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/







FSP October City Meeting and Open Mic

The next FSP City Meeting and Open Mic is on

Monday 8th October 2018

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide.

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

FSP Anthology 42 and New Poets 19 now available

If you would like to purchase copies of the latest FSP Anthology 42 or New Poets 19, please complete the form below and we get your books to you as soon as we can. 

Please note that we do not have on-line payment facilities. You can send your payment via Electronic Funds Transfer or you can send us a purchase order and invoice. For EFT, please use the following information:

Friendly Street Poets
BSB 105 090
Account 347 509 340

Identify the transfer with your name and “FSP books” or similar so we can recognise it. Once your EFT is done, please use the form below to send confirmation.… Click for more

FSP Featured Poets At Halifax Cafe: Mike Hopkins and Louise Nicholas

6:00pm, Wednesday, 26th September, 2018
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide

Come early stay late! Listen to fabulous poetry & enjoy the fine fare and beverages served up by the Halifax Cafe.

$5 to support the Featured Poets Series

Mike Hopkins  was born in London, and lived in England, Wales, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Malawi before settling in Adelaide in 1988. He was twice Rostrum South Australia Speaker of the Year, a State finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam in 2012, won the South Australian Libraries World Poetry Day Slam in 2013, the ‘60 Second Slam’ in the Adelaide Fringe in 2014 and was a finalist in the Spoken Word SA Summer Slam 2017.… Click for more

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