Myron Lysenko, in conversation with Tina Giannoukos on 3CR Spoken Word this morning, Thursday 27th Oct 2022. “A lot of the Ukrainian people believe that we will win the war, …
Month: October 2022
[Joan Didion: from ‘South and West’ (pg 34)] “You-all ought to come visit with us,” a third woman said. They were all young women, the oldest among them perhaps thirty. …
It was good hearing poet and podcaster Alice Allan in conversation with 3CR’s Waffle IronGirl on the ‘Spoken Word’ show, on the 20th October 2022. Alice has published a couple …
Streamed live on 14th October 2022. First: Teresa Ott Second: Ann Giard-Chase Third: Daragh Byrne
Mexican musician Silvana Estrada—‘La Corriente’ [Thom Jurek, ALLMUSIC]—”…’Marchita’ is steeped in tradition but far from traditional. This album makes use of her entire musical background, including indie pop, classical, jazz, …
Robbie Arnott (author of ‘Limberlost’) and David Whish-Wilson (‘The Sawdust House’) in conversation about their new books. Hobart Bookshop, 5:30 pm Wednesday 26th October This is a double Author …
October 10, 2022 Bloomsbury has pre-empted Salt Blood by poet Francesca Haig, a historical novel about the infamous 18th-century pirate Mary Read, in a six-figure deal. Publishing director Emma Herdman signed …
The judges have selected longlists in the four book categories: Premier’s Prize for Fiction Premier’s Prize for Non-fiction Minister for the Art’s Prize for Books for Young Readers and Children …
There’s a character in Anuradha Roy’s novel ‘Sleeping on Jupiter’. He’s mad, has no money, sleeps wherever he can find shelter. He cultivates a twig, plants it in the sand …
‘At First Glance’ is a marriage of the writing of celebrated poet Karen Knight, and the photographic inventiveness of Jules Witek. The result is a captivating spectacle of words and …
The Paris Review mentions Elias Canetti, an extract that ends with the line But the truth is that the more one has experienced, the more there is to be astonished …
Came across another band I’m not familiar with, mentioned on Kim (Nielsen-Creeley’s) facebook page—enjoying their music. This is ‘Mississippi Moonlight’.
Tony Rayner and Carol Easton at the 2022 Tasmanian Poetry Festival last weekend. Only attended a couple of events, but they were terrific—lovely to see the festival come roaring back …
This year’s shortlisted titles for Small Press Network’s Book of the Year Award have been announced. They are: No Document by Anwen Crawford (Giramondo) Friends and Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford (Text) Hometown …
An extract from a post by Martin Edmond who continues to blog of exquisite abstractions: …. Dylan goes on to sing: ‘Everybody that I talked to had seen us there …