Adelaide Poets Collective
Getting out and about with Friendly Street Poets
Saturday 17th June, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Unley Town Hall, Oxford Tce, Unley.
Guest poets include Louise Nicholas, Pam Maitland, Geoff Johnson and MC David Harris.
Bring your own poems for the Open Mic along with two copies to be considered for publication in the FSP annual anthology.
Or just come long and listen!
Free admission.
The FSP Halifax Featured Poets Series is back again for 2017!
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street Adelaide.
Wednesday, 31st May, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
$5 entry helps support the poets.
Come early, stay late, enjoy the wonderful food, beverages and atmosphere of the Cafe.
lives and writes in Adelaide. He ran Poetica on ABC Radio National for 2 decades and currently works for Radio National’s features and documentaries unit. His new collection of poems and short prose Invisible Mending is published by Wakefield Press.
Ross Donlon
has published three books of poetry, The Blue Dressing Gown & other poems, the bi-lingual, Sjøvegen (The Sea Road) 50 tanka for ?lvik… Click for more
Following the recent FSP AGM, the Management Committee for 2017 consists of:
with valuable input from:
and FSP Annual Anthology #42 editors:
Big thanks to out going Treasurer, David Harris, and 2016 Anthology #41 editors, Edie Eicas and David Harris.
The June FSP City Meeting will launch the
FSP Anthology 41: Worlds in Words
edited by Edie Eicas and David Harris.
at the Box Factory on Monday 12th June.
Doors open at 6:00 pm.
This is the biggest anthology FSP has ever produced! Winners of the Nova & Satura Prizes will be announced. The prize winners and poets invited by the Editors, Edie Eicas & David Harris, will read as part of the evening events.
Copies of the new Anthology will be on sale for $20 before & after the launch activities.
Please BYO a plate & stay to enjoy conversation & nibblies afterwards.… Click for more
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
Tuesday 8th November, 2016
Come along, see what it’s like, give your opinion.
The venue will be set-up cabaret style with chairs around tables. Take the lift or stairs to the upper floor.
Open mic, 3 minutes per reader. All members’ poems are eligible for publication in the next annual anthology.… Click for more