Well, I might have the time to get there, Andrew, & I wish I could, but:
Have a great launch!
Doug
On 2012-05-07, at 10:16 AM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> *
> Andrew Burke* and *Lucy Dougan *invite you and all your family and friends
> to a combined BOOK LAUNCH at Mattie Furphy House (next to Tom Collins
> House, Swanbourne) 2pm-4pm on Sunday 20th May.
>
> Picaro Press has published Lucy's *ON THE CIRCUMVESUVIANA* and Walleah
> Press is the publisher of Andrew's *UNDERCOVER OF LIGHTNESS: NEW &
> COLLECTED POEMS*.
>
> These collections will be launched by Professor *Philip Mead*, poet and
> Chair of Australian Studies at UWA.
>
> Moonshine and sunshine will be served, with the occasional cosy biscuit.
>
>
> About *ON THE CIRCUMVESUVIANA:*
> *
> *
> *A special tenderness and subtlety characterises these poems. ... Dougan's
> achievement is to remind us that place is a mysterious part of identity and
> that families - weirdly and wonderfully - are always sites of revelation.
> - Gail Jones*
> *
> *
> About* **UNDERCOVER OF LIGHTNESS: NEW & COLLECTED POEMS:*
> *
> *
> *Here is a poet to hail and to treasure. - Thomas Shapcott*
> *
> *
> *This book is full of illumination, clear intelligence, music and - most
> welcome - a sense of humour. *
> * - Jill Jones*
>
Douglas Barbour
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