Thoughtful words, both by and about US poet David Mason, now resident in Tasmania. Siham Karami reviews Mason’s Pacific Light (Forty South Publishing, Sept 2022)…. In this collection, we sense …
Launch also covers Jules Witek’s photographic exhibition, both were launched by Liz McQuilkin, at Triabunna on 12th November 2022
More than an hour of poetry and conversation between poets David Adès and Peter Boyle, on Peter’s selected theme— exploring the unknown in life. DAVID Peter, with the theme that you’ve …
The Small Press Network (SPN) this evening announced the winner of the 2022 Small Press Network Book of the Year Award (BOTY): Gravidity and Parity by Eleanor Jackson, published by Vagabond Press! …
She wanted some more bacon, and cut into the peasant bread, made of pure wheat, brown but succulent, and demanded from the gnarled giant an account of the war of …
The Woorilla Poetry Prize was judged this year by Kevin Brophy and Alicia Sometimes, with the awards event taking place in Emerald, Victoria. Kevin Brophy spoke briefly about the judging …
DakhaBrakha—an NPR Music Tiny Desk (Home) concert DakhaBrakha … founded in 2004 … The group’s name derives from Ukrainian verbs daty and braty, which mean “give” and “take”, …
Lovely to see Lyn’s book made it to the shortlist, sorry Pete’s didn’t (he had two nominations that made the longlist)… sorry too for Adrienne who also had a couple …
Sophie Haigney, writing for ‘The Paris Review’ (17th Nov 2022) about the artefacts being auctioned in the US at the Joan Didion estate sale…. Then there were the three lots …
Jane’s poetry residency in Slovakia in 2016 led to an introduction to Hungarian and Slovak music. This, from Csik Zenekar, (recorded 2009)….
Robert reading and in conversation with his Flood Editions USA editor/publisher & poet Devin Johnston, with readings by Sarah Holland-Batt and Michele Seminara. The very sad news is that …
Lovely to see that Anne Collins has launched her newest collection of poems and prose—’Listening to the Deep Song’ (Bright South)—in Hobart last week. The book was launched at …
Haven’t decided on Didion. Some things she writes are breezily anecdotal—and no more—at other times she hits the spot. Here she’s in Greenville, Mississippi, reflecting on New Orleans and the …
‘Poets on the Line’ is zoom event organised by Ross Donlon from Agitation Hill (Castlemaine, Victoria) this Friday 18th November, from 6 – 7 pm. Zoom link will be posted …
Jan is releasing a new chapbook of her poetry, a small universe! (published by Bright South). Where: Hobart Bookshop When: 24th of November, at 5.30pm Please rsvp: rsvpbrightsouth@gmail.com or call (03) 6223 1803
Plenty of support for Gayelene Carbis, when Marion May Campbell launched her new poetry collection—’I Have Decided To Remain Vertical’—at Readings in St Kilda last month. With Claire Gaskin MC-ing …
The Australian Haiku Society has announced a call for submissions for the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology (4AHA) that will showcae the work of poets who are writing haiku in Australia …
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, …
[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 …
The Divided Self: A Tasmanian Odyssey (Graeme Hetherington) Hobart Bookshop, 5.30pm, Thursday 13th October Ralph Spaulding will launch Graeme Hetherington’s new poetry book ‘The Divided Self: A Tasmanian Odyssey. This …
A new poetry collection, Bridge of Words—a collaboration between Thérèse Corfiatis of Ulverstone, and Britta Stenberg of Sweden—will be launched by Fay Forbes at the Red Cross Hall, 49 King …
Brunswick Bound, an independent bookstore in the heart of Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne, celebrates the release of Kevin Brophy’s latest collection of short fiction: The Lion in Love. The event …
Shambles Brewery, 222 Elizabeth Street, Hobart Tas 7000. Thursday 6th October, starts at 6:00 pm, launched by Senator Peter Whish-Wilson. Tickets $10 from Fullers Bookshop In the heat of a long …
TAMAR VALLEY WRITERS FESTIVAL YOUTH PROGRAM In the first week of the school holidays, FIVE workshops are spread across Exeter and the Northern Suburbs – with three repeating to …
‘But Johnny Topo now had other customers and was asking if they wanted the sweet biscuits or the salty ones in exactly the tones he had put those questions to …
British author Hilary Mantel, who won the Booker Prize twice for the first two books of her Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70. I confess to not being familiar …
A new episode of the ABC’s ‘Gardening Australia’ appeared last week, featuring Tasmanian photographer Rob Blakers— ‘My Garden Path—We head down the garden path with Rob Blakers, a photographer whose …
Twenty minutes of energy with Angélique Kidjo for NPR’s tiny Desk Concert.
A Spineless Wonders Youtube presentention of—readings by Hazel Smith, a presentation by Roger Dean, a conversation between Hazel and Anne Brewster, and a talk by Joy Wallace. The event took …
For some reason, I found myself looking up the name ‘Arundhati Roy’, winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things—and …
Eureka Street, published by Jesuit Publications, was founded in 1991—a print magazine for fifteen years that went online from 2006. It was edited by Morag Fraser from 1991 to 2003, and …
‘Pacific Light: Poems of Renewal by David Mason’, a film by Anna Cadden with underwater photography by Cally Conan-Davies, is a meditation on life, work, poetry and the soul. Poems …
Tim Slade’s been writing poetry for a decade, his work has appeared in publications as diverse as The Weekend Australian, The Koori Mail, Australian Poetry Anthology, Growing Up Disabled In …
When introducing issue sixty-six of online lit journal ‘Otoliths’ some weeks back, Mark Young noted that following the next issue, ‘there will be another four issues of Otoliths & then …
On 3rd August 2022, the Australia Institute posted both a video, and a transcript, of a conversation between Pat Anderson, Professor Megan Davis and Archie Law about the Uluru Statement …
Liminal —an anti-racist literary platform—is an online space for the exploration, interrogation and celebration of the Asian-Australian experience. Founded by Ling Jing McIntosh in late 2016 and perhaps best known for its focus …
Red Room Poetry Month features an afternoon of free entertainment at Mona in Hobart, Saturday 27th August at 1-2.15pm. Come for the art, the architecture, the aesthetic, stay for the …
Saddened to learn of David Ireland’s death last month. He was awarded the Miles Franklin Award on three occasions, for his novels ‘The Unknown Industrial Prisoner’ (1971), ‘The Glass Canoe’ …
DAMON YOUNG — RED ROOM POETRY MONTH Red Room Poetry features Hobart-based poet Damon Young this weekend as part of Poetry Month. And as I read his lines ‘… publisher …
Lucovico Einaudi performing for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert on a visit to the United States—15th July 2022.
A little over thirty years ago, I sat down and interviewed poet and children’s writer Mary Blackwood in Hobart. To my dismay, the recording failed, necessitating a return visit to …
Alex in conversation with Di Cousens, recalling an early poetry submission…. “One of my very first submissions was from Sydney. It was to ‘Poetry Australia’, and at that time Les …
from ‘Literary Hub’, May 11th 2022 When Day poisoned his tea with five heaping spoonfuls of sugar, Addison warned him that his teeth would fall out and that he’d get …
Fullers Poets is a new event series celebrating contemporary poetry. The first event in this series will feature poets Liz McQuilkin (Unwrapping Clouds) and Mary Blackwood (Small Cosmos) in conversation, with readings from …
(Published recently in US literary journal ‘Orion Magazine’: read the full interview) Camille: One of the things that is most exciting to me about all the best writing going on right …
Issue sixty-five of Otoliths, the southern autumn 2022 issue, is now up. This issue, which marks the beginning of the seventeenth year of the journal’s existence, contains a mix …
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David Webby’s ‘The Misadventures of Harry and Larry: The Chosen Ones’ Launch — Hobart Bookshop (youtube: 3mins 09 secs) Two bush Mice, Harry and Larry, from the Bunya Mountains …
My take on Jane Williams’ launch of Esther Ottaway’s poetry collection ‘Intimate, low-voiced, delicate things’ in Launceston last year — please visit here. ‘I’ve been a fan of Esther Ottaway’s …
After a break, poetry is back in Launceston on Tuesday 12th April, in the back bar area of the Sports Garden Hotel, corner of George and Cimitiere Streets. It will be …
Launch of the new children’s book Tyenna. The Hobart Bookshop presents Julie Hunt and Terry Whitebeach with an introduction from Daniela Brozek discussing the book and what they have learned …
(Talia Lavin, ‘The Intelligencer’, 15th March 2022: ‘The War Never Left. A conversation with Ilya Kaminsky about memory, viral poetry, and the tragedy of Ukraine.) Which poets in Russian and …
Saddened to hear this…. A well-respected figure in the publishing industry and an avid ally of small press publishing in particular, Blaise van Hecke died suddenly on 13 March 2022. …
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(from Vanessa Page, at ‘Worded Page’, discussing recent publications from Queensland publisher Calanthe Press including her own Botanical Skin ) Back in January Calanthe Press launched its new website and …
Alison Clifton reviews Points of Recognition, one of two of Jane’s collections to appear in 2021 (the other: Between Breaths, Silver Bow Publishing, Canada). ‘Jane Williams’ Points of Recognition is …
An essay by Maria G. Rewakowicz, published in ‘Los Angeles Review of Books’, 22 Feb 2022 Ever since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and soon after stirred the conflict in …
Time Taken — New & Selected’, (Puncher & Wattman) is Les Wicks’ fifteenth poetry collection. 2022 will mark the 50th anniversary of Wicks’ first poem publication. His imprint Meuse Press …
Monday February 28 at 4pm City Park Radio, 96.5 FM or 103.7FM or live streaming on the Internet. 1st episode of ‘A Passion for Poetry’, presented by Nancy Corbett. The …
Geoff Goodfellow returns to Writers’ Week with a reading of his new verse novella, ‘Blight Street, (Walleah Press), featuring Geoff and performers Roslyn Oades and Nic Darrigo. (From the festival’s …
Subject: Seasonal Poets – February Reading Cancelled Date: 15 February 2022 at 9:10:08 am AEDT Dear Friends of Seasonal Poets, Next Monday, 21st of February, should have been our first …
Noting from the festival’s facebook page … the 2022 festival is now planned for September in several venues over two weekends, with some events on the weekend of the 17th …
A southern summer issue of otoliths’ (issue sixty-four), is online featuring the work of 120—130 writers and artists including Tony Beyer, Les Wicks, Pete Spence, John M. Bennett, Eileen R. …
(From Anne Layton-Bennett’s blog) But the analogy holds given that during the closing weeks of 2021 Tasmania – and particularly Launceston – lost three of its finest people in Tim, …
The launch of Geoff Goodfellow’s new book, published December 2021 (Walleah Press) and due to be launched in Hobart late February 2022, has been deferred due to covid considerations. More …
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Ron C. Moss is a Tasmanian poet and artist whose haiku and short form poetry, has appeared in leading journals and anthologies across the world. His award-winning poems have been …
Being an islander means that you aren’t like everyone else.” Bounded by water, you can live your life with certainty knowing where your edges are. Drawn from interviews with artists …
It’s the Queen’s Birthday Holiday. Kevin Brophy has won an AM, a version of an Order of Australia Medal.
Reading a new poem daily — working my way through a few Robert Adamson poems at the beginning of ‘Contemporary Australian Poetry’. Love the way I come back to these …
Spent a lovely evening with Anne and Giles last night, fed a meal of fish and salad and gem melon. Giles enthused about the artist Klimt, and Hieronymous Bosch, and …
Valzhyna Mort, in an interview, characterises the people of Belarussia as having undergone much, and being a non-aggressive people, basically. And it clicked — what might have caused the people …
Went along to the AGM of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival last night. I didn’t nominate for the committee, and I’m glad I didn’t cos there were more nominees (6) than …
The Tasmanian Poetry Festival committee is holding its AGM tonight. Half tempted to go along and put my hand up, but not sure how well I’d perform within a committee.
‘unsettled; (Walleah Press) ‘unsettled’ is a collection of broad thematic and formal range. Laing renders our history, our current ecological crisis and some of our contemporary mores into a rich, …
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Australian poet Brendan Ryan speaks about his life in this memoir of “the child, the youth and the young man finding his footing amidst the mysteries of cows and the …
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