Wild Grapes: Australian Poetry

IP Spring Season 07, Sydney: Meet the Authors!

Interactive Publications Pty Ltd is pleased to invite you to a special event.

Saturday 24 November 2007
Boardroom, NSW Writers Centre
Old Rozelle Hospital Grounds
Rozelle, NSW
from 2 pm

Join us to celebrate the launch of eight new IP titles and to celebrate IP’s 10th Anniversary! Now one of Australia ’s leading independent publishers, IP publishes under four imprints including our newest, IP Kidz.

We’ll have Spring Season authors like Mark O’Flynn and Jan Dean performing their work, as well as a host of Sydney IP authors from previous years.

Come along & enjoy!!

Mark O’Flynn
Jan Dean
Hal Judge
Paul Dawson
Rosemary Huisman
Jenni Nixon
David Reiter
Michael O’Sullivan
David Musgrave

RSVPs to: (07) 3122 1312 or info@ipoz.biz

Information courtesy of: The Poets' Union

Sunday 11 November
12.30-4pm
Poets in the Vineyard - 5th Edition.

Poets in the Vineyard is aimed at giving poets the chance to read their original work to an audience of other poets and an appreciative public. This is the fifth gathering. Previous afternoons have been a great success. People arrive and place their name with Janette, if they want to read. If you prefer, you can let her know beforehand of your intention to perform. The length of time you are allocated will depend on the number of poets who arrive on the day. –, the audience sits back and enjoys the fine food and beverage provided by Peter Hermann and his staff. or food, without missing any of the work

So for an afternoon of fine wine, good food and thought-provoking and amusing poetry join us at Tilba Valley Wines. It is definitely worth noting this down in your social calendar.

For information contact:

Peter Hermann - 44 737 308 or enquiries@tilbavalleywines.com

or

Janette Dadd - 44 738 033 or jdadd@iprimus.com.au.

Look forward to meeting you there.

Courtesy of The Poets Union.

Sam Wagan Watson reads poetry
Friday 26th October 6.30pm
Performance Space,
Building 3,
University of Technology Sydney
(Corner of Harris St. and Broadway. Entry on Harris St)

News courtesy: The Deletions

Coming up in November is a poetry reading with a difference. It's in a hair salon!

Chris Mansell has the relevant details here in The Empire of Larks, her blog. If you can make it, please do.

Les Murray has a new edition of his Selected Poems. Black Inc. has published an updated edition of Selected Poems last month. It includes poems up to and including selections from The Biplane Houses.

The latest issue of stylus Poetry Journal is now out at http://www.styluspoetryjournal.com/main/master.asp?id=75

If you haven't tried it yet, why not check out the Australian Poetry Slam for 2007. They have a website at http://australianpoetryslam07.org/ and the finals will be held early in December, in Sydney, but the main thing is to be there and enjoy the poetry and other spoken word as it happens.

The Australian Book Review Poetry Prize is now in its fourth year. Its first prize is now $3000, and all entries must be in by December 15 2007.

Fuller details can be found at the Australian Book Review website

Overland and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are offering the Overland Magazine Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for poets who are yet to have a collection professionally published. Prizes are $2000 and two of $250.

Deadline is Friday 2 November 2007, and details can be found at the following URL:

http://www.overlandexpress.org/poetry_prize.html