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Blake Prize Win for WA’s Graham Kershaw
The judges for this year’s Blake Poetry Prize — Martin Langford, Peter Minter and Amelia Walker — have awarded first place to Graham Kershaw’s three-part sequence 'Altar Rock'. In their comments, the judges observed that ... |
21/11/2012 12:48:14 PM |
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'Australian Poetry since 1788' Now an e-Book
With around 1,000 poems and more than 1,000 pages, Australian Poetry since 1788 is a weighty tome. Now, thanks in part to support from the Australia Council’s Literature Board, this impressive volume will soon be available as an e-book. First ... |
19/11/2012 1:07:58 PM |
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Come Poets and Essayists
Poets are welcome to apply now for theAustralian Book Review'sPoetry Prize. This is theninth annual ABR Poetry Prize, which is named after thelate Australian poet,Peter Porter(pictured, at left). The first prize winner will take home $4,000 and his or her ... |
04/10/2012 7:57:38 AM |
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A Month in Ireland
Poets keen to travel should consider applying for the 2013 International Poetry Tour of Ireland, a one-month tour funded by the Australia Council in conjunction with Australian Poetry. Applications close Friday 26 October 2012. The tour, which lasts for a ... |
21/09/2012 8:55:15 AM |
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National Poetry Week 2012
It's National Poetry Week. See Australian Poetry's web site for details of events near you, such as 'cafe poet' readings, open poetry readings and performances at the Write Around the Murray festival in Albury. Follow @AusPoetry on Twitter for more. To ... |
03/09/2012 2:28:31 PM |
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A Big Weekend in Brisbane
The 2012Queensland Poetry Festival gets underway in Brisbane today for three days (24-26 August) of poetry and related events. This is the 16th annual festival and its theme is 'spoken in one strange word'. Held at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary ... |
24/08/2012 8:26:38 AM |
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Making His Mark
Mark Tredinnickis the 2012 winner ofthe Cardiff International Poetry Competition.He was awarded theFirst Prize (worth £5,000)for his poem 'Margaret River Sestets'. The full text of the poem can be seen here. Tredinnick is the winner ofmany ... |
06/08/2012 9:08:42 AM |
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Olympic Tales III
Charles Wiltens Andree Hayward may not be a name on the tip of today’s literary tongues, but the English-born poet who arrived in Australia in 1894 holds the record for greatest number of poems by a single author on AustLit. Of Hayward’s 2,939 ... |
01/08/2012 10:16:59 AM |
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Olympic Tales: I
London’s Olympic Park is not only the major site for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it is also home to a new poetry installation. An initiative of William Sieghart, founder of the UK’s National Poetry Day, the Winning Words ... |
30/07/2012 10:20:22 AM |
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Plan a Date with Poetica
Poetica, the poetry program on ABCRadio National, has some upcoming treats you might want to mark on your calendar. On 4 August, Jennifer Harrison, Michael Sharkey and Philip Salom discuss 'How to Inhabit a Poem'. This was recorded live at an Australian ... |
26/07/2012 11:18:05 AM |
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From the Archives
The ABC has gone to great lengths to keep older broadcasts accessible - whether as podcasts, radio transcripts or television streaming via iView. For those who like to listen to poetry, as well as read it, Radio National's Poetica still has on file a ... |
23/07/2012 9:44:56 AM |
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Up-Hill Tussle for the Forward Prize
He may not be the bookies' favourite but Barry Hill is in contention for the UK's Forward Prize for Poetry. Oddly enough, two other people named Hill have also been shortlisted this year: Selima Hill, and Geoffrey Hill, who was also shortlisted last year. ... |
19/07/2012 8:29:22 AM |
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Bowl Them Over
Are you a poet?Do you like cricket? If so, then the Cricket Poetry Award may be within your grasp. This annual competition is seeking poems that depict life in and around cricket as a game or sport, whether the setting be a backyard, a beach or street, a ... |
04/07/2012 3:11:07 PM |
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Coffee Houses
Poets have been writing in cafes as long as cafes have been around, but now some poets are staying as long as six months. The Cafe Poet program, an initiative of AustralianPoetry, places poets in cafes as 'poets in residence'. The poet is given space to ... |
29/06/2012 9:12:30 AM |
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The Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
Aspiring poets have until 30 June, 2012, to enter for the Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize. Dawe, one of Australia's most acclaimed contemporary poets, endowed the $1500 annual award to encourage other Australian poets. The endowment is administered by ... |
07/06/2012 12:24:00 PM |
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Josephine Ulrick Winners Announced
The winners of the 2012 Josephine Ulrick prizes have been announced in Queensland. The prizes, for a short story and for poetry, are administered by Griffith University's School of Humanities. The 2012 literature prize was awarded to Matthew Lamb, editor ... |
09/05/2012 12:57:00 PM |
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Mark Tredinnick Wins Inaugural Montreal Poetry Prize
New South Wales poet Mark Tredinnick is the winner of a new international poetry award – the $50,000 Montreal Poetry Prize. Tredinnick’s poem, ‘Walking Underwater’, was selected from over 3,000 entries and read ‘blind’ ... |
11/01/2012 2:32:02 PM |
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Kinsella Withdraws from T. S. Eliot Prize
John Kinsella has withdrawn from the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize shortlist due to ethical concerns over sponsorship. The prestigious award, offered by the UK Poetry Book Society, is being sponsored for the first time by hedge funds manager Aurum. (The new ... |
05/01/2012 2:02:33 PM |
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UTS Appoints Inaugural CAL Chair in Australian Poetry
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has appointed Robert Adamson to hold the inaugural CAL Chair in Australian Poetry. The three-year position, beginning in February 2012, has been modelled on the Oxford Professor of Poetry role and will require a ... |
13/12/2011 12:54:09 PM |
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Johnno Award for Graham Nunn
Queensland’s ‘Mister Poetry’, Graham Nunn, has received the 2011 Johnno Award (named after David Malouf's 1975 novel, Johnno)for his outstanding contribution to writing in Queensland. Nunn, a poet, teacher and publisher, was artistic ... |
07/12/2011 3:29:44 PM |