Book

anthology, launch, archive, release, collection, sale

FSP Anthology 44 Launch & Open Mic – UPDATE

FSP Anthology 44 “Kaleidoscope“, edited by Valerie Volk and Nigel Ford, will be launched on:

Monday, 7th September, 2020
Doors open from 6:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide

Thank you to all the people who have pre-registered their intent to come. We have now reached the maximum number of allowed attendees. Therefore:

•• We are no longer accepting preregistrations.
•• If you turn up on the night, and you have not pre-registered, you may not be admitted to the meeting if we have already reached, or are likely to reach, our permitted maximum number of attendees.… Click for more

New Poets 21 winners announced

The Friendly Street New Poets series of books has been the launching pad for many well-recognised and successful poets in SA who have gone on to make wonderful contributions to poetry here in Australia and overseas. Nineteen submissions were received for the New Poets 21 competition this year, six more than last year, which is pleasing to see in this time of limited poetry opportunity.

The judge for this competition was Kaye Aldenhoven, an Adelaide born, Darwin based writer and poet with 3 books of poetry published. Kaye has been shortlisted for prose and poetry multiple times in the NT Literature Awards and won 2 Red Earth Poetry Awards.… Click for more

Friendly Street Poets New Poets 20 & Single Poet Books Launch

Monday, 25th November, 2019
6:00pm – 9:00pm

The Box Factory
59 Regent Strett, Adelaide, SA 5000

FSP is proud to launch the latest collections by the winning poets in the New Poets and Single Poet Competitions:

Single Poet winner: Ben Adams‘ first full collection of poetry, A Synonym For Sobriety.

New Poets 20 winners: Alys Jackson‘s Wolf Ghosts, Sharon Foulkes‘ Finding Their Voices and Julia Wakefield‘s Shifting Viewpoints.

Please come along, help celebrate the success by these emerging poets whose names have joined a wonderful list of past winners and hear them read some poems from their successful manuscripts.… Click for more

Elaine Barker Book Launch

Elaine Barker has published her fourth collection of poetry See My Feathered Fingers which will be launched by Nicholas Jose.

Tuesday 25th June 2019
6:00pm for 6:30pm

Royal South Australian Society of Arts,
Level 1, Institute Building,
corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide.

All welcome. Lift access is available.

FSP June City Open Mic and “Fleurieu Flow” Book Launch

Monday 3rd June, 2019
Doors open 6:00pm to sign-on for 6:30pm start.

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide.

The session will include a soft launch of Fleurieu Flow, the first anthology of poetry from FSP Poetry on the Fleurieu. Contributors to the book are invited to read from the book during a standard 3 minute slot. Open mic still applies for everyone.

If you want your poem to be considered for this year’s anthology, you must be a member of FSP. Bring along two printed copies of your poem with all your contact details on them for submission.… Click for more

FSP Anthology 43 launched!

FSP is very excited to announce that the FSP Anthology 43 alchemy, edited by Veronica Cookson and Lindy Warrell, has been launched.

You can buy a copy for $20 at any FSP Meeting or you can order a copy on-line via this link.

Any poem read by a current FSP member at an FSP event in 2019 is eligible for consideration to be published in the next Anthology, edited by Valerie Volk and Nigel Ford. Please read the full requirements for submitting your work at this link.

+ More