Message from the convenor…

To the membership of Friendly Street Poets,

On Monday 4th of November, 2019 a reader at the Box Factory Meeting committed a serious breach of accepted standards by reading for about 11 minutes, far longer than the 3 minutes allowed at the Open Mic.

As the Convenor of FSP and the MC of the 2nd Half that evening, I want to apologise to the members who had to endure such behaviour. I chose to not confront the individual when that person passed the 3 minute mark and indicated intention to continue, because I did not want any escalation to ruin what was an otherwise wonderful evening of poetry.… Click for more

FSP November City Meeting and Open Mic

Monday, 4th November, 2019
6:00 – 9:30pm.

The Box Factory
59 Regent Street, Adelaide.

Bring along your poems to read or just come and listen to a diverse range of poetry. Remember, 3 minutes maximum mic time per reader to make sure everyone gets a go and has an audience.

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

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

FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe in October: Jill Jones, Alison Flett and Banjo James

Thursday, 31 October, 2019
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax St, Adelaide.

This month we feature another fine line-up of Adelaide’s best: Jill Jones, Alison Flett, and Banjo James.

The Halifax Cafe will be open for meals, refreshments, coffee and more. Come early, stay late. 

$5 cash at the door to pay the poets.

Click here for the Facebook event.

Jill Jones was born in Sydney and has lived in Adelaide since 2008. She has published eleven full-length poetry books including Viva the Real (UQP), short-listed, 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Breaking the Days (Whitmore Press), shortlisted, 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and The Beautiful Anxiety (Puncher & Wattmann) winner, 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry.… Click for more

FSP at SPIN 79

Guest poet Rachael Mead

Wednesday 6th November, 2019
Sign-up from 6:15pm, reading 6:30 – 9:00pm

McLaren Vale Bowls Club
147 Main Road, McLaren Vale

Come along to this 79th meeting of SPIN (Southern Performers Interactive Network) in partnership with FSP for an open mic night of poetry, music and story-telling.

All poems read at the session can be put in the Friendly Street Box for a chance to be published in the annual anthology! You must be a member of Friendly Street Poets – you can join on the night, it doesn’t cost much. Bring two copies of your poem and put your contact details on the back please.… Click for more

FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe, September: Mike Ladd, Kate Llewellyn and Darby

Thursday, September 26, 2019
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax St, Adelaide.

This month we feature Adelaide’s own living legends Mike Ladd and Kate Llewellyn with visiting Melbourne poet and illustrator, Darby.

The Halifax Cafe will be open for meals, refreshments, coffee and more. Come early, stay late.

$5 at the door to pay the poets.

Click here for the Facebook event.

Mike Ladd is a poet, radio producer and essayist. He has published nine collections of poetry and prose, the most recent, Invisible Mending from Wakefield Press. He was the editor of ABC Radio National’s Poetica program, which ran for eighteen years and brought Australian and international poetry to a wide audience.… Click for more

Erica Jolly‘s new blog site…

Long-time member of FSP Erica Jolly has set up her own blog. This is what she says about it:

“Poets cross boundaries all the time. I have set up a blog – Sciences and Humanities – on which I put items that, in one way or another, make the connections we need to have across disciplines. The times of the separation of the sciences from the humanities unfortunately are not over.

My blog, given my inadequacy with machinery, might not be the most effective and I’m told people won’t look at it if it goes beyond sound bites – and it does.  … Click for more

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