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Month: October 2022

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

Myron Lysenko: ‘If we lose this war, we’re going to lose our country, our language and our culture….’

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, even though we’re fighting against extreme odds. If we lose this war, we’re going to lose our country, our language and our culture so it’s…

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October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

All their information was fifth-hand….

[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.  “I’d play organ for you.” “We’ll never get up there,” the first woman said. “I never been anyplace I wanted to go.” (and, a couple…

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October 21, 2022November 9, 2022

Alice Allan—3CR’s ‘Spoken Word’

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 of poetry titles—’The Empty Show’ (Rabbit Books), and the chapbook ‘Blanks’ (Slow Loris)—but considers herself primarily a podcaster. She produces the weekly podcast ‘Poetry Says’,…

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October 18, 2022October 25, 2022

Poetry London—the Poetry London Prizewinners 2022

Streamed live on 14th October 2022. First: Teresa Ott Second: Ann Giard-Chase Third: Daragh Byrne  

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October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

Silvana Estrada, ‘La Corriente’ from the album ‘Marchita’ [Jan 2022]

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, and Latin American folk traditions. It is rendered simply and directly, deeply influenced by the poetic tradition of women composers including Chavela Vargas, Violeta Parra, and Soledad…

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October 16, 2022October 16, 2022

26th Oct: Robbie Arnott & David Whish-Wilson in conversation—Hobart

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 Event with David Whish-Wilson and Robbie Arnott talking to each other about their newly released books The Sawdust House and Limberlost. The Sawdust House is a historical fiction set…

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October 14, 2022October 14, 2022

Francesca Haig’s new historical novel ‘Salt Blood’

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 UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada and including audio, from Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment in a two-book deal. Haig will be writing as Francesca…

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October 14, 2022October 25, 2022

Longlists announced, 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards

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 Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry For full details, visit Tasmanian Literary Awards 2022

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October 13, 2022October 22, 2022

The madman….

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 by the ocean, waters it with seawater, moves it to higher ground when the tide comes in and waves threaten his ‘plant’. And then there’s…

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October 11, 2022October 25, 2022

A conversation with musician and photographer Jules Witek

‘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 images. Jules discusses the couple’s forthcoming publication, along with plans for its launch. Read more.

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October 10, 2022October 10, 2022

Canetti—’… more to be astonished by.’

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 by. Our capacity for wonder grows with experience, becomes more urgent.

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October 8, 2022March 20, 2025

‘Mississippi Moonlight’—Those Folk & The Inadequates

Came across another band I’m not familiar with, mentioned on Kim (Nielsen-Creeley’s) facebook page—enjoying their music. This is ‘Mississippi Moonlight’.  

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October 8, 2022October 8, 2022

Raffle ticket?

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 after covid….

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October 5, 2022October 7, 2022

Small Press Network: 2022 Book of the Year Award—Shortlist

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 Haunts edited by Poppy Nwosu (Wakefield Press) Permafrost by SJ Norman (UQP) Gravidity and Parity by Eleanor Jackson (Vagabond) Theory of Colours by Bella Li (Vagabond) Sexy Tales of…

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October 4, 2022October 5, 2022

‘See Me’ (referencing Martin Edmond’s blog ‘Isinglass’)

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 / Said they didn’t know who I was talking about’ which is kind of apposite to my own attempts to re-visit the past, which tend…

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