Adelaide Poets Collective – celebrating 50 years in 2025
Congratulations to FSP member Kerry Harte who has made the long-list for the $15,000 University of Canberra Vice Chancellor’s Poetry Prize. The long list of 60 was selected from 1200 entries from around the world. Click here to read about the prize and see the long list.
In case you hadn’t noticed, the massive storm-induced power blackout that hit SA forced the cancellation of this session. We’ll see what we can do to re-run it at some stage. Tough for the poets, the cafe and the punters, but that’s the weather for you…
This month’s FSP Featured Poets @ Halifax Cafe presents Adelaide’s own Stephen Brock and, from Ballarat, Nathan Curnow.
Wednesday, 28th September, 2016
Halifax Cafe, 187 Halifax Street, Adelaide, 6:00 – 7:30 pm.
published his first collection of poetry The Night is a Dying Dog (Wakefield Press) in 2007, and received a grant from Arts SA for the completion of Double Glaze, published by Five Islands Press in 2013.… Click for more
Garron Publishing invite you to the launch of their fourth series of chapbooks by Southern Land Poets : Alison Flett, Judy Dally, Louise McKenna, Mike Hopkins and Steve Brock.
The Cafe will be open for beer, wine and food.
Paul Mitchell’s wry and moving considerations of society’s undercurrents chronicle a soberingly recognisable Australia. His three poetry collections have received national prizes and wide acclaim, and his short story collection Dodging the Bull (2007) was included in the 2008 The Age Summer Read program. Mitchell explores the beauty in the seemingly mundane, the troubled history of Australian masculinity, and finds spirituality in the murky depths of life. He has continued this exploration with his fifth book, a simultaneously sensitive and rugged novel, We.Are.Family.… Click for more
Mockingbird Poets is friendly new poetry critique group for beginners and seasoned poets alike. Opening up on 17 September, if you love poetry, you are welcome.
To get us going at the first meeting, bring a poem of your own to share with the group, or one by your favorite poet. We can then discuss the way forward. The aim is to find a format that will best engage us in a process of constructive analysis and discussion through which we can learn more about the art and craft of poetry and improve our own work.
Lindy Warrell* will convene to start but, as time goes on, others may wish to take turns chairing so everyone has the opportunity to introduce a favorite poem and poet, allowing us to explore the richness and diversity of the poetic life.… Click for more
Open mic, 3 minutes per reader. All members’ poems are eligible for publication in the next annual anthology.
Doors open at 6:00 pm to sign up for readings in two sessions.
$5 entry. If you’re not a member, join up on the night.
Remember that if you are not a paid up member, you’ll drop off the FSP email list and you will not be eligible for inclusion in the annual anthology.… Click for more