular, and you'd need to have some access to internet and phone. The rewards include being the first-hand contact with all of the emerging and established artists that Perth Poetry Club hosts (including many international and interstate poets), having a high level of influence on the lineup, and being part of the Underlords; the organising committee that continues to make Perth's only weekly spoken word event a reality. In doing so, you will be making a direct contribution to arts and culture in perth; providing a space for people to express themselves freely, and develop their poetry and performance skills.To find out more (without obligation), please contact Elio of Perth Poetry Club at perthpoetryclub@gmail.com or on 0417 345 863.
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Ron Barton works with words in his job as an English teacher but writes with wit and whimsy in his spare time. His first book of poetry, If God is a Poet, was published by Ginninderra Press in 2012 and this year he was a part of the inaugural edition of Tincture Journal. A combatant in the 2012 WA Poetry Slam, Ron is just starting to explore the open-mic scene. Ron Okely, born in Bassendean in 1929, developed a childhood love of the river. Married in 1954, He lived with his family in regional towns including Lake Grace and Port Hedland moving to Maddington in 1971His first book of poems “The Poet and the Stockman’s Hat “ reflect his appreciation of family and friends, his experiences in country Western Australia and as a Social Worker in the Emergency Centre of Royal Perth Hospital His second book "The Bedroom Door and other poems" highlights life's values, its vision and clarity. Launched this week, the poetry book celebrates family and friendship. Be there at the Moon to celebrate...
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Don’t abandon your sick and injured poems — bring them in for a group healing session. Some poems just need cosmetic surgery; some need deep healing. In a supportive friendly group we will explore what works and what doesn’t work in our poems and what to do about it. Please bring writing materials and two or three poems. 10am to 1pmSaturday 11 May 2013Mattie Furphy House, Allen Park Heritage Precinct, 88 Wood Street, Swanbourne. Pay as you feel. Bookings: lostpoetjj@gmail.com, 0406 624 578 Mattie Furphy’s is the more southerly of the two houses at the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA.
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Mike Greenacre is a Western Australian poet who has had his poems published in literary journals and anthologies and read on radio in Australia and overseas. He is a teacher and has taught in The Kimberleys and The Goldfields before teaching in Perth schools in WA. He has published two collections of poetry: Kimberley Man (2002) and Beacon Breaker (2010). He is married to Tracy and they have a son Jonathan (24) and a daughter Jaime (22). Caitlin Mahony is a Perth based writer. Originally from Geelong, she has visited and lived in various places before eventually finding herself here in Perth. A closest writer for many years, Caitlin has recently found confidence in herself as a writer through The Perth Poetry Club. With the support of all of you talented people she is finally coming out of the closet, so to say.
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Web-editor's note: on Friday my home was burgled and my laptop, amongst other things, was stolen. On Saturday it appeared at my front door, undamaged, and it is by virtue of it being returned that I was able to update this blog. To the robber/s: breaking in and stealing all that you did was a horrible thing to do, but i do appreciate your efforts in returning the laptop. I would appreciate it if you could return everything else too. May you find a way in life that fulfills you and does not hurt others. - Keren Gila Raiter Elio Novello has been writing poetry,or trying to (his words), for a little over four years. His poems are reflective on life, with emphasis on the importance of journey, but recognising that there is an inevitable destination that all of us will experience in our lives. Elio is used to having God as a sparring partner, and there is an underlying environmental/ political edge to Elio’s poetic commentary at times. Thomas Murray Chandler originates from the UK, but has made Perth his home in recent years. He uses the middle name, Murray, because he has to compete with a more famous namesake who is a poet laureate but that has not deterred Thomas. He performs nearly every Saturday at the Moon Café open mic. With quirky outlook on life and a lap-top delivery, he is an enthusiast of the haiku/senryu genre. So be primed to hear this and much more.
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Caroline Sambridge is a poet of earthy comic rhyme. Caroline says: "I am a bush poet who has lived all over australia. I write about all sorts of subjects and crazy characters." (Don't let the lowercase fool you.) Caroline is an admirable performer and her poetry can confound and astound at the same time. So be prepared to be delighted and confused, but always be in awe of her words. John Ryan is a writer whose botanical poetry explores what he calls the inherently mysterious nature of the plant world. John recently collaborated with Ellen Hickman (botanical illustrator) to produce the book,Two with Nature, that succeeds in fusing art and science, words and images in order to stimulate new ways of knowing the green world. John's poetry is a pleasure to listen to. Stealing from a 2012 review of his work: John Ryan is a doctoral candidate at Edith Cowan University where he has been working on a thesis called Plants, people and place: cultural botany and the Southwest Australian flora. Thesis chapters have been published in Australian Humanities Review, Continuum and Nature and Culture. His poetry has appeared in Bukker Tillibul, dotdotdash, Yellow Field, Landscapes and ekleksographia. In 2012, he will be published in the collection Fremantle poets 3: performance poets. He lives near Forrestdale Lake, Western Australia.
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Perth Poetry Club is pleased to host the launch of Mulla Mulla Press's new zine, Recoil 4. Recoil 4 showcases some of the favourites from the feature poets that performed at Perth Poetry Club in 2012, from Perth and around the world.Coral Carter of Mulla Mulla Press will be in town from beautiful Kalgoorlie to launch the zine, and Jaya Penelope, Chris Conrad, Jo Clarke, Vivienne Glance, Dennis Hasskell, Ron Okely and other poets to be confirmed will perform some of their poems from the zine.Recoil 4 will be on sale for $3. Bargain! Mulla mullas flowering in their native habitat
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Clancy's Fish Pub, Fremantle 51 Cantonment St Poets and songwriters,Monday 8th April, 7.45pm startFriendly Freo vibe Donation $5/$3 conc. April's Guests Conor McCarthy was born in Boston, and educated at the University of Notre Dame, from which he graduated magna cum laude with English Honors and minor in Irish Studies, and at which he was privileged to study under acclaimed poet and Cave Canem founder Cornelius Eady. He is the Young Alumni Representative on the Notre Dame Irish Advisory Council.He spent the 2008-2009 academic year at Trinity College Dublin, where he read in English, Irish, and Political Science. His year in Ireland provided the provenance for much of his poetry, readings of which he has given in both the United States and Ireland. He is the coauthor, with Patricia McMahon, of the award winning children’s book, Just Add One Chinese Sister. Patricia McMahon, a native New Yorker, is the author of fourteen books which have been published to much acclaim. Her work has been recognized by the International Board of Books for Young, the Smithsonian Institution, and has been nominated for numerous State awards. She takes particular pride in being a finalist for the Georgia Peach award. Her books include non-fiction explorations of the lives of real children in places as diverse as Korea, Northern Ireland and Martha’s Vineyard, as well as novels, and the picture book Just Add One Chinese Sister. Her writing has been called “powerful and provocative” as well as “unique and side-splitting hilarious.” Her creative life was determined by a fateful encounterwith Pippi Longstocking. Patricia has a Masters degree in Children’s Literature from The Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and has taught University classes in creative writing and children’s literature. She has also been a bookseller, worked in publishing at Little, Brown and Co., and is a past president of the Foundation for Children’s Books, and lived all over the world in parts of America, Asia, Africa and now luckily, Australia.
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Annamaria Weldon’s writing goes to the world’s edge where flora, fauna, poetry and other wild things grow. At Perth Poetry Club she will read from her popular collection The Roof Milkers (Sunline Press 2008) and from her forthcoming nature book, to be published by UWAP in 2013/14. Annamaria has won the Creatrix, Ena Taylor and Tom Collins Poetry Prizes and was short-listed in the ABR’s latest Peter Porter Poetry Prize. Helen Hagemann's first literary collection “Evangelyne & Other Poems” was published by the Australian Poetry Centre in their New Poets Series 2009. She recently completed a new collection which is forthcoming in August 2013 with Sunline Press.
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Don’t abandon your sick and injured poems — bring them in for a group healing session. Some poems just need cosmetic surgery; some need deep healing. In a supportive friendly group we will explore what works and what doesn’t work in our poems and what to do about it. Please bring writing materials and two or three poems.10am to 1pmSaturday 11 May 2013Mattie Furphy House, Allen Park Heritage Precinct, 88 Wood Street, Swanbourne.Pay as you feel: if you're able to pay, please pay something you think is fair and that you can afford.Please book with Jackson. lostpoetjj@gmail.com, 0406 624 578, proximitypoetry.com.Mattie Furphy’s is the more southerly of the two houses at the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA.
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Open Mike for Five MinutesAs many of your poetry gems for 5 minutes.Roll up on the day and be a mini-feature.Best two performers as judged by the audience will get a reward (People's Choice).The soundman on the day will also surprise on this extended Open Mike day.
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Tim Metcalf is a country doctor whose work has appeared in poetry publications over the last 25 years. Although his medical poetry has been published here and overseas, he mostly writes on other subjects. His 2006 award-winning anthology of clinician-poets Verbal Medicine has been featured on Radio National’s Poetica, and is the top-selling poetry title for Ginninderra Press. His most recent collection is The Effective Butterfly. Scott-Patrick Mitchell is a poet, writer and fashion blogger. He is completing a PhD in Performance Poetry, exploring processes of writing, performing and transcending the poetical on stage. Mitchell has won both the Press Press Chapbook Award and Perth Poetry Slam and is published through Fremantle Press, Black Rider Press and now Mulla Mulla Press, who will shortly be releasing his new chapbook, the rutting season. For further information visit either scott-patrickmitchell.com or www.outrageous-adventures.com.
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23/3: Tim Metcalf, Scott-Patrick Mitchell |30/3: Open Mic |6/4: Annamaria Weldon, Helen Hagemann |13/4: Recoil 4 Launch |20/4: Caroline Sambridge, John Ryan |27/4: Elio Novello, Thomas Chandler |4/5: Mike Greenacre, Caitlin Mahony|11/5: Ron Barton |18/5: Amber Fresh, Robin Daglish |25/5: Jackson - double feature |1/6: TBA |8/6: Afeif Ismail, Kerry Loughrey |15/6: Penny Wood |22/6: David Vincent Smith |29/6: Open Mic feature |
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WA Poets Inc. in association with the City of South Perthpresent a free poetry event Saturday 23rd March 3 till 6pmMcDougall Park, Clydesdale Street, South Perth Featuring Mar Bucknell (MC), Gary de Piazzi, Annamaria Weldon, Sue Clennell, Jan Napier, Dennis Haskell, Kevin Gillam, Peter Bibby, John McBain, Michael Pedrana, and Dean Meredith. There will be a two-hour reading at the rear of McDougall House from 3 till 5 with poets reading for up to ten minutes each, followed by a stroll along the park’s poetry walk, where each poet will perform a single nature poem.
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CALLING ALL POETS - HAVE YOUR WORK POSSIBLY SEEN BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE Trove is currently seeking submissions for Poets' Corner, a poetry initiative of the UWA Cultural Precinct.The aim of Poets' Corner is to encourage poets to publish short works of poetry in an unusual space. Poets' Corner, in particular, showcases poetry on the large digital sign located on the corner of Mounts Bay Road and Hackett Drive. Trove would like to invite members of the Perth Poetry Club to submit poetry to Poets' Corner. Poems can be submitted on an ongoing basis throughout the year.Please visit the link below for a sample of previous publications and submission guidelines: http://www.trove.arts.uwa.edu.au/poets-cornerFor enquiries please contact Louisa at wul06@student.uwa.edu.au
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Ned Wolf is a writer and natural healer residing in Perth for 8 years. His first volume of poetry, Sailing On a Banshee Wind, includes poems celebrating healing, acts of creation and even some childhood poems written over 40 years ago. Ned's passions move him to write about the joys of discovering our innate powers as unique individuals. He challenges himself to have fun discovering just how great each is. Steve, aka SAWBUZZ, aka Steve aka H-Arp/JC the Pervert"?!!? "is an alien". Apparently nothing else needs to be said. According to our Underlord honcho Elio, "He has been a semi-regular at the Perth Poetry Club, and is known for his interesting and off-beat performance. He can truly amaze you with his poetry gems. So be prepared to be challenged and pleasantly surprised."
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Kevin Gillam is a West Australian poet with three books of poetry published, Other Gravities (2003) and Permitted to Fall (2007) both with Sunline Press and songs sul G in 'Two Poets' (2011) with Fremantle Press. He works as Director of Music at Christ Church Grammar School. As a cellist, he has performed with Danny Gunzberg on a number of occasions, most recently at the Poetry d'Armour evening at the Perth Zoo. Danny Gunzberg has been writing poems since he was thirteen and songs since he was fifteen. His work appears in Verandah, Going Down Swinging, Fremantle Arts Review and other periodicals. In 1995 Danny was appointed Emerging-Writer-In-Residence at The Katherine Sussanah Prichard Writers’ Centre. In 2005 he published his first book of poems, which sold out of two print runs in under a year and is currently in its third run. Danny has also made and sold several albums of his acoustic and electric music.
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Spoken voice performance at the Art Gallery of WA:New York New York: a history in 20 minutesLet us take you on humorous and thought-provoking journey through the history of New York. Listen to the stories behind some of the most striking images from the MoMA exhibition Picturing New York: the people, the place, the culture, the art, the celebrities, the music, the city-scape. Visit the exhibition either before or after you see the show, and see the photographs in a new light. New York New York is a quick-fire narrative, from New Netherland in 1609 through to metropolis, to 20th century world city, and the Twin Towers. It celebrates the rise and rise of New York, from outpost of empire to the world’s most famous city. You’ll see digital projections of images included in Picturing New York, which is in the same building as the performance. You’ll find out how New York built the world’s first and tallest skyscrapers, how the city cleaned up its mean streets for tourists—and why so many stars and wannabes went to take a walk on the wild side in the Big Apple. The show is suitable for anyone who wants to know more about New York and how it became the world’s number one city. Original music and digital soundscape arranged and performed by Joanna Neave.Spoken voice written and delivered by Alan Hancock.Images sourced from the MoMA touring exhibition Picturing New York Performance details:20 minute show with no intervalThe Manhattan Lounge, Art Gallery of WA, Northbridge Cultural CentreMarch 22nd and April 26th 2013Shows at 7.30 and 8.00 pm each night (exhibition closes at 10 pm)Admission is included in the cost of entrance to the exhibition -Adult $19, Concession $16, School students $7Enquiries: 9337 4136 or freeflow@iinet.net.auGeneral information: 9492 6600 admin@artgallery.wa.gov.auhttp://www.picturingnewyork.artgallery.wa.gov.au/whats-on/ Tickets from the Art Gallery, or call 132 849: ticketek.com.au
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Bali writing retreat, 5 days in July 2013 - details at www.alan-hancock.com
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2nd March: Allan Boyd, Alan Hancock |9th March: Kevin Gillam, Danny Gunzburg |16th March: Ned Wolf, Steve |23rd March: Tim Metcalf, Scott-Patrick Mitchell |30th March: Open Mike |6th April: Annamaria Weldon |13th April: Recoil 4 Launch |
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At the age of nine, Dr Alan Hancock was the narrator for his primary school nativity play. He’s never been the same since and has felt himself drawn to reading things out in public. In recent years he’s managed to move away from Bible stories and writes his own material. Some of this has been published in magazines and broadcast by the ABC and BBC.
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Leap or tiptoe out of your poetic comfort zone in a supportive group environment. Express yourself. Generate ideas. Learn more about what poetry can do. If you’re already writing poetry, try something new. If you’re not — time to start! Every workshop is different.When? 10am-12 on Saturdays 19 Jan, 23 Feb, 23 Mar, 13 Apr 2013Where? State Library Cafe, Perth Cultural CentrePay As You FeelWhat this means: If you are able to pay, please pay an amount you think is fair and that you can afford. If you are not able to pay please come anyway. Please book in advance, because the cafe need to know numbers.Please contact Jackson to book or to find out more. If you would like to pay in advance, ask her for details. Please bring writing materials, an open mind and a sense of adventure. Refreshments be may purchased from the cafe.
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Louise Gillian Evans: The Poet Floreate.Having been sent to an English boarding school, Louise’s life-long love affair with words came about through letter writing ~ the only contact with the outside world. She soon discovered that the longer and more interesting the letters you sent out, the longer and more interesting letters you got in return. Humour, fiction and poetry writing was really just a natural progression from those formative years. Jennifer Compton lives in Melbourne and has had work published all over the world and has read at many festivals including - the Sydney Poetry Festival, the Genoa Poetry Festival, Sarajevo Poetry Days, the Queensland Poetry Festival and the WA Poetry Festival. Last year her book, Barefoot, was shortlisted for the John Bray Award at the Adelaide Festival, and her chapbook, Ungainly, came out from Mulla Mulla Press.
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Indigo's poetry has flown freely across stages in Adelaide, Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, at the Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her words have been caged in a growing number of journal and anthology pages, and won her a modest flock of poetry slams. A three time National Poetry Slam finalist Indigo will be publishing her first collection of written work this year. When not writing, Indigo passes time collecting budgie feathers and attempting to run away with the circus. Candy Royalle is a performance artist and poet who fuses cinematic storytelling, poetry and unique vocal rhythms with confronting, political and heart thumping content. She has been published in numerous anthologies and has been the recipient of a number of awards and nominations including winner of the 2012 World Poetry Cup and the 2012 Austin International Poetry Festival Excellence Award.Photo credit: www.nicolabailey.com.
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Looking for a present for that someone special? Why not treat them to a night of poetry under the stars at the Japanese Garden on Valentine’s Day. From sonnets to ballads, nothing says, “I love you” like poetry. WA Poets Inc. is pleased to present the talented, heart-warming, national performance poet Candy Royale and local poets Terry Farrell with Kufig Tulid, Keren Gila Raiter, Kevin Gillam, Jackson, Annamaria Weldon and others in a poetry presentation that will be supported by live music and visual art projections that promises to be the highlight of your Valentine’s Day. Purchase a picnic hamper or BYO and enjoy the talents of some of Australia’s best poets as they take you on a journey through the many facets of love in the romantic setting of a star-lit Japanese Garden at Perth Zoo. You can also purchase the anthology, and have a poem dedicated to your loved one - see here for details. Doors open and music begins at 6 pm; come with a picnic or opt for VIP tickets which will entitle you to cocktails with the poets before the show. The show begins at 7. Buy your tickets at www.fringeworld.com.au/program/event/19bf9f7c-8442-4385-84d1-f22a0ced6868/(To obtain members (mates) rates enter WAPI in the promo box) $4 from every ticket sold goes to the Perth Zoo Wildlife Conservation Action Fund Click here to download the Poetry d’amour poster
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This Sunday 10 Feb, 12 noon for lunch with poetry readings from 1pm Venue: the marquee between Peter Cowan’s Writer’s Centre and the Picture Pines Fllm Garden at ECU Joondalup
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This coming saturday is set to be very special, with three fantastic feature poets, including two that are in Perth performing in the Fringe Festival:Anna Kiss-Gyorgy has been a lover of words all her life. While her mum forced her into piano lessons, instead of practicing scales she wrote her first short story about Mozart coming to teach her to play. And it was the creative power of words that saved Anna from a potentially lethal phd topic – an umpteenth re-reading of Fitzgerald made her realise she didn’t want to write a phd in social theory.Anna's immersion in both Hungarian and English has meant that she has had the good fortune to access works from both cultures, and it is this search for a true home, for belonging, that informs most of her work now: poems and vignettes about her place in the world. Ben Mellor is an award-winning slam poet (BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion 2009, Dike Omeje Slam Poetry Award 2008), writer and actor who has performed his work at theatres, festivals, schools, colleges and prisons nationally and internationally.Ben has published two poetry collections with Flapjack Press, both with spoken word albums alongside; Light Made Solid, and Anthropoetry which accompanies his current show. “ A pure undiluted talent. Concentrated” - Lemn Sissay, MBEBen is currently performing in a powerful show as part of the Perth Fringe Festival. It's excellent. Info and tickets at www.fringeworld.com.au/program/event/060953b3-404e-4c57-bcb5-afb2ce6e68a0/ . Emily Andersen, who lives in Melbourne and sometimes London, was mentored by the late, celebrated Dorothy Porter. Emily has performed her poetry on BBC 6 Music, as well as at spoken word events in the UK and Australia. She made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2012 with one-woman spoken word show Love in the Key of Britpop (www.loveinthekeyofbritpop.co.uk), and is performing the show in Perth’s 2013 Fringe World festival. Info and tix at www.fringeworld.com.au/program/event/db1c2a27-1098-403e-8c4c-da24b1513daf/
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Coral Carter is launching her first book of poetry, Descended from Thieves The book launch will include guest readers Alan Boyd, Annamaria Weldon, Amanda Joy, Jennifer Compton, Neil Pattinson, Paul Harrison and Zan Ross When: 7.30pm for 8pm start, Friday 22 February 2013 Where: Raft Gallery - 94 Bawdan Street, Willagee WA Please RSPV by 16 February 2013 to Coral 0439 990 862 Web editor's note: Coral is incredible. This is a great opportunity to see her in action and purchase her book, which will be wonderful. Don't miss it!
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BBC R4 Slam Champion Ben Mellor takes you on a stand-up poetry and music fuelled tour around the body, attempting to get the measure of modern life through anatomical analogy. With sounds, beats, beeps and whistles by Dan Steele. Anthropoetry is inspired by anthropometry, the study of measuring the human body. Informed by archaic quack medicine and hokey beliefs, combined with searingly topical social and political commentary and some personal body and soul searching, Ben presents a set of brand new spoken word poems and stories that get to the heart of modern life. Presented with Ben’s trademark mix of free-verse poetry, rap, beatbox and a healthy dose of satirical humour, the text is underscored live by Dan’s use of guitar, keys, drumpad and live-looping technology. 7:45pm Wed 30 Jan to Sun 10 Feb at Fringeworld venue 'Noodle Palace', 451 Beaufort St Mt Lawley. Tickets and info: https://www.fringeworld.com.au/program/event/060953b3-404e-4c57-bcb5-afb2ce6e68a0/Webeditor's note: I have just been to see Ben's show, and it is incredible. It will take you on a toe-tapping journey up your veins and around the universe and into the meaning of life. Highly recommended.
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February 2: Dean Meredith and Jazmin Tassell | February 9: Anna Kiss Gyorgy, Ben Mellor and Emily Andersen | February 16: Indigo and Candy Royale | February 23: Louise Evans and Jennifer Compton | March 2nd: Allan Boyd, Allan Hancock | March 9th: Danny Gunzberg and Kevin Gillam | March 16: Ned Wolf and Steve |
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Dean Meredith is a West Australian philosopher and poet. He is published in various domestic and international journals. His favourite themes include love, insanity, death and outsiders. Jazmin Tassell:im purple jazi love to ecoraplike poems aboutrecyclin' our crapbeen performing poetry 4 15 years nowdont like eatin' fish chick or cowi love to share its tha way i careif i can inspireyr passion or desireim a winner!!c u @ dinner (actually, afternoon t)love, me
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Daphne Margerite Farsalas has a Greek heritage and is a first generation Australian in her family. After High School, Daphne attended Perth Technical College and studied Commercial Studies. She began working for various solicitors as a law clerk. Several years later she commenced employment with a Member of Parliament as his personal assistant, a job which she thoroughly enjoyed and which taught her a lot regarding certain political issues. Presently, Daphne is working for the infamous Peter Jeffrey as a Production Assistant. Next year she hopes to return to the Perth Institute of Technology and complete one drawing unit, hopefully a unit which she could to add to her 'certificate 4 in visual and contemporary art and craft'.Andrew King has always been a creative, artistic soul. He loves to play blues hamonica + sing as well. He has a scottish and Welsh background. His father was not a nice man; he got abused a lot as kid, and poetry was his only escape. It was his friend.Andrew is a Cancerian and takes everything to heart. He is 42 years old and well travelled, self employed doing ceiling and wall building. Andrew loves his animals. He has two sons, six and ten. Andrew is now divorced and so is finding himself again... he is glad its over. Andrew has lived in Australia for most of his life and considers himself Australian. What... there's more? Neil J (Brilo) Pattinson is planning something unique for our Australia day gig.You will need to be there to find out. All we can say is this:Ned Kelly has recently been given a proper burial.A bodyless head has recently been found on Rotto. What does a Ned Kelly beard and a body-less head have in common with Neil? Be there at Perth Poetry Club, along with features Daphne Farsala and Andrew King, to find out.
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Don’t expect your average poetry night, this show includes theatrical monologue, hybrid performance and poetry mixed with music. Featuring The Enforcer (Maitland Schnaars), The Antipoet (Alan Boyd), DVS (David Vincent-Smith), Ray Grenfell, Marnie Orr, Kinshin (Alex McKee), 'Ofa Fotu, Kevin Gillam, Chris Arnold; plus special music guests Velvet Sting (Roda Lopez and Joe Lui). This is an event not to be missed and space is limited, so arrive early to ensure admission. PS Art Space (PSAS) ground floor22 Pakenham StFremantle Doors open at 7pmEvent: 7.30pm - 10pmTickets: $10 at the door
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To some, Arran Lodge is a wayward rapscalion with natural clown hair able to induce humourous vertigo. Writing brings on many things for him. Surreal comic dreamscapes, ecclectic travel anecdotes, musings on the natural world, soul searching reflections and cataclysmic deconstructions of popular culture.He is looking forward to sharing his words with you at Perth Poetry Club! Helchild, aka Helen Child, is a warped and demented poet, comedian and visual artist, who has been performing her own poetry for 17 years. She has headlined at more festivals and gigs than you can poke a stick at, had 5 solo shows and was the original co-founder and co-organizer of Perth Poetry Club. Helchild has a CD out called Poetry From Hell and her first illustrated book of poems is on the way.
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Perth Poetry Club starts up again on 19th January 2013, 2-4 pm at The Moon cafe, 323 William Street, Northbridge.Here is the lineup for the first few weeks:Jan 19th: Arran Lodge, Helen ChildJan 26th: Daphne Farsalas, Andrew KingFeb 2nd: Dean Meredith See you there!
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Sue Clennell will hold a workshop on How to Get your poetry published & Markets for it on Sat January 19th, 10am-1pm at the City of Perth Library, 140 William street. To find it you go down an arcade next to the Aviary, turn left & go up the escalator.Would participants bring about 5 poems each so Sue can advise where to send them.
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Announcing . . . . . One more attempt to get this project started: Perth Poemambulists will guide anyone who is interested on a gentle two-hour walk comprising of a poetic look at texture, form and colour. Meet at the big screen outside PICA, 53 James Street, Perth Cultural Centre,2pm Sunday 6th January 2013.Wear comfortable shoes.Bring pen, paper, camera or whatever you usually create with. For more information call Mar Bucknell on 9361 3280
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Next year marks 100 years since students were first admitted to The University of Western Australia. To celebrate this milestone the University will run a series of celebratory events during the year with the centenary program being launched in magnificent style with the Centenary Alumni Weekend, from Friday 8 February to Sunday 10 February 2013. The Alumni Weekend presents a unique opportunity to celebrate the UWA Centenary. It offers a diverse program including a Welcome Cocktail Party, seminars, paneldiscussions, reunions, tours, a literary event, the launch of the Shaun Tan Sundial, Centenary plant, music CD Luminosity and the history of UWA book entitled Seek Wisdom.One of the highlights of the weekend is the Writers’ Corner showcasing the brilliance of our award winning writers in a series of presentations, in-conversation sessions, panel discussions and readings. Once you’ve registered for the weekend, you don’t need to book to attend individual Writers’ Corner sessions, so please drop in at any time and listen to some of your favourite authors. See program for full details to get a taste of what you can expect over the weekend.UWA friends and graduates are warmly invited back onto campus for the UWA Alumni Weekend, 8-10 February 2013. To register go to www.development.uwa.edu.au/centenary/weekend or phone +61 8 6488 4773.
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The Underlords of Evil Tonsil bless you all on this day of the summer solstice and Tohji-taisai, and wish you a Hanukah of light, a reflective Maunajiyaras, an enchanted Christmas, a meaningful Kwanzaa, an evocative Ashura, an answered Masá'il, fulfilled international days of human rights, anti-corruption, world AIDS, migrants, and South-South cooperation; an ingniting Death Anniversary of Zarathustra, an animated Ghambar Maidyarem, and a most inspired and joyous year head, full of whatever you would most love it to be full of.We'll take a break for a few weeks and see you all back at the Moon, 2-4 pm, on Saturday 19th January 2013. May the muse be with you!
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To wrap up the year, we have a terrific trio for you!Annie Otness was born once upon a time in Tasmania, and lives in Hamilton Hill. She strives for a better world through her work. Guided by the light cast by bright souls and the shades in the heart’s truth she has flights of fancy and dives of despair. Her love of fantasy, myth and legend is reflected in her work, which is layered with symbol and colour. Annie is an award winning artist, poet and playwright. She also works in paint, textiles, and clay. Amanda Joy is a poet, writer and installation artist, living in Fremantle Western Australia. Her work is concerned with poeticising temporality and invisible natural forces.Born in the UK, raised in Zimbabwe Dennis Greene has lived in Western Australia since1983. In 1987 he was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s Diseases which lead to his early retirement from the work force. He began writing in the early 1990’s. His work has been published in Westerly; Unfamiliar Tides; Blast Magazine and most recently in the Australian Poetry Journal. His chapbook, One Tree Bridge was published in 2011.And after it's all over, join the gang for the end of year banquet function... more info at: http://perthpoetryclub.com/perth-poetry-club-end-year-gig-15th-december-2012PS: I'm writing this from Melbourne (where I'm speaking to crowds of ecologists, walking mountain ash forests, lighting candles for the Jewish festival of Hanukah, dancing at hippy festivals and checking out the poetry scene!). Unfortunately I won't be back in Perth to join you all! I'll miss you all till next year, and wish you happy holidays full of inspiration and laughter... x Keren
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For the end-of-year gig, Perth Poetry Club will run a raffle instead of asking for contributions. Buy up those raffle tickets, to support your local poetry club, and to be in the running to win prizes, including a $50 gift voucher from Crow Books and some quality poetry books and CDs. Afterwards, we'll celebrate with an end-of-year banquet function. The banquet meal starts 6pm sharp. Venue: Joy Cafe Restaurant, 269 William Street, Northbridge. $20 for meal and $4 corkage.We'll take a break over the silly season and look forward to seeing you all again in the new year.
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Poetry Kitchen Tue 7-9pm or Wed 10-12 in eastern suburbsPoetry Kitchen critiquing and writing in eastern Perth over coffee & snacks with experienced poet & editor Jackson (aka Janet Jackson). Tuesdays 7-9pm or Wednesdays 10am-12, in a quiet corner of Bassendean. The last Poetry Kitchen for 2012 will be on 19 December. It will resume on 8 January, if there are sufficient bookings. Limited places, book now. lostpoetjj@gmail.com, 0406 624 578. More information at proximitypoetry.com. Click here for the flyer.
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Afeif Ismail was born in Elhasahisa, Sudan. A published poet and playwright, Afeif arrived in Australia in 2003. Afeif has published many works of poetry in Arabic and English: Traps and some Tracks, Bet of the Argil; A Passage to the Aroma of Invisibility, Mum! This World Lies to Us; Orphaned Birds and It’s your Bird. He has also written plays which have been produced across Sudan and Australia. Afeif's play for children, The African Magician was commissioned and produced by Barking Gecko Theatre Company in Western Australia in July 2010. In May 2012 this month New York University has invited Afeif Ismail and Jeremy Rice the director of the African Magician to make a presentation on the play entitled “Which Way TYA? Future Directions in Theatre for Young Audiences”. Afeif was short-listed for the inaugural Kit Denton Fellowship for Writers of Courage in 2007. He was selected to workshop this play, with co-transcreator Vivienne Glance, at Playwriting Australia’s Canberra Workshop in June/July 2008. Afeif was awarded the inaugural Australian National Playwrights’ Conference (ANPC) Bursary in 2008. In 2009 he was a recipient of an inaugural Western Australian Theatre Development Initiative for his play “The Shrouds or the Dead.”Afeif play The African Magician nominated for 44th Annual AWGIE Award best script for Children's Theatre in 2011. Afeif's play Son of the Nile was produced by Murdoch University Theatre in Education in Western Australia in 2012. Vivienne Glance is a poet, playwright and performer. Her poetry has appeared in journals, anthologies and online publications, and she has won places and commendations in competitions. She has published 2 collections: The Softness of Water (Sunline Press 2009), and A Simple Rain with photography by Perdita Phillips (Lethologica Press 2012). Her play The Cat in the Box was a sell-out at the Blue Room Theatre in August 2012. She has submitted her PhD in Creative Writing at the UWA.
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The Past Tense social history group is launching their first anthology, Time of Our Lives, to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Perth novelist, Marcella Polain, will launch the anthology. It will take place on Sat 8th Dec at 11am at Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre.The Poets@KSP group is launching their 2012 Poetry Collection, NAKED, on Monday 10th December at 1 pm. Perth poet, Tineke van der Eecken, will be present to do the official launch.Please RSVP for the two events to Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre direct by Thursday 6th December if you would like to attend either of these launches. Refreshments will be served.
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After a false start last month, Perth Poemambulists will be going for a two-hour stroll at 2pm on Sunday 2nd December. Meet at the big screen outside PICA, 53 James Street in the Perth Cultural Centre. Wear comfortable shoes and bring whatever you like to create with: pen, paper. camera, voice, musical instruments, whatever. We will go on a gentle stroll focusing on colour, form and texture. For more information contact Mar Bucknell at marbucknell@gmail.com, 9371 3791 or 9361 3280
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Stephen Morris was born in Birmingham, England. He is a poet and artist who has had 12 of his books published and has over 100 solo exhibitions. He has been invited to read his work in many countries, through the British Arts Council. He has read his work from Alaska, to India, to Singapore as well as all over Europe. Stephen lives and loves in the South of France, where the sun shines everyday and where he has his studios. This is his first time in the Southern Hemisphere where he will seek inspiration and hopefully some joy. Mark “Marksman” Lloyd is a rapper/ poet hailing from Perth. The 25 year old has been carving out a name for himself over the past 5 years in the local and national scene. He has traveled to the opera house twice for the Austalian poetry slam finals, taking out the WA heats in 2008 and coming runner-up nationally. He has just released his first solo project entitled “The bridges in Spain” which is available for free download on bandcamp.com. 2012 has seen him touring the songs on the album and working on his follow up release “Pretend”, out November this year.
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Andrew Lansdown is a widely published, award winning writer who has published 3 novels, 2 short story collections, 2 children’s poetry collections and 10 poetry collections. His most recent poetry collections are: Birds in Mind: Australian Nature Poems (Wombat Books, 2009), Far from Home: Poems of faith, grief and gladness (Wombat Books, 2010), and The Colour of Life (in Two Poets, with Kevin Gillam; Fremantle Press, 2011). His website is: andrewlansdown.com Terry Farrell runs the RAFT Gallery (former Fringe Gallery) poetry and performance events in Willagee. He draws inspiration from the Dadaist, Surrealist and Beat poets. Terry has performed his blend of poetry/prose and music at the Perth Poetry Club; Denmark Festival of Voice and Fairbridge Festival. Terry recently performed with Janet Jackson and Coral Carter at the RAFT Gallery's 'poems for the revolution of love' event.
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Sue Clennell has been published in Dotdotdash, Unusual Work, Quadrant, Westerly, Tamba, Poetry NZ, Indigo, the Weekend Australian, Maintenant 5 & 6 (the US.), and several anthologies including 'Best Australian Poems 2011.' She has twice won the Cottesloe/Peppermint Grove/Mosman Park Poetry Prize and been placed twice in the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Award. Her short play 'The Unknown' was performed in Sydney's Short & Sweet Summer Festival 2012. Sue's CD 'The Van Gogh Cafe' is available for sale for just $10. Marcella Polain’s most recent collection is Therapy like Fish: new and selected poems (2008, John Leonard Press, Melbourne), which was short-listed for the Judith Wright Prize. Her short fiction has twice won the Patricia Hackett Prize. Her first novel, The Edge of the World (2008, Fremantle Press) is based on her mother’s survival of the Armenian Genocide and was short-listed for a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. In 2010-2011 she was recipient of an Australia Council grant to work on a second novel. She teaches writing at Edith Cowan University and, in 2012, launched ‘The Stubborn Murmur Project’, an ongoing research project which explores the legacy of the Genocide in the work of prominent artists of Armenian descent across the globe, and co-founded ‘fold’, a centre for hand-made books, at ECU.
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This is the lineup for the rest of the year:10th November 2012: Peter Jeffery Jamie McQueen (TBC) |17th November 2012: Sue Clennell and Marcella Polain |24th November 2012: Andrew Landsdown and Terry Farrell |1st December 2012: Paul Harrison, Stephen Morris and Mark Lloyd |8th December 2012: Afeif Ismail and Vivienne Glance |15th December 2012: Amanda Joy, Annie Otness and Dennis Greene |---- we break for the merry season, and start again on the 19th of January 2013 ----- come back alive and revived! -------------
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Introducing Perth PoemambulistsOn the first Sunday of every month Perth Poemambulists will lead anyone who is interested on a two-hour walk to explore the physical environment of Perth, as a poetic, a poem, a poesy, a subject of thought: lyric and catastrophic, in its colours and textures, its histories and geographies, its waters and its drylands, its gladnesses and its failures.Join us at 2pm on the first Sunday of every month in the Perth Cultural Centre amphitheatre outside PICA, 51 James Street, Perth. (The starting point may change as months go on.)There will be a different agenda each month, but each month’s agenda is open to whatever disruption occurs, depending entirely on who turns up.Bring whatever creative materials you want to work with: pen, paper, paint, cameras, vocal cords, musical instruments, whatever. Wear comfortable shoes.On Sunday 4th November we will take a short walk concentrating on colour, form and texture.Future walks will focus on art and architecture, history and murder, water and sand, and anything else that comes up.FREE event.For more information contact marbucknell@gmail.com 08 9371 3791 or 08 9361 3280
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Peter Jeffery is the holder of the prestigious Award of an OAM for his contribution to multiculturalism, the arts and film and television education, and is also a Life Member of the Film and Television Institute of WA. He has travelled extensively in countries as various as Vietnam, India, Japan, Indonesia, the UK, USA, and 'bella Italia'. Recently he was elected Chairperson of Community Television Perth and has sat on the Board of the now defunct Access 31.Unfortunately our other feature poet for this week, Annie Otness, has had to pull out at the last minute. Who will replace her (if indeed anyone can)?... we'll keep you in anticipation.
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The Fremantle Festival presents: An evening of story, poetry and music. Inspired by bards of old,storytellers Branan Dubh and Jaya Penelope bring to life the oldest story ever told, that of the Sumerian King Gilgamesh, and his quest for immortality. Two Thursday shows, November 1st, and November 8th, 7:30 to 10pm @ World's End Studio, 15 Mrs Trivett Place, West End Freo, just tucked in next to The Roundhouse (only a few minutes from the train station)Please note, this is storytelling for adults, older children are welcome at their parent's discretion. Enquiries/bookings, call Jaya 0411 983 549.
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Primo Lux 2012 will be launching their journal on Monday 26th November at Clancy’s Fish Pub in Fremantle. The evening will begin at 6:30pm with students receiving a copy of the anthology and readings of their work. Help support young writers speaking out in a public forum by being there, and also by buying a copy as well @ $10.00.
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And another something that is happening around town... sure to delight...
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Fran Graham writes about family and personal experience. Her first collection of poetry was published last year by Ginninderra Press. This year she’s been published in the Australian Poetry Ltd Inaugural Members’ Anthology and was Highly Commended in both the Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre Patron’s Poetry Prize and the Scribblers’ National Literary Awards. She has recently had a poem selected for inclusion in Best Australian Poems 2012. Siobhan Hodge is a doctoral candidate at the University of Western Australia, studying Sappho’s poetry and its translation. She divides her time between Australia and Hong Kong, and writes poetry, fiction and essays. She has recently returned to Australia after spending most of the year in Cambridge, where she had a chapbook, Picking up the Pieces, published. And lastly, a note from the organisers: we give special thanks to Steve Finch for providing a pinata of his poems at last Saturday's gig, and to Jakub Dammer for stepping in at the last moment to feature.
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On Saturday October 27th, 7:00 pm at the Raft Gallery (formerly known as The Fringe), 34 Bawdan Street, Willagee, there will be music, performance and poetry centring around the theme Folktales and Modern Mythology. This event will feature Chris Arnold, Jeremy Balius, Amanda Joy, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Zan Ross, with Byron Bard as The Storyteller, and ACR performing and launching her new book, KISSANDotherPOEMSfrom ACR. $10 entry fee. Very limited open section ON THEME. Supper available. enquiries to Zan Ross, 0435 562 164
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Hello! I've snuck in to the role of updating the website, but am heading far out bush for the next couple of weeks, so here you are: two weeks of lineup on the blogroll... today! Enjoy, and i look forward to seeing you all when i'm back from the enchanting Great Western Woodlands... - Keren Gila Raiter20th October: Zan Ross and Ron OkleyZan Ross has been featured in all the usual Australian journals plus a few in the US, Canada, France, Romania and several on-line zines. She has had two collections of poetry published:B-Grade through Monogene Press and Enpassant through Fremantle Arts Centre Press, as well as the chapbook, “Je ne sais quoi” through Vagabond Press. There have been a few residencies and prizes, but who really cares about that ... She hopes to keep writing until she falls off her perch.Ron Okely, born in Bassendean in 1929, developed a childhood love of the river. Married in 1954, he lived with his family in regional towns including Lake Grace and Port Hedland moving to Maddington in 1971. His book of poems “The Poet and the Stockman’s Hat “ reflect his appreciation of family and friends, his experiences in country Western Australia and as a Social Worker in the Emergency Centre of Royal Perth Hospital. 27th October: Yvonne Mettam & StevenSteven Finch is a PhD student at Curtin University, and the former managing editor of dotdotdash magazine, a WA tri-annual creative publication. He has also had work published in Cottonmouth, Voiceworks, Sitelines, and in a Fremantle Press short story collection The Kid on the Karaoke Stage and other stories. He has decided to dedicate his life’s work to making people happy with weird things. Yvonne Mettam is a comic Scot who decided in her fifties it was time to take her age and herself a little less seriously, swapping the lecterns of tertiary institutions for community and corporate lecterns, where laughter is the name of the game! With a successful book and CD under her belt and another collection of her work soon to be published, she can be heard on Curtin FM radio, where she has become known as 'Perth's Pam Ayres'.
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As part of Poetry d’Amour, love poetry under the stars at the Japanese Garden, Perth Zoo on Valentines evening 2013, submissions are sought for original, unpublished love poems for an opportunity to win:First Prize: total $200 in cash and prizes Runner Up: total $100 in cash and prizes 2 x Commended: total $50 in prizes and /or cash each click here to view the official conditions and entry form online click here to download the entry form
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Heya...You know you wanna do it again!The 2012 Australian Poetry Slam is now on!Two minutes to make your mark on the mike…Registration is now open: http://waslamheats.comWitness the verbal fitness as eclectic word-wizards battle each other for prizes.Calling all WA word-wranglers, poets, rappers, monologists and spoken-wordsmiths! Have you got what it takes to be Australia's next Poetry Slam champion?Contestants are given a microphone, a live crowd and just two minutes to impress randomly selected audience-member judges with their spoken words.Audiences can expect up to 20 performers each week, smashing out a diverse array of fast, entertaining spoken-word poetry.The West Australian Heats and a State Final will be held on Tuesday nights at the Artrage Bakery Complex, 233 James St in Northbridge - from 9th–30th October.Each heat winner and runner-up will receive prizes and progress to the State final.The WA state winner and runner-up will receive cash and prizes and be flown to Sydney to compete for the title of 2011 Australian Poetry Slam Champion!The 2012 Australian Slam Champion wins the "ultimate writer's festival tour of Bali and China" as part of the Bookworm International Literary Festival in China and the Ubud International Writers and Readers Festival in Bali - around $11,000 worth of flights, accommodation, expenses and performers fees.WA Heats hosted by WA performance poet Allan Boyd - aka the antipoet.DATES:Tuesday 9th October 7pmTuesday 16th October 7pmTuesday 23th October 7pmState Final: Tuesday 30th October 7pmContact Allan Boyd: 0402 573 580Website: http://waslamheats.com
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Danny Gunzberg has been writing poems since he was thirteen and songs since he was fifteen. His work appears in Verandah, Going Down Swinging, Fremantle Arts Review and other periodicals. In 1995 Danny was appointed Emerging-Writer-In-Residence at The Katherine Sussanah Prichard Writers’ Centre. In 2005 he published his first book of poems, which sold out of two print runs in under a year and is currently in its third run. Danny has also made and sold several albums of his acoustic and electric music. Mike T was born in Melb 1942 and married Sue in 1969. He has 2 children and 3 grandchildren. Mike has worked in different jobs in WA: roadworks, Mines in Kal, Railway Exchange at Parkeston, PCC maintenance. He was a postman for 10 yrs, did nightsorting for 30yrs. Mike did an English Degree part time at ECU Mt Lawley 1992-98 and it was then he took up writing under guidance of Glen Phillips, Andrew Taylor, Andrew Burke, Shane McAuley, and Jenny de Garris and has been pursuing this ever since. Although a slow starter in coming out of the closet, Mike T is now looking more seriously at publication. He recently started an Ethics & Philosophy Course with MALA as a way of testing the water to see if he would take up University again. Mike is always on the look-out for subject matter. He has a particular interest in the changing landscape and its (side) effects on people; eg what graffiti says about displacement and isolation, the sameness that we are confronted with under the guise of EXCITING NEW BUSINESS... you know, another bloody cafe or dress shop, each with its own implied sunset clause... the feeling that Perth will have lost its character to the push of progress and along with that comes a forlorn and disenchanted society. That plus trying to write his memoirs are Mike's constant companions and pursuits. He is grateful to see at Perth Poetry Club and similar venues, many others who express their points of views, even if they don't agree. Sometimes more "don't" than "do"; but that's life, that's subject matter.
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Fascinated by fairy and folk tale, Jaya Penelope’s poetry traces the feathery footprints of the beloved from enchanted forest to kitchen sink and back again. Whilst she has been published, her first love remains the spoken word and she has performed at poetry and music festivals both in WA and further afield. As a participant in the 2012 Advanced Poetry Workshops run by the Peter Cowan Writer’s Centre, she is now finding the courage to deepen her relationship with poetry as a written form. She lives with her husband musician Branan Dubh and her son Gwydion in a crooked cottage in White Gum Valley. Keren Gila Raiter weaves experience into spoken words with sounds and movements that will leave you excited, amused, and bearing a new insight into the world that we share. An ecologist and philosopher by training, Keren is awed by the natural world and the power of our emotions and stories to give us meaning in an otherwise very mysterious existence. She has deep connections with Australia, Israel and Tanzania and writes about organisms and evolution, passions and perspectives, culture and countries, and has been published by Mulla Mulla Press and Creatrix. Keren semi-regularly performs and MCs at Perth Poetry Club and has tantalized audiences at numerous places around Western Australia and Israel. See a preview of Keren’s creations at kerengilaraiter.wordpress.com.
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This is my (Janet's) final entry on the Perth Poetry Club blog. Hopefully it will continue, though. In the meantime here's the guest list for the rest of the year. Plus open mike, with professional sound. See our FAQs page for more details. 2-4pm every Saturday at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge. See you there! Many thanks to Jake Dennis for lining up all these guests. || 6 Oct: Keren Gila Raiter and Jaya Penelope || 13 Oct: Danny Gunzburg and Mike T || 20 Oct: Zan Ross and Ron Okely | | 27 Oct: Yvonne Mettam and Steven Finch | | 3 Nov: Siobhan Hodge and Fran Graham | | 10 Nov: Peter Jeffery and a mystery poet | | 17 Nov: Sue Clennell and Marcella Polain | | 24 Nov: Andrew Landsdown and Terry Farrell (TBC) | | 1 Dec: Paul Harrison, Mark Lloyd and Stephen Morris | | 8 Dec: Afeif Ismail and Vivienne Glance | | 15 Dec: Amanda Joy, Annie Otness and Dennis Greene (TBC) |
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Cath Drake is a Perth girl who has lived in London for a decade. She's been published in anthologies and magazines in UK, US and Australia (Overland, Indigo, Westerly), and often performs her work in venues from street corners to cafes, theatres and galleries. She thrives on running playful writing workshops that spark creativity. Cath has recently been shortlisted for the Venture International Poetry award and received an Arts Council England award to develop her work. She is also a non-fiction writer and her work includes award-winning journalism. http://cathdrake.wordpress.com/
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Helen Hagemann's work is published in Australian literary journals including Cordite (2012). In 2008, she won a Varuna Longlines Poetry workshop, resulting in the publication of Evangelyne & Other Poems. Helen (pictured) has an MA in Writing and teaches prose and poetry in Fremantle in association with the OOTA Writers Group. In 2011, she spent time in a residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, in Ireland, working on a new poetry collection.Alan Hancock is a storyteller/poet. His highly entertaining narratives are accompanied by evocative music from Joanna Neave.At the age of nine, Alan was the narrator for his primary school nativity play. He's never been the same since, and has felt himself drawn to reading things out in public. In recent years he's managed to move away from Bible stories and writes his own material.Joanna’s first piano lessons were at a farm near the village where she grew up in Scotland. She is still haunted by the smell of cow manure when she plays.
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Many thanks to Jake Dennis for lining up all these guests.6 Oct Keren Gila Raiter, Jaya Penelope13 Oct Danny Gunzburg, Mike T20 Oct Zan Ross, Ron Okely27 Oct Yvonne Mettam, Steven Finch3 Nov Siobhan Hodge, Allan Boyd 10 Nov Peter Jeffery, Annie Otness17 Nov Sue Clennell, Marcella Polain24 Nov Andrew Landsdown, Terry Farrell (TBC)1 Dec Paul Harrison, Mark Lloyd8 Dec Afeif Ismail, Vivienne Glance,15 Dec Amanda Joy, Dennis Greene (TBC)
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15 September at Perth Poetry Club is NOT one to miss. We have an overseas guest, Chris Ingram, the first live poet to perform on national Irish radio station Dublin FM, and we have the much-loved and acclaimed Dennis Haskell, who among other things has been the editor of Westerly and the chair of the Australian Literature Board. DENNIS HASKELL (left) is the author of 6 collections of poetry, the most recent Acts of Defiance: New and Selected Poems in December 2010. His All the Time in the World won the Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Poetry in 2007. His poems have been translated into French, Greek, Italian, Chinese and other Sinhalese, and he has given invited readings in many countries, including England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, The Philippines and the USA. CHRIS INGRAM (right) introduced himself thus: Hello, my name is Chris Ingram, I am a Scottish singer songwriter and performance poet based in North Wales....In the last two years I have toured the whole of the U.K. and Ireland and was the first live poet to perform on national Irish radio station Dublin Fm. I regularly perform at community events, work for charity Music In Hospitals and have played at The Wickerman Festival, The Edinburgh Festival, Deershed Festival and am due a performance at Glastonbury next summer. Currently I perform in a collective called The Glendale Family which is more music orientated but my poetry site is www.myspace.com/manofstrawmusic.
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Two really riveting voices this week..."Jonny White was born somewhere... Will die somewhere else... He has done this... Will do that... Has seen this... Will see that... He started writing poetry before he started reading it - roughly 4 years ago. The last 2 years have seen him pass through 10 countries and father over 300 poems of various sizes and recently begin work on a fully typewritten semi-autobiographical novel. Now... he is here..."Kay Cairns: Bio details Awards/Prizes Winner of 2004 Tom Collins Poetry Prize: ‘Exit Wounds’ Published Poetry ‘Vanishing Point’: Indigo Vol. 1 2007 ‘Exit wounds’ and ‘Moments’: Weighing of the Heart anthology Sunline Press, 2007 ‘Oil on Canvas. Please do not touch’: Famous Reporter, July 2006 ‘Days Like This’: Thirst Benmax Box Vol.1 Issue 1, 2006 ‘Moments’ and ‘Driving on Neaves’: Marginata Issue 8, 2004 Guest Readings Upcoming - Voicebox: Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle. November 2012 Poetry Club - Moon Café. Voicebox - Tropicana café, Fremantle ‘Emerging Writer’ - Walking on Water, Brisbane Hotel, Perth, 2005 Participation at Poetry events/writing groups Regular open mic reader at Voicebox, Fremantle Member of OOTA Even the Weather published Quadrant Dec 2008
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Jake Dennis is currently doing the bookings but will not be able to do so after December. The program of features is important not just to give the featured poets an opportunity to be heard at greater length, but also because people come to listen to the features and this provides an ever-changing audience for the poets participating in open mike.Doing the bookings is one of those background jobs that has to be done for love, not for glory. The ideal person for this job is organised and good with people, is into the local poetry scene, and can tell an entertaining poet from a boring one. If that sounds like you, please contact us. Perhaps have a look at the Peeps page first to see who you would be working with. 8 Sep Jonny White + Kay Cairns15 Sep Dennis Haskell + Chris Ingram (North Wales)22 Sep Helen Hagemann + Alan Hancock 29 Sep Cath Drake (UK/Perth) (double feature) 6 Oct Keren Gila Raiter + Jaya Penelope13 Oct (to be confirmed) Danny Gunzburg + Mike T20 Oct Zan Ross + Ron Okely27 Oct Yvonne Mettam + Steven Finch 3 Nov Siobhan Hodge + Allan Boyd 10 Nov Peter Jeffery + Annie Otness
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Melbourne-based professional writer, photography artist and freelance journalist Alicia Bee has been published in music magazines; Australian Musician, The Daily Telegraph, The Australian Women’s Book Review and The Australian Writer. Her poetry was published in Bathers On The Beach 2010, and The Book Of The Dead And Wounded 2011 by Good Look Books. She has performed as a feature poet in Melbourne, San Francisco and now Perth. aliciabee.bigcartel.com
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Gary Colombo De Piazzi is an emerging poet who originally dabbled in poetry for cathartic reasons. The sense of liberation and creative joy captured his interest and instilled a desire to explore the power and wonder of words. Whilst he has dabbled with traditional forms of poetry he prefers the freedom of free verse and loves to write purely from the heart without constraints of form and syntax, to mix and mesh words to draw an emotion, raise a point, shift a life. www.redbubble.com/people/gcdepiazzi/art Jackson (aka Janet Jackson) writes poems, songs and prose, performs poetry and music, teaches poetry and creative writing, helps organise Perth Poetry Club, parents and sometimes sleeps. Check out her book 'Coracle' (2009), her chapbook ‘q finger’ (PressPress 2011), a micro-collection forthcoming from Fremantle Press and her websites proximitypoetry.com and rawtext.blogspot.com. Laura Jan Shore is currently a writer-in-residence at the KSP Writers Centre. She is the author of The Sacred Moon Tree, Bradbury Press, 1986, nominated for the Washington Irving Children's Book Award. Laura's poetry has appeared in literary magazines in the US, Italy, New Zealand and Australia. In 1996, she immigrated to Australia where she initiated Dangerously Poetic reading series and community press. Her collection, Breathworks, was launched at the Byron Writers Festival in 2002 by Dorothy Porter. She won the 2009 FAW John Shaw Nielson Award and the 2006 CJ Dennis "Open Poetry" Literary Award. Her latest book, Water over Stone, won IP Picks Best Poetry 2011 and is published by Brisbane publisher, Interactive Press.
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1 Sep: Stephen Cole + Derek Fenton + mini-feature from Alicia Bee (Melbourne)8 Sep: Jonny White + Kay Cairns15 Sep: Dennis Haskell + Terry Farrell22 Sep: Helen Hagemann + Alan Hancock29 Sep: Cath Drake (UK)
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Don't miss our WA Poetry Festival MEGA-GIG with a double feature from Melbourne's rockstar of performance poetry STEVE SMART, and more! As far as your asymmetric* blog editor is aware, the 'more' will be JAKE DENNIS and poems from the festival organisers, that is, the WA Poets Inc Committee, of which your decidedly asymmetric blog editor is not, repeat not, a member.Come early and bring your ears. Or perhaps underwear to throw if that's more your thing. No, scratch that, it's probably illegal in an eating house.Steve Smart is a carnival ride disguised as a poet. [Nah, it's the other way round ...ed] Over the past decade and a half he has imprinted himself on the subconsious of both lovers and haters of poetry in roughly equal measure. Steve has an enviable web presence and a cocky disregard for convention. He was once compared to Allen Ginsberg. Interestingly it was only the once. Photo by Andrzej Sobieszczuk.Jake Dennis was published last year in Wet Ink, Page Seventeen, dotdotdash, Art Monthly Australia, Vibewire, River Tales, Creative Connections, Metior, and Cottonmouth. He also won the Now & Then Literature Prize and was a Young Writer-in-Residence at the Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre. He runs a book club, writes for Science Network WA, sings for funk/soul/pop cover band The Entourage, and organises guest bookings for the Perth Poetry Club.*Adjective chosen using the Random Word Generator at watchout4snakes.com
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DON'T MISS THIS ONE! and yes, I am shouting, because we've got two of Perth's most dynamic performers of the word, David Vincent Smith and Scott-Patrick Mitchell, in one afternoon. Slam-winners both. Be early!David Vincent Smith (aka DVS) is a performance poet, rapper and filmmaker. He says 'you will probably hate him because he's about to take food from your plate or your table water'... is that a metaphor, d'you think? Hmm. Anyway yr blog editor would gladly share her food and water with DVS if it helps him get his words on. Scott-Patrick Mitchell (pictured) is a poet, writer and fashion blogger. He is completing a PhD in Performance Poetry, exploring processes of writing, performing and transcending the poetical on stage. Mitchell has won both the Press Press Chapbook Award and Perth Poetry Slam and is published through Fremantle Press, Black Rider Press and now Mulla Mulla Press, who recently released his new chapbook, the rutting season. For further information visit either scott-patrickmitchell.com or www.outrageous-adventures.com. (Photos of Scott-Patrick Mitchell by Jackson Eaton.)
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Mark “Marksman” Lloyd is a rapper/ poet hailing from Perth. The 25 year old has been carving out a name for himself over the past 5 years in the local and national scene. He has traveled to the opera house twice for the Austalian poetry slam finals, taking out the WA heats in 2008 and coming runner-up nationally. He has just released his first solo project entitled “The bridges in Spain” which is available for free download on bandcamp.com. 2012 has seen him touring the songs on the album and working on his follow up release “Pretend”, out November this year. LARRAINE DUNCAN is an emerging phenomenon...
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Yes, you read that right. We have Donald Petrides and Caroline Sambridge in the same afternoon. Caroline is a poet of earthy comic rhyme. Donald is... well... if you don't know, come and find out why I put 'outer space' in the header.Caroline says: i am a bush poet who has lived all over australia. i write about all sorts of subjects and crazy characters. (Don't let the lowercase fool you.)Donald says:How do you know if an elephant has been in the fridge? Find out tomorrow, when all the milk is sour and gooey and there are heard blood curlding screams in the dead of night, and you wake in the morning in a pool of your own especially prepared perspiration to suit the things that go bump in the night, and you haven't got any food except for cold tuna sandwiches. Yes! We are in the realm of can-openers and planks in your eye--the fickle world of wet dreams and wet and gooey cigars with the slobber of Sigmund Freud on them. Re-introducing the cuban missile crisis and prohibition both onto Perth streets and in the yellow recycling bins, the stylings of Speed Demon Petrides and his Sobriety Alpinism! Donald is a born loser with an Arts Degree and a Major in English. He enjoys films by crack addicts and art-house dollies who carp on stars of David for their sticky-beak of Bachelor-in-fashion sense. He is indeed a proven "gaylord", which is to intend more fully than others that you shall enjoy yourselves--you shall! Enjoy yourselves... and be in more fit a position to predispose yourself especially to "having a good time". With enough gay preamble as we normally enjoy for our young and hopefuls in the rotten and dejected world of poetic licence and all its paltry companions, will you allow me to introduce: Pink-Eye Petrides and the Joy Fleas!
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Poets visiting from out of town, don't let this list put you off. Please contact us anyway as we may be able to add you to the bill.21 Jul: Amber Fresh, Chris Konrad 28 Jul: Donald Petrides + Caroline Sambridge 4 Aug: Mark Lloyd + Larraine Duncan11 Aug: Scott-Patrick Mitchell, David Vincent Smith18 Aug: WA POETRY FESTIVAL MEGA GIG Steve Smart DOUBLE FEATURE (one of yr blog editor's favourite Australian poets, a remarkable writer and performer, not to be missed) and MORE!25 Aug: Gary DePiazzi, Liana Christensen1 Sep: Stephen Cole + Derek Fenton + mini-feature from Alicia Bee (Melbourne)8 Sep: Jonny White + Kay Cairns15 Sep: Dennis Haskell + Terry Farrell22 Sep: Helen Hagemann + Alan Hancock29 Sep: Cath Drake (UK)
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We haven't got a bio for Amber Fresh so I (Janet, your friendly blog editor) will make something up.Amber is one of Perth's most interesting poets and musicians. Her poetry is like a pool. Once you jump in you realise it's a lot deeper than you thought. 'Existential' is perhaps the adjective we are looking for.Amber's performance style might almost be described as an anti-performance. Except that it isn't.She has published a very cute and re-readable little book of poems called Between You and Me. Last year her band Rabbit Island made an album, O God, Come Quick. Her poems have been published in various places including the Cottonmouth Anthology and Westerly.The picture is blatantly stolen from the dark recesses of Black Rider Press, where you can read a couple of Amber's poems. In 2009 Chris Konrad won the Creatrix poetry prize and the Tom Collins Poetry Prize. In 2008 he and four other poets of the FAWWA Masterclass published an anthology, Amber Contains the Sun. His latest publishing success is Sandfire from Sunline Press, a shared volume with Flora Smith and Rose Van Son.
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Julienne Juschke (pronounced: Yoosh-ker) has been a proud West Australian for 11 years. Her love of poetry extends back to early high school following a school camp on a farm where there were torrential downpours for two days straight. Her first poem was simply, and appropriately, called "Mud". Caitlin Maling has published poetry around Australia in Quadrant, Blue Dog, Going Down Swinging, Voiceworks, Text Journal and the Sun Herald Extra, and in 2009 she was the winner of the John Marsden Poetry Prize.
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7 Jul: Primo Lux student poetry magazine showcase14 Jul: Caitlin Maling, Julienne Juschke 21 Jul: Amber Fresh, Chris Konrad 28 Jul: Donald Petrides + TBA 4 Aug: Mark Lloyd + Larraine Duncan11 Aug: Scott-Patrick Mitchell, David-Vincent Smith 18 Aug: WA POETRY FESTIVAL MEGA GIG Steve Smart (Melbourne), Andy White (Ireland/Melbourne), and more festival guests TBA25 Aug: Gary DePiazzi, Liana Christensen
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PRIMO LUX is the annual magazine of poetry by WA students in years 10, 11 and 12, edited by Veronica Lake of Applecross Senior High School and published through Sunline Press. And we think it's really excellent! On 7 July we will be showcasing some of the poems the magazine has published. Come and listen, and maybe take home a magazine!Primo Lux draws submissions from all over the state and from both private and public schools. Our featured poets have gone on from high school to pursue their dreams in the diverse fields of music, pharmacy, medicine, law, teaching, art and science. Their future will take them on diverse pathways, but their writing will always connect them and demonstrates that poets are everywhere.Readers – Veronica Lake (Editor), Emily Mills (Editor)Poets – Jack Warnsbrough, Jaccie Gillett, Makoto Takeo, Lauren Boulton, Deeksha Khoul, Elaine Pang, Lenny Cornejo, Mark Birchill, Nicole Dakin, Claire Olson
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Update: Allan Boyd has had to cancel... many tears are being wept... but he has a very good reason... many trees will be planted.This means the rather special Alex Wolman will be doing TWO sets of his words.If you're gonna miss one, don't make it this one. We've got word packets! We've got poetry that is getting better! We've got Alex Wolman (your editor's fave from the boyz who performed at Fashionable Clash earlier this year) and Allan fucking Boyd! See you there.Allan Boyd (left... beyond left) is the antipoet. He's performed his "radical, difficult and acerbic" word packets since 1995, featuring at countless festivals across Australia. With a swag of gigs and CDs as singer-songwriter for original bands; a decade of community radio; and over two million trees planted, he’s recently been artist in residence for Amnesty International’s ARTillery Festival.He builds dynamic websites [including ours - thanks Al...ed] for a living and teaches experimental writing at Curtin University. Website: antipoet.blogspot.com Alex Wolman is an aspiring poet who, to his relief, feels that he is getting better. He has made two short films (one of which was accepted by the UWA arts journal TROVE), staged a play and released a zine that he is now embarrassed by. His love affair with writing poetry began with confessional free verse but over time has become aware of the benefits of more structured work. His favourite poets are Emily Dickinson, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams.
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On Sunday 24 June 2012 the PERTH POETRY CLUB experience comes to Nedlands Library with MC Neil J Pattinson and four special guests, Andrew Burke, Tineke van der Eecken, Danny Gunzburg and Keren Gila Raiter, plus limited open mike and refreshments. Free entry. 2-3:30pm at Nedlands Library, 60 Stirling Highway, Nedlands. <!--break-->Danny Gunzburg has been writing poems since he was thirteen and songs since he was fifteen. His work has appeared in Verandah, Going Down Swinging, Fremantle Arts Review and other periodicals. In 1995 he was an Emerging-Writer-In-Residence at the KSP Writers’ Centre and in 2005 he published his first book of poems, “Dangerous Times With The Humourless Psychologist”, which has recently been reprinted.Tineke Van der Eecken is a Belgian-born Fremantle-based writer of personal, moving yet deeply philosophical poetry and prose. She had poetry and short stories published in Indigo, Creatrix, Dreamcatcher and Blackmail Press. Her first full-length publication is 'Cafe d'Afrique’. Tineke won the 2011 Karen W Treanor Poetry Award with her multilingual poetry.Andrew Burke has had nine collections of poetry published, plus short stories in literary magazines and newspapers, small plays and tiny films exhibited in the 70s. Recently he published a novel Blue Rose (available at http://etextpress.com/books.htm). To feed a growing family he worked in media and advertising for two decades, then developed a career lecturing at tertiary institutions, including a year lecturing in China, followed by time tutoring indigenous students in the Kimberley. He writes a blog at http://hispirits.blogspot.com.Keren Gila Raiter weaves experience into spoken words with sounds and movements that will leave you excited, amused, and bearing a new insight into the world that we share. An ecologist and philosopher by training, Keren is awed by the natural world and the power of our emotions and stories to give us meaning in an otherwise very mysterious existence. She has deep connections with Australia, Africa, and the Middle East and writes about organisms and evolution, love and philosophy, culture and countries, and has performed at numerous places around Western Australia and Tel Aviv. See a preview of Keren’s creations at keren0.wordpress.com.
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Two magnificent men of verse...John Ryan is a poet with a keen interest in nature. With artist Ellen Hickman he is co-author of a volume of botanical illustration and poetry to be published in 2012 by Fremantle Press. He is also a contributor to a forthcoming collection Fremantle Poets 3: Performance Poets (Fremantle Press). He house-sits in the Perth area. A Performance Poet With an often Bombastic style of Social Commentary, which may be Defined as Confronting & has been discribed as Cynical.They're just as Misanthropic, Misogynist, Anti-Semitic, Racist, Homophobic, Xenophobic and Bigoted as the next person, who's tired of Criminality being alleged?!!? A Contemporary of MC Naked Blind.&Co-Founder of Naked Blind Events... He is the Human we know asN.J. (BRILO) Pattinson
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Don't remember the 60s? We don't think this week's guests do either, but they lived to write the tale. On 16 June at Perth Poetry Club hear the lush radio tones and sometimes-prizewinning poems of Murray Jennings, and the headrush verbal harmonics of our favourite fieldgrown larrikin Allan Padgett. (And none of this over-flavoured adjective soup.) After a professional career mostly in radio broadcasting and training, and writing short fiction and poems in his spare time, Murray Jennings (left) retired to write his third novel. He has nearly finished it and hopes it will be the first to be published. He has a wife and grownup family, all of whom are extremely talented, so he tends to live in their shadow, which is fine, because he's always been a night person. Allan Padgett has written poetry on and off - mostly off - ever since he was an angst-ridden teenager in country Victoria in the 60s. Now that he has grown up [sic...ed] and retired, he has found the time and inspiration to write regularly.
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16 June: Murray Jennings + Allan Padgett23 June: John Ryan + Neil J PattinsonSun 24 June, 2-3:30pm at Nedlands Library: Andrew Burke, Tineke van der Eecken, Danny Gunzburg, Keren Gila Raiter, limited open mike. MC Neil J Pattinson30 June Allan Boyd + Alex Wolman7 July: 'Primo Lux' student poetry showcase14 July: Caitlin Maling + Julienne Juschke21 July: Amber Fresh + TBA
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Jennifer Kornberger is a poet, playwright, artist and teacher. She co-founded the Goethean Studies Programme and the School of Integral Art in Perth. Jennifer's poetry is published in major Australian anthologies and Sunline Press published her first book of poetry, 'I could be rain' in 2007. Jennifer wrote and produced five festival dramas, which were conceived as a new form of contemporary ritual. In 2010 she received an Australia Council Literature Grant to develop her second book of poetry with the theme of light, darkness and colour.Horst Kornberger is a writer, poet, lecturer, interdisciplinary artist and researcher into the field of imagination and creativity. Horst has taught Goethean Studies, Anthroposophy and Epistemology in the US and Australia. He is the director of the School of Integral Art where he pioneers creative and biographical writing. His book, 'The Power of Stories', has been published by Floris Books, UK. He lectures internationally on themes of education, creativity, meditative inquiry, community building and compassionate ecology. See also www.horstkornberger.com.(bios and photos from the School of Integral Art website, www.sofia.net.au)
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Adrian Caesar (left) is the author of several books of literary criticism and his non-fiction novel The White (Picador, 1999) won the Victorian Premier’s Award for non-fiction and the A.C.T. Book of the Year in 2000. His poetry has been published widely in periodicals and anthologies in Australia and overseas. He has published four books of poetry, including his latest publication High Wire (Pandanus Press, 2005). Daniel Oxenburgh is also known as Snoop Bilby (hop hop artist). His poetry was illustrated by Alexander Hayes and published with an exhibition “Quicksilver” at Gomboc Gallery in 2002. He has written poetry to accompany two photography exhibitions by Angus Skene “Formations Creatures Land and Sea” in 2010 and “Kimberley Expressions” in 2011. In 2008 he won the West Australian Environment Award in Small Business for his work in natural garden products and revegetation.
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Perth Poetry Club presents Keren Gila Raiter Danny Gunzburg Tineke van der Eecken Andrew Burke Limited open mike MC Neil J Pattinson 2-4pm, Sunday 24 June Nedlands Library, 60 Stirling Highway, Nedlands Refreshments provided Free
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Flora Smith wrote short stories before she began writing poetry 8 years ago, and her poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies around Australia. Her latest poems appear with those of Chris Konrad and Rose van Son in Sandfire, published by Sunline Press in January. Flora says that her love of travel combined with a life of language teaching has led to her fascination with people, a subject ever-present in her poetry. Dick Alderson grew up in Perth on a small farm with chickens and orange trees. He became an engineer and at various times lived in Sydney and London. Having got over engineering he started writing poetry in 1994. His poems have appeared in journals including Blue Dog, Indigo and Westerly, and anthologies such as EmPowa and The Weighing of the Heart. He reads his work at venues in Perth and Fremantle.
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19 May Ken Hudson + Kate Wilson
26 May Flora Smith + Dick Alderson
2 June ADRIAN CAESAR (Canberra) + Daniel Oxenburgh ('Bilby')
9 June Jennifer & Horst Kornberger
16 June Allan Padgett + Murray Jennings
23 June Neil J Pattinson + TBA
24 June at Nedlands Library: Danny Gunzburg, Keren Gila Raiter, Tineke van der Eecken, Andrew Burke
A note to any poets visiting Perth from interstate or overseas during this time. Please contact us anyway as we may be able to fit you in.
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Don't miss Perth Poetry Club on Sat 19 May 2012, or you'll miss Kate Wilson, Bunbury's most entertaining poetic export, and local word-wielder Ken Hudson. 2pm at The Moon, 323 William Street Northbridge.Kate Wilson’s poems are meant to be heard, seen and felt. When she’s not at home in Bunbury, Kate (left) can be found writing, performing and slamming her way around WA at events and festivals. Last year her advocacy for women through poetry earned her a place in the WA Women’s Hall of Fame on International Women’s Day. Kate aims to deliver her poetry from her heart to yours. Ken Hudson says of himself: 'I've written since 10, from 16-30 published in many literary magazines, some anthologies and won some minor competitions. I was getting noticed nationally when poetry dried up. I spent 20 years writing music and non-fiction, then 10 years in visual arts. Poetry returned 2 years ago and I've concentrated on this. I've had some national (one international) publications, featured at several poetry readings, and am working on 5 manuscripts.'
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On Saturday 12 May 2012 Perth Poetry Club presents the remarkable MAR BUCKNELL.Mar's bio (as supplied) reads: 'Mar Bucknell is a minimalist. Poet.'Robert Frost apparently said that 'poet' is a praise word -- you should wait for someone else to call you that. Haha. It's ok -- people have been calling Mar a poet for years. Some of his poems are quotable in half a breath, others require an attention span beyond the limits of the average West Australian. His zine 'Laments' (available free, if we have any left) is one of our faves. NOT TO BE MISSED.
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We enjoyed a little of Shey Marque's poetry last year at the Poets@KSP 'Shimmer' chapbook showcase and we're looking forward to hearing more. Shey is a rehabilitated ex-scientist with an MA in creative writing and an obsession with ghosts. From there she became lost in poetry to avoid finishing her first novel and never returned. Currently she is trying to shake off her professional student status by cutting her hair and getting a job, and can be found most days at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre. Phillip McNamara (left) has been a compulsive scribbler of poetry since primary school. Decades later he hasn't quite become a quick-witted trickster or a lame footed hermit of solitude. Nevertheless he is still exploring, through words, archetypal regions of the psyche. He was a guest poet at the 2010 WA Poetry Festival with poems from To Bring All Circles Full (just ordinary life to treasure. At Perth Poetry Club he will read work from a new series.
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On Saturday 28 April at Perth Poetry Club we are thrilled to present BRON BATEMAN and GLEN PHILLIPS. 2-4pm at The Moon. Plus open mike.Bron Bateman has a Doctorate in Creative Writing and a collection published, people from bones. She has work published in the US, Britain and Australia. Her poetry deals with the body, sexuality and issues that are hard to deal with. If you've experienced the rare treat of hearing Bron read her poetry, you'll know why we are excited to have her. Otherwise come along and find out.In 1985 Glen Phillips with three other poets formed a performance group, 'Poetry in Motion'. That's a long time ago, but Glen is still at it. He is Director of the International Centre for Landscape and Language at Edith Cowan University. His poetry has appeared all over the place, here and overseas. His poetry collections include Intersections, Umbria-Australia, Green and Gold (with Walter Cerquetti), Poetry in Motion (with three others), Sacrificing the Leaves, Lovesongs, Lovescenes, Spring Burning and Singing Granites (with Anne Born). www.wapoets.net.au/documents/poets/GlenPhillips
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The temperature is no longer HOT in the Moon but the POETRY is!
28 April Glen Phillips + Bron Bateman
5 May Shey Marque + Phil McNamara
12 May TBA + Mar Bucknell
19 May Ken Hudson + Kate Wilson
26 May Flora Smith + Dick Alderson
2 June TBA
9 June Jennifer & Horst Kornberger
16 June Allan Padgett + Murray Jennings
A note to any poets visiting Perth from interstate or overseas during this time. Please contact us anyway as we may be able to fit you in.
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Christine Della Vedova is a teacher, a student of life and a self-confessed word nerd. She has written singles ads for the lonely and horny. She has taught English to kids in Korea and Peru, and tai chi to seniors. She once built a 6 metre Chinese Dragon. Recently the Business and Professional Women's Association named her their Young West Australian Woman of the Year. Now she teaches refugee and migrant children and says she cannot think of a more fulfilling career.PS We like her poems :-) Rachael Petridis is a Western Australian poet, published nationally in literary journals and anthologies. In 2004 she was selected for the New Poets program at Wollongong NSW. In 2009 she won a place at the Varuna Longlines Australian Poetry Workshop in Katoomba NSW. Her first collection “Sundecked” was published by the Australian Poetry Centre in 2010 and received a “Commended” in the Anne Elder Award.
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On 14 April Perth Poetry Club presents two women whose words speak for themselves -- Jo Clarke and Karen Murphy.Josephine Clarke (left) writes short stories and poetry. She is an active member of Out of the Asylum Writers’ Group and helps run the 'Voicebox' monthly poetry readings. Her poems have recently been published in dotdotdash and Creatrix. Her poem pruning was commended in the 2011 Tom Collins Poetry Prize. Karen Murphy (right) has a BA in Creative Writing from Curtin University, where she continues to study. She writes poetry and prose. She recently joined the Perth Poetry Club organising group (thanks Karen). She is the WA coordinator for Australian Poetry, co-chairperson of WA Poets Inc and publications manager of Creatrix. She helps coordinate the annual WA Poetry Festival. When she isn’t busy doing all that, she works as a freelance writer, publishing her poetry in Australian literary journals.
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Mardi May is a management member and facilitator at KSP Writers Centre. Her short stories and poetry have been widely awarded and published and performed. She has written 4 books on social history and 3 poetry collections and a verse novella. She’s currently finishing a 2nd verse novella, which has been keeping her off the streets where she often finds her poetry.Andrew Burke has had 9 poetry collections, plays, short stories, a novel and literary criticism published. He has had two careers - advertising Creative Director and university tutor & lecturer. In March, Walleah Press will publish his New & Selected entitled 'Undercover of Lightness' and in the same month Canadian publisher Above/Ground Press will publish 'Shikibu Shuffle' a collaboration with Phillip Hall, winner of last year's Governor General's Award for Poetry.
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Here's who we've booked for your poetic entertainment and inspiration at Perth Poetry Club during April and May.7 April Andrew Burke + Mardi May14 April Jo Clarke + Karen Murphy21 April Rachael Petridis + Christine Della Vedova28 April Glen Phillips + Bron Bateman 5 May Shey Marque + TBA12 May Maureen Sexton + Mar Bucknell19 May Ken Hudson + Kate Wilson26 May Flora Smith + Dick Alderson A note to any poets visiting Perth from interstate or overseas during this time. Please contact us anyway please as we may be able to fit you in.
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Sunny is a philosophically flexible whelmed zen optimist, served with a shrewd side of steamed satire. Her favourite sports include zero gravity pingpong and synchronised subterranean jelly wrestling. Currently waging a war against boredom and the excessive use of beige, botox and bad puns and fighting the debilitating effects of superficial bullshit. Sincerely believes that fishes and bicycles don't go together but is in favour of axelotyls that ride tricycles. Jake Dennis had work published last year in Wet Ink, Page Seventeen, dotdotdash, Art Monthly Australia, Vibewire, River Tales, Creative Connections, Metior, and Cottonmouth. He also won the Now & Then Literature Prize and was a Young Writer-in-Residence at the Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre. He runs a book club, writes for Science Network WA, sings for funk/soul/pop cover band The Entourage, and organises our guest bookings.
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Kevin Gillam is a West Australian born poet and musician. He has had three books of poetry published, "Other Gravities"(2003) and "Permitted to Fall" (2007), both by Sunline Press, and "songs sul G" in 'Two Poets' published by Fremantle Press in 2011. He has also had two chapbooks published by Picaro Press, "shouting, drowning"(2006), and "closer to now" (2009). His poems have also been published in numerous Australian literary journals and anthologies, including 'Best Australian Poems' (2006 and 2008) and 'The Best Australian Poetry' (2006). He works as Director of Music at Christ Church Grammar School.Quite the International citizen, Praveen Elango was born of Indian parents in Malaysia, and grew up in Oman - one of the more conservative Middle-Eastern countries. For the last two years, he has been living in Perth, studying Creative writing at Curtin University. Praveen uses humour in an attempt to diffuse the many cultural conflicts that he sees around him, giving people an excuse to instead laugh off their differences.
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Our guest poets this week are ROLAND LEACH -- an excellent poet whose other labour of love is the beautiful books published by Sunline Press, one of Western Australia's few poetry presses -- and PAUL SUTHERLAND, who is perhaps the youngest poet we've ever featured at Perth Poetry Club. Plus open mike. Professional sound. 2-4pm at The Moon.Paul Sutherland is an eccentric 17-year-old who has recently entered university. Although he spent most of his childhood in Kalgoorlie, he's far more comfortable calling the city his home. Paul has always been interested in language, and over the last couple of years he has turned this interest into a hobby. He's still new to the poetry scene, but what he lacks in experience he makes up with idealism, romanticism and ambition.Roland Leach is the proprietor of Sunline Press, which has published fourteen collections of poetry by Australian poets. He has three collections of poetry, the latest My Father’s Pigs published by Picaro Press. He has won the Newcastle Poetry Prize and Josephine Ulrick Prize and received an Australia Council Grant to write poetry in the Galapagos Islands.
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What's coming up at Perth Poetry Club10 Mar Meg McKinlay + Annie Otness17 Mar Paul Sutherland + Roland Leach24 Mar Praveen Elango + Kevin Gillam31 Mar Sunny-Belle Roberts-Floyd + Jake Dennis7 Apr Andrew Burke + Mardi May14 Apr Jo Clarke + Karen Murphy21 Apr Rachael Petridis + ??
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Saturday 10 March: Annie Otness & Meg McKinlay.Before we talk about Perth Poetry Club let's talk about Poetry Pantree - a new fortnightly event, starting this Friday 9 March, sharing poetry, stories and music.Fortnightly Fridays from 6pm at Soul Tree Cafe, 5/3 Railway Parade Glen Forrest. $5 entry; or $20 for entry plus organic dinner & dessert. Contact Laura 0403 792 410, Jazmin 9298 9997.This Saturday 10 March at Perth Poetry Club we feature MEG McKINLAY and ANNIE OTNESS.Annie Otness was born once upon a time in Tasmania, and lives in Hamilton Hill. She stands for sharing and reconciliation and strives for a better world through her art. Guided by the light of bright souls and the heart’s truth she has flights of fancy and dives of despair. She is an award winning poet, playwright, and artist. Her work is layered with symbol and colour.Meg McKinlay has published poetry and short fiction in the usual places and some you've never heard of. Her first collection, Cleanskin, was published in 2007 by The Westerly Centre. She is an Honorary Research Associate at UWA and also writes books for children. She has been vowing to carve out more time for poetry for approximately four years and counting...
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