China Bull to be published by work & tumble

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This week, China Bull was selected as the winner of the 2015 Work & Tumble Chapbook Competition. The prospect of seeing this story in print and in a beautiful, tactile format is really exciting. This work is special, and I am very grateful to my friend and fellow poet John Koenig who has co-authored this book with me.

Work & Tumble describe themselves as an Australian publisher of high quality, limited edition poetry chapbooks – using time honoured letterpress methods and cutting edge digital techniques. You can read more about their ideology and services by visiting their website.

One thing is certain, these chapbooks will be objects of beauty and I can’t wait to start working with the Work & Tumble team to bring our vision to life. Stay tuned for more information, including details about where and when the book with be launched, and how to get your…

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Coming soon: The Human Hive

 

Issue #4 of ‘Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own’

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The fourth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue we are looking ahead to The Future.

The zine consists of the words, images and concepts of others. Expect found poetry and collage, plus contributions from other artists and poets. Even the title of the zine series  must be attributed to DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid.

Please meet our contributors for this issue:

• UK artist and filmmaker Renee Vaughan Sutherland has made the piece Future Perfect. Here is a photo of work in progress for her up and coming solo show on January 17th 2015 at TAP, Southend.

image by Renee Vaughan Sutherland

• Matt Hetherington has written a poem called Don’t. Matt has performed and published his poems for over 20 years throughout Australia, Europe, and America, including in the anthologies The Best Australian Poetry [2007, UQP], and

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Photographs from SpeedPoets first event at The Lucky Duck

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Clinton Brett Toghill opens procedings

A ripple of applause

Trudie (and with Bryce and Clayton)

Tom (with techno-trouble)

Stacey (with Tom D)

Shanti

Sav is God (OK?)

Sav, TBN and Trish

Ron ( two streets down)

 Peter Bakowski (with a snail who wants to know what it’s all about

Mother (Vanessa) and son, absorbed

 and all the way from Germany, Matheus

Lesley, opening her heart

JK

Bryce

Andrew (Pied Hill Prawns).

I didn’t get a shot of his co-MC and the Call Back Poet of the Month (Simon Kindt)

so here is a library photo – congratulations, Simon.

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SMORGåSBORD:Luna Edition @ Clarence Corner Bookshop and Cafe

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If you’re free and wanting some words and moosic to soothe and something else also soothing then… wait only until tomorrow night…

In response to the buoyant and diverse creative community of Brisbane,Clarence Corner Book Shop & Cafe bring to you SMORGåSBORD, a night that offers a space for established artists and aspiring creatives to share in a supported environment. SMORGåSBORD encourages the rethinking of performance in the traditional forms and seeks to inspire new collaborations.

Our first event falls on the new moon of winter solstice, so in celebration and enchantment, Luna Edition will feature…

9.30-10.00pm O’ Little Sister
9-9.30pm Theatre Improv, by Black Fox Theatre

8:15-9pm Open Mic (9 x 5 min performances!)

7.45-8.15pm – Rhyll Tonge and me truly
7-7.30pm Umkancho, world music

And OPEN MIC

Sign up will be on the door, if you are a person who has had something hidden away in that heart of yours…

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Issue #2 of ‘Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own’

Issue #2 of 'Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own'.

 

SUBMISSIONS FOR SPEEDPOETS MAGAZINE OPEN

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IF YOU READ IN APRIL,
LET US PRINT IT IN MAY

speedpoetszine@gmail.com

IF YOU HAVE A POEM THEE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE
MAGAZINE FOR THE
LAST EVENT AT THE
HIDEAWAY (it’s OK to rhyme)

speedpoetszine@gmail.com

WE ARE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE
May Magazine until 27 May.

speedpoetszine@gmail.com

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bird of paradise bows to a honey-eater

 

MARCH 2014 SPEEDPOETS MAGAZINE

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50 copies ready and waiting for you, and packed with poems both local and international.

Pick up your copy from The Hideaway tomorrow, Saturday 29 March 2014.

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Couplet at Brisbane Square Library

If you’re not following Vanessa Page, get on board now.
The performance at the library on 4 April is not to be missed.
Scott and ness are both great entertainers and talented poets.
Get your flights to Brisbane booked.

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On Friday 4 April I’ll be sharing the Couplet limelight with Scott Sneddon, aka Scott Wings – one of our land’s premier performance talents. Scott’s just returned to Brisbane after rave reviews at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

Couplet is a monthly event, hosted by David Stavanger who is the Reader in Residence at the Brisbane Square Library. Couplet is about pairing two voices together for an hour of poetry, and the pairing of very different voices is what makes this event so exciting. It’s also a little bit ‘page’ vs ‘stage’ in nature, so if you are curious about the differences between a page poet and a performance poet, then this event is definitely for you!

I’ll be reading primarily new material from a current manuscript and also from a special project that I’m working on with John Koenig.  This is my first feature reading for the year so I’m…

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