Sandra Simpson and Margaret Beverland have edited Number Eight Wire: The Fourth New Zealand Haiku Anthology which was released earlier this year by Piwakawaka Press. Number Eight Wire presents poems by 70 New Zealand poets from the period 2008 to 2018. The third New Zealand anthology, The Taste of Nashi (2008), was a much-loved collection showcasing… Read More Number Eight Wire: New Zealand Haiku
Spring is here, the sun is shining and the flowers are blooming. So it’s the perfect time to get along to Binalong for the next Brush With Poetry which will be held on Sunday, 29 September 2019. The venue will be the Café on Queen at 15 Queen Street, Binalong, New South Wales. Coffee, cake… Read More Brush With Poetry: 29 September 2019
Each year, the New Zealand Poetry Society runs an international poetry competition with sections for haiku and for longer poems. This year I had the pleasure of judging the haiku section of the competition. More than 500 haiku were submitted for consideration. As many of the entries were from New Zealand writers, it was common… Read More 2019 New Zealand Haiku Contest
Issue 10 of Christine Villa’s twice yearly video combining short-form poetry, art and music is now available from her Frameless Sky website. This current issue features black and white images by English photographer, Phil Openshaw, together with music by Tim Beek from the Netherlands and Benjamin Tissot from France. The music and art provides an… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 10
Three Canberra poets presented their work at Manning Clark House (MCH) on Thursday 27 June 2019. MCH is a not-for-profit organisation supporting history, literature, culture and human rights. The house was formerly the home of eminent Australian historian, Professor Manning Clark (1915-1991). Clark’s great work was his six volume study, A History of Australia. Nowadays,… Read More Poetry at Manning Clark House
Leslie Allan Murray AO died at the age of 80 years on 29 April 2019. Murray was a nationally and internationally renowned poet who published nearly 30 volumes of poetry during a career of more than 40 years. Murray’s willingness to engage in political and literary controversies has meant individuals have differing and complex views… Read More Vale Les Murray, Australian Poet
There was a full-house at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra last Monday night, 10 June 2019, to hear readings from local group, Limestone Tanka Poets. Those presenting were: Amelia Fielden, Barbara Curnow, Carmel Summers, Glenys Ferguson, Michael Thorley, Liz Lanigan, Michelle Brock, Kate King and group facilitator, Kathy Kituai. Tanka is a major genre of Japanese… Read More Limestone Tanka Poets
Robyn Sykes and myself will MC another Brush With Poetry in Binalong, New South Wales, on Sunday 26 May 2019. The venue will be the Café on Queen at 15 Queen Street. Coffee, cake and light lunches will be available and you are welcome to bring your own drinks such as wine or beer. Please… Read More Brush With Poetry: 26 May 2019
