Members

New work from Pat Lee

A regular FSP member since 2012, Pat Lee has just released a new collection of her work Nudge The Morning, published by Ginninderra Press. One of the poems from her collection, One December Afternoon, also was published in InDaily.

‘Pat Lee’s poetry often reflects her respect and reverence for the things of the natural world. She has an artist’s eye for landscape and a Wordsworthian ability to paint it in lyric poetry. Many of her images and word choices have an inevitability about them, a surety that is enviable. Hers is a poetic voice that is true and trustworthy.’… Click for more

FSP Meetings at the Box Factory in 2017

Thank you everyone who took part in the survey to determine the best time to have FSP City Open Mic meetings at the Box Factory. We ended up with 49 responses, which is a really good rate of return. Most of you are pretty flexible, but the strongest preference was for the 1st Monday of the month, notwithstanding the occasional public holiday then.

Therefore, the remaining 2017 City Meetings at the Box Factory will be on:

Monday 3rd April

Monday 1st May

Monday 12th June (2nd Monday, the 1st is already booked)

Monday 3rd July

Monday 7th August

Monday 4th September

Monday 9th October (2nd Monday, the 1st is the long weekend)

Monday 6th November

Monday 4th December.… Click for more

2017 FSP Anthology editors

FSP is pleased to announce that the editors for the FSP Anthology 42 are long-time members and contributors, Ros Schulz and Karl Cameron-Jackson.

Any poem read at an FSP event is eligible for selection in the Anthology, but you must be a financial member! Make sure you bring along two copies of your poem, with your contact details (name, email, phone number, address) clearly added to your copy.

 

Vale Pauline Wardleworth

We were saddened to hear that long-time FSP member, Pauline Wardleworth, died on the 24th November, 2016, aged 87. She was an active member of FSP for many years, and edited Friendly Street Reader 9 with Graham Rowlands. She returned from Stawell to live again in Adelaide from 2006. During that time she wrote some poetry for family, friends and for the newsletter in her aged care residence. She remained interested in all things literary and was a voracious reader of fiction.  Her daughter, Katherine Healy, says, “Friendly Street gave my mother such joy, personal connection and developed her skills as a poet and editor.” … Click for more

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