For anyone in Sydney on 18 October.
A Seminar . A Reading . A Dinner
Saturday 18 October 2003
2 pm - 4.30 pm Seminar Room 422, Building 2, University of Technology (main
entrance, Tower Building, Broadway)
Technique: Shaping the poem in an age of informality
How do we recognise a poem today? Where is the poem after 100 years of
modernism? What are the differences between craft, form and technique?
David Brooks: The rhythm you have when you're not having a rhythm
Martin Harrison: Is a poem a vase?
Rosemary Huisman: Matters of perception
Peter Minter: Composition in contemporary contexts
Four papers plus one hour for questions and discussion.
Enquiries: Brook Emery [log in to unmask]
5 pm - 6.15 pm Pegged Poetry Room 422, Building 2, University of Technology
Sydney
A poetry reading and exhibition of handwritten poems.
Curated by the Red Room Company and featuring Joanne burns, Judy Beveridge,
Brian Hawkins, James Stuart, Jill Jones among others.
Enquiries: Johanna Featherstone [log in to unmask]
7 pm Dinner Kata Thai Café, Glebe Point Road, Glebe (first block off Broadway)
Three-course Banquet menu - BYO alcohol
Cost:
All inclusive ticket (seminar/reading/dinner) $35 must be pre-paid - only 30
restaurant seats available!
Seminar only: $5 pre-paid or pay at the door
Reading only: $5 pre-paid or pay at the door
Dinner only: $25 must be pre-paid
Please send bookings with payments (cheque/money order/credit card) to:
The Poets Union Inc
PO Box 91
Balmain NSW 2041
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