Monthly Archives: September 2010
Low Water
At low tide a wind came up the channel keen as a swan’s bone. We watched old men inspect their crab pots as further up the passage sailing boats filled with breath. Rising from the water oysters burn blue, godwits … Continue reading
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Authors for Peace Event sets Guinness World Record
The Authors for Peace event held on International Peace Day (Sept 21) has officially entered the record books. The event started at midnight on Sept 21 and was streamed live on the interenet for 24hrs, showcasing the voice of 75 poets … Continue reading
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Aural Text Award: And the winner is…
Adam Gibson and his band The Aerial Maps for their 2008 album, In the Blinding Sunlight. Here’s what the judges had to say: “Adam Gibson’s In the Blinding Sunlight is a poetic triumph. It mixes the exquisite, ethereal language of love … Continue reading
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Lorraine McGuigan: Wings of the Same Bird (review by Patricia Prime)
Wings of the Same Bird, Lorraine McGuigan. Interactive Press, Queensland, Australia. 2009. 76 pp. ISBN: 978-1-921479-35-9. AUS$25. Reviewed by Patricia Prime This collection by Lorraine McGuigan was the winner of IP Picks 2009 Best Poetry Award. The collection is divided … Continue reading
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Sundays
for my brother On Sundays when we were younger we drove to the shopping centre in your 1977 Celica Mustang and smoked the tyres in the back car park and played We Can’t Be Beaten, loud as the stereo … Continue reading
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Emily XYZ talks about her experience as Arts QLD Poet-in-Residence
Tomorrow night (Tuesday Sept. 21) is the launch of Emily XYZ’s legacy item and farewell party at The Edge, so whether you have RSVP’d or not, I recommend pulling on your disco boots and coming along. Full details of the … Continue reading
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Another Lost Shark joins the Authors for Peace Reading
Tuesday September 21 is the International Day of Peace and to celebrate the International Literature Festival Berlin is putting on a day of readings that will be broadcast across the globe. Priya Basil, one of the key organsiers of the event … Continue reading
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Ashley Capes: Stepping Over Seasons (a review by Patricia Prime)
Stepping Over Seasons, Ashley Capes. Interactive Press, Queensland, Australia. 2009. 64 pp. ISBN: 978-1-921479-32-8. AUS$25. Reviewed by Patricia Prime In his latest collection of poetry Ashley Capes mines the quotidian. The seasons play an important part in the life of … Continue reading
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Shortlisted for the Aural Text Award
Received some really nice news this afternoon, the CD I recorded with Sheish Money, The Stillest Hour has been shortlisted for the Aural Text Award. While I don’t know the complete shortlist, I do know that the QLD Poetry Festival CD … Continue reading
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