only if its in Tasmania
On 26/03/2007, at 8:50, andrew burke wrote:
> Well, Joanna, you have brought up an interesting point - not as
> clear-cut
> negative as you'd expect.
>
> Between England and Australia, you can get travel money to a bona fide
> festival or international seminar from the Nation's Arts Council.
> Now, you
> have to plan well in advance - they love their red tape. And you
> have to
> play the game their way, but it is possible.
>
> Now, to make the event - a PoetryEtc PoetryFest - bona fide simply
> needs a
> prestigious organisation to give it the stamp of approval, a multi-
> national
> committee of poets whose names may ring a bell if the assessor is
> well-read
> in contemporary lit, some livable but not expensive accommodation,
> and a
> ground swell of enthusiasm both home and abroad.
>
> A working band of people doing the shit work would need to be
> formed, too.
> We would shamelessly use the names of people among us who are known
> beyond
> their own borders as the public committee, but we would need
> shitkickers
> too, on the ground, picking people up from airports, translating from
> English into Australian, doing late night champagne restocks, etc.
>
> It's a dream. Anyone interested in making it happen?
>
> Andrew the Optimist
>
> PS: Spellcheck wanted 'bona fide' to be 'bon fife' - very nice.
>
>
> On 26/03/07, Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Would the readers get travel expenses?
>>
>> joanna
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>
>> >A poetryetc reading would be cool - maybe Sydney?
>> >
>> > Androo
>> >
>> >
>> > On 23/03/07, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >>
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>
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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