The second Haiku Down Under conference was held via Zoom from 16-18 August 2024. Congratulations to the organising team for putting on such a successful event. The theme for this year’s conference was A Sensory Journey. Two presentations on exactly this theme were Going in Blind by Sandra Simpson from New Zealand and Five Senses… Read More Haiku Down Under 2024: A Sensory Journey
Christine Villa is the Founding Editor of a bi-annual video journal called Frameless Sky. Issue 18 of Frameless Sky was released earlier in 2023, presenting haiku and other short poems on the theme of Family. The video for this issue is presented in black and white, featuring photos by Susan Aurinko which resonate with the… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 18
In 2000, John Bird and Janice Bostok (1942-2011) co-founded the Australian Haiku Society. Sadly, John passed away in May 2022 after many years spent promoting haiku, supporting haiku writers and encouraging the use of Australian subjects and seasonal references in haiku. Every two years, the Australian Haiku Society conducts the John Bird Dreaming Award to… Read More 2022 John Bird Dreaming Award
The first Haiku Down Under conference was held via Zoom in October 2022. You can find details of the conference including background on the New Zealand and Australian conference organisers here. Haiku Down Under was a great success. Registrations, which exceeded 200, included poets from Australia, New Zealand and around the world. To commemorate the… Read More Haiku Down Under Anthology: 2022
Gregory Piko 