FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe: Jill Jones and Dominic Symes

Wednesday 28th November
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax St, Adelaide.
6:00 – 7:30pm
$5 to pay the poets.

This is the final Featured Poets session for 2018, and we have two of Adelaide’s finest poets to see us out.

As usual the fabulous Halifax Cafe will be open for meals, snacks and beverages. Come early, stay late!

Jill Jones has published eleven books of poetry, and a number of chapbooks, including Viva the Real (UQP), Brink (Five Islands) and The Beautiful Anxiety (Puncher & Wattmann), which won the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry. Her work is represented in major anthologies including the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, Contemporary Australian Poetry, The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry, The Poet’s Quest for God and The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry.… Click for more

FSP November City Meeting & Open Mic

Monday, November 5, 2018 at 6 PM – 9:30 PM

The Box Factory  59 Regent St, Adelaide, SA 5000

Sign-in from 6:00pm for a 6:20pm start. Second session starts around 7:30pm.

$5 to read; free to just come and listen.

There is a strict time limit of 3 minutes per reader. This ensures everyone gets a fair go and an opportunity to read to an audience!

Bring two copies of your poems if you’d like to submit them to the next Anthology. Make sure your poems have your name, email and phone number on the back of the page, otherwise they will not be considered.… Click for more

6th Annual 2018 Goolwa Poetry Cup

Sunday, 18th November, 2018
The Fleurieu Distillery on the Wharf, Goolwa.

The biggest prize money for a poetry slam in SA!
1st Prize = $1,000
2nd Prize = $200
Other finalists receive $50 each.
People’s Choice Prize = $100.

Judges: Jude Aquilina, Elise Silson, Ian Gibbins.

Sign-in for competitors from 11:30 am.
All competitors MUST register before the commencement of the Heat 1 at 12:15.

Three heats, starting at 12:15 pm.
Final (the top 3 from each heat) at 3:15 pm.

Open mic poetry session between the heats and the final.

Poetry Cup Entry Fee: $10
Open mic reading: free!
Audience: free!… Click for more

FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe: Andy Jackson, Alison Flett & Elyas Alavi

Wednesday, 31st October, 2018
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax St, Adelaide
6:00 pm – 7:30pm

FSP presents another all-star line up of poetry as good as it gets: special guest, Andy Jackson, with top-shelf locals, Alison Flett and Elyas Alavi. 

As always, the fabulous Halifax Cafe will be open for meals, snacks, beverages and good vibes.

$5 at the door to support the poets.

Andy Jackson has featured at literary events and arts festivals in Australia, India, USA and Ireland, and lives in Castlemaine. His most recent collection, “Music our bodies can’t hold” (Hunter Publishers, 2017), consists of portrait poems of other people with Marfan Syndrome.… Click for more

New Poets 19 Launch at Burnside Library

Burnside Library
401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore, 5065

Thursday 8th November, 2018
6:30 pm

Three of Adelaide’s emerging poets – Geoff Aitken, Marie Vouis and Bruce Greenhalgh – share their winningly contrasting voices and views as they launch the latest edition of Friendly Street Poets’ New Poets series. Come along and experience poetry in its many guises from classic forms to innovative free verse.

Refreshments provided. Books available for purchase ($20 each).

$10 entry
Bookings essential: 8366 4280
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/friendly-street-new-poets-19-tickets-50476927850

Click here for the Facebook event.

Garron chapbook launch at Halifax Cafe

Garron Publishing invites you to the launch of their 6th series of poetry chapbooks by Jan Owen, Ian Gibbins, Jennifer Liston, Dominic Symes, Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington.

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax St, Adelaide

Wednesday, 24th October, 2018
6:00pm for 6:30pm start

The Halifax Cafe will be open for fabulous fare and beverages.

RSVP via the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/262326274289173/







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