Susan O’Brien poems in InDaily
Susan O’Brien shares poems both avian and anuran from her Fleurieu Peninsula second home in InDaily’s Poet’s Corner.
Spring Poetry Festival, 29th October
Run by the SA English Teachers Association, the Spring Poetry Festival showcases the best poetry from school students around the state.
The Festival Launch is on:
Saturday 29th October 11:15am – 1:15 pm
Pultney Grammar School, 190 South Terrace, Adelaide
FSP has been a long-time supporter of the Festival and contributes a range of prizes, judged by our Anthology editors.
The launch includes readings of the winning poems and refreshments will be available after the launch.
All welcome.
FSP Featured Poets @ Halifax Cafe: Ken Bolton and Dominic Symes, 26th October
After the washout / blackout last month, FSP Featured Poets at Halifax Cafe returns with two stars of the local scene.
Halifax Cafe, 187 Halifax Street, Adelaide; 6:00 – 7:30 pm.
Ken Bolton
lives in Adelaide where he has until recently managed the Australian Experimental Art Foundation’s Dark Horsey bookshop. His most recent collection is Threefer (Puncher & Wattmann). Shearsman (UK) issued his Selected Poems in 2013. Vagabond published the long poem London Journal in 2015. He wrote the art monograph Michelle Nikou (Wakefield Press) and edited Homage to John Forbes (Brandl & Schlesinger) and More Is Plenty on artist Kurt Brereton (Jellied Tongue Press). … Click for more
Box Factory Community Day: 15th October
One of the potential alternative venues for the FSP City Meetings is the
Box Factory
59 Regent St South, off Halifax Street, Adelaide.
They are having an open day BBQ this coming
Saturday afternoon, 15th October, 12 – 4:00pm,
with music and an open mic.
Come along, check out the venue if you haven’t been there before, and join in the fun.
FSP November City Meeting & Open Mic: 8th November @ Harry’s Bar, Grenfell St
Please note the different date & venue!!
Harry’s Bar, 12 Grenfell, St, Adelaide
Tuesday 8th November, 2016
Harry’s Bar is one of the potential new venues for FSP City meetings.
The meeting will be on the 8th November to avoid a clash with Melbourne Cup Day festivities…
Come along, see what it’s like, give your opinion.
The venue will be set-up cabaret style with chairs around tables. Take the lift or stairs to the upper floor.
All welcome to read or just listen.
Open mic, 3 minutes per reader. All members’ poems are eligible for publication in the next annual anthology.… Click for more
Radio Adelaide needs poets…
Two Radio Adelaide shows, A Peace of the Action which deals with social justice, and Barometer which deals with environmental issues, are looking for poets. Both are talk shows, with in-depth interviews, interspersed with music. They’d like to include some local poetry along with the music.
Social Justice topics include (but are not confined to): anti-war, poverty, refugees, racism, inequality, domestic violence, homelessness, Indigenous issues, deaths in custody, income management, the right to protest, etc.
Environmental topics include (but are not confined to): protection of pretty well anything not yet extinct or destroyed (forests, oceans, creatures, rivers, water quality, air quality), renewable energy, coal mining, coal seam gas, Great Barrier Reef, uranium, recycling, rubbish, global warming, food security, the right to protest, death of bees, etc.… Click for more