“If Burns wrote music, I would say she does not miss a beat, whether she raises issues about the past or the present, she does with conviction, with vivid imagery and poignant comments.” – Beatriz Copello reviews apparently by Joanne Burns
Springing its way to you this new season are literary events you won’t want to miss. Are these in your calendar yet?
We’ve got you covered for the last month of winter: festivals, book clubs, writing competitions, and performances – you name it. Make some time in your schedule for some of these fantastic events this August.
We interviewed the founder of Australian Poetry Slam Miles Merrill ahead of his one-day workshop at Writing NSW, Write to Speak.
We interviewed songwriter, novelist and poet Pip Smith, whose six-week online poetry course will be launching on 27 May.
Congratulations to the winners of the Quantum Words 2018 Science Poetry Competition. Helen Thurloe won first prize, Lorne Johnson won second prize, and Eileen Chong was highly commended.
“The important thing in his poetry is that he does not feel sorry for himself nor dwells on the knowledge that his days are numbered. On the contrary his poems are a song to life.” Beatriz Copello reviews Injury Time by Clive James.
Read the five poems shortlisted for the Quantum Words 2018 Science Poetry Competition, by Jenny Blackford, Eileen Chong, Lorne Johnson, Jack Oats, and Helen Thurloe.
‘Maiden’s collections have won the NSW and Victorian Premier’s Awards for Poetry, and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Literature among others, and it’s not difficult to see why.’
