Adelaide Poets Collective – celebrating 50 years in 2025
Saturday, 21st October, 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Unley Town Hall, Oxford terrace, Unley
Come along and hear FSP Poets read their contributions to FSP Anthology 41 Worlds in Words.
Free. No booking required. Light refreshments provided.
Halifax Cafe
187 Halifax Street, Adelaide
Wednesday, 27th September, 2017
6:00 – 7:30pm
$5
Ken Bolton
has been variously described as a loony tune, something of a zany, a yo-yo with money. In truth he is a curious figure – irascible, intemperate, vituperative, yet somehow, apparently, devoted to an idea of ‘the Beautiful’, as somehow defined. Lord David Cecil held him to be “the Hulk Hogan des nos jours” – and found in him “a Pol Pot, perhaps the very Pol Pot, of the aesthetic.” Ken has published many books, the most recent being Lonnie’s Lament (Wakefield Press, earlier this year).… Click for more
Maria Vouis had poems-of-the-month selected by Anthology Editors, Karl Cameron Jackson and Ros Schulz, for both April and August 2017! You can read them below:
Poem of the Month, April 2017
Sonnet for A Coin Eyed Fish
At the mouth of the Onkaparinga River.
In the mornings the new autumn cold
chews the crusts of fading summer,
The wind whines high through the empty hold
of the poo-bag roll in F # minor.
Midday birdsong is free light freight,
The dogs stalk and strain on the halter,
The sun sandwiched tight, early and late
sends trembling veins of light through water.… Click for more
FSP is very pleased to welcome long-time member and former Anthology editor, Margaret Clark, to the Management Committee.
The October FSP City Open Mic Meeting will be held at
The Box Factory
59 Regent St, Adelaide
Monday 9th October
(second Monday of month, since the 1st Monday is the long-weekend holiday)
Doors open at 6:00 pm for sign-in. $5 entry.
First session starts at 6:30; second session at about 7:30.
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. You must be a member of FSP for your poems to be included in the Anthology.… Click for more
You are invited to the launch of FSP member Valerie Volk‘s new book Of Llamas and Piranhas published by Ginninderra Press.
Wednesday, 20th September, 2017
7:00pm
West Torrens Auditorium
(via Hamra Centre Library Entrance)
1 Brooker Terrace (corner of Sir Donald Bradman Drive), Hilton.
RSVP essential by Friday 15th September to Valerie:
8376 6655 / vjvolk[at]gmail[dot]com
If you are unable to make it, you can buy Valerie’s new book (and her others!) from her website: www.valerievolk.com.au