Monthly Archives: February 2009
Jumping the Poetic Hurdle (part 8): the question of journals
I was reading through the comments posted in response to the recent interview I did with Rosanna Licari, editor of Stylus Poetry Journal and came across this article posted by Amanda Joy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/4863351/Internet-is-causing-poetry-boom.html And this probing gem of a question … Continue reading
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Jumping the Poetic Hurdle (part 7): an interview with Rosanna Licari, editor Stylus Poetry Journal
In late December/early January I interviewed a number of people involved in the print publication of poetry, including Lyn Reeves (Pardalote Press), John Knight (Post Pressed), Tiggy Johnson (page seventeen) and Ralph Wessman (Famous Reporter) to discuss the state of … Continue reading
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Point Danger
He went there to have it exact. The broken jazz of gulls. The rise of volcanic rock. Hungry teeth hidden in the foam they churn. To have it tangible. To carry it inside and feel its raw drag without limit. … Continue reading
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Talkin’ Poetry Blues: an interview with Sheish Money
The mighty SpeedPoets returns from its summer break this Sunday, March 1, hungry for your words. Be there, when Brisbane’s longest running poetry event, rolls back into The Alibi Room, 720 Brunswick St, New Farm from 2pm, with poetry features from … Continue reading
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Artists Profile: Zenobia Frost
Zenobia Frost is one of the feature poets at Brisbane’s newest poetry event, Under a Daylight Moon, which kicks off this Saturday February 28 from 3pm – 5pm at Novel Lines Bookshop, 153 LaTrobe Tce, Paddington. This Lost Shark took … Continue reading
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Australia’s Day of Mourning – a haiku tribute to Victoria’s bushfire victims
Today, Australians and people from all over the world gathered to remember those who lost their lives in the recent bushfires that ravaged so many Victorian towns. Recently, Haiku Oz President Beverley George, initiated a haiku tribute to Victoria’s bushfire … Continue reading
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Losing Ground
for Tom Ball No way to look at the Royal George one year after the poet’s death and not think of a life where the smell of damp of stale beer, moulding carpet and dog-eared pages of books would not … Continue reading
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The Poetry Gig Guide: Brisbane
There is plenty of poetry happening in Brisbane over the next week… here’s a taste of what you can expect: Sunday February 22 Ahimsa House proudly supports the local community-based poetry group in West End—The Kurilpa Poets. From Sunday … Continue reading
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Bob Stein and the Future of the Book
Bob Stein has been referred to as one of the most far out digital publishing visionaries in the new world, and for good reason. As the founder of The Voyager Company, the first commercial, exclusively multimedia based company and Director of The … Continue reading
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