Ah, Martin, I needed to catch up over Goolwa, Aus poetry, and A.Burke, thus:
[from the apc website]
You are invited to attend the Australian Poetry Centre’s signature event in
2010.
The Australian Poetry Centre is holding its next major poetry festival in
Goolwa, South Australia, 23-26 April 2010, which will include a startling line-
up of poets renowned nationally and internationally.
The festival will be launched on Friday night (23 April) by Stefano De Pieri and
include such big names in poetry as
Robert Minhinnick (Wales),
Arianna Pozzuoli (Canada via Singapore),
Emma Jones (Australia via England),
Glenn Colquhoun (NZ),
Elizabeth Smither (NZ)
and in Australia:
Louise Oxley, Jordie Albiston, Brook Emery,
Jan Owen, Jeri Kroll, Jill Jones,
Lucy Dougan, Esther Ottaway, Jennifer Mills,
Grant Caldwell, Andrew Lansdown, Ron Pretty,
Steve Evans, Kate Llewellyn, Harry Laing,
Stephen Edgar, Lisa Gorton, Emilie Zoe Baker,
Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Sarah Day, Amelia Walker,
Bronwyn Lea, Yvette Holt, Mike Ladd,
Bel Schenk, Paul Hetherington, Lyn Hatherly,
Sandra Thibodeaux, Andrew Burke,
Sand Writer’s writers,
Gawler Poets,
Friendly Street Poets,
Poets Union people,
cafe poets,
poets from all states and territories,
the list goes on.
There will be surprise appearances by other guests and entertainers,
hip hop artists, comics,
a publisher’s market and a poetry slam,
a teacher’s professional development day,
workshops for children and adults,
masterclasses,
poetry linked with film, radio and stage,
on the wharf, in the park and by the river;
book launches, a Goolwa Cafe Poet launch,
a Festival club, dawn service,
open mic sessions and a series of panels and forums -
‘Why Poetry Matters‘
and
‘Can Poetry Save the Planet‘?
(full program available in February)
Whew! can little Goolway cope? under canvas perhaps...
Max
Quoting Martin Dolan <[log in to unmask]>:
> Never been there, Max.
>
> My relatives were on the other side, down the coast to Victor Harbour,
> so that was where I went in my younger days.
>
> It seems the Australian Poetry Centre is planning a shindig there in April.
>
> Martin
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