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The PressPress Blog: In Brisbane last night

2011-03-05T09:42:00.001+11:00

The PressPress Blog: In Brisbane last night: "Saw my new Schadenvale Road for the first time last night at the Interactive Press Soiree and met some lovely new people and caught up with ..."

The PressPress Blog: In Brisbane last night

2011-03-05T09:42:00.000+11:00

The PressPress Blog: In Brisbane last night: "Saw my new Schadenvale Road for the first time last night at the Interactive Press Soiree and met some lovely new people and caught up with ..."

Nice new book from Ken Bolton

2010-02-24T12:43:00.004+11:00

This is a lovely new book from Ken Bolton published by Wakefield Press. Don't miss it. Bolton's sure and witty style will grab you again (? and fire you out of a can(n)on?).

Invitation to the launch of LETTERS

2009-10-25T09:48:00.004+11:00

You're invited to the launch of Letters - my new book of poems published by Kardoorair Press in the Chocolate Shop in Berry at 6pm on 6 November: a Friday, so a good way to end the week.At the same time you can have a look at the results of a photographic collaboration between Will Sturgess and Greg Forsyth - which involves televisions treated with various levels of dis/respect.Jen Saunders,

New out from Kardoorair

2009-08-28T12:33:00.003+10:00

Here's the new book out from Kardoorair - more poems from yours truly:

Jen Saunders wins IWD Award

2009-03-08T21:58:00.002+11:00

Jen Saunders accepting an IWD award for service to the arts in the Shoalhaven.

Slow Skipping launch

2009-03-08T21:15:00.007+11:00

Links for www.blusterhead.com

2009-02-07T16:50:00.001+11:00

Blusterhead (http://www.blusterhead.com) is an information site with a lot of useful links and bits of information which I originally put up for my writing students and then it got out of hand.I'll be checking all the links, updating and adding more shortly. So, if your magazine has a site, your book has a site, or you have a personal site which is writing-related email me at info@blusterhead.com

PressPress Chapbook Award

2009-02-06T11:10:00.010+11:00

It's hot where I am - though I've been getting news of those struggling with the snow elsewhere - and it looks as though the chapbook award is hotting up too. The entries are flowing in. This is good, rather than having a lot of administration at the last minute as people, naturally, fling things over the deadline (end of May 09). It's exciting but all the entries have to wait so that they can go

New PressPress title out now!

2009-01-22T11:46:00.002+11:00

Have a look at Jennifer Mills' Treading Earth - the newest chapbook from PressPress.

6th 6x6 Exhibition

2008-11-24T15:12:00.005+11:00

The sixth annual art shindig. It's easy toremember: 6pm, 6th Dec, 6th year, 6 works eachby 6 artists.cheryl scowennick powellsuzi krawczykjen saundersandrea lofthousekaye johnstonWhere?Cambewarra Hall, Cambewarra (Shoalhaven)This is a heap of fun. I been every year so far. Mostly I buy something. Red dots everywhere.

TSP: David Malouf Wins the Groundbreaking Australia-Asia Literary Award

2008-11-23T10:39:00.002+11:00

TSP: David Malouf Wins the Groundbreaking Australia-Asia Literary Award

Exile and Place

2008-11-22T16:39:00.004+11:00

I have been a subscriber to American Poetry Review, I'm astonished to discover, almost as long as it's been around. For some of that time, when it arrived I'd remind myself, that I only bought it for the articles. But not recently. The current issue (v37 no6) has poems by Mahmoud Darwish (trs by Fady Joudah) and an article called 'The Architecture of Loneliness' by Kazim Ali which are worth a

Michelle McGrane's Peony Moon Blog

2008-11-21T08:06:00.002+11:00

Came across this nice blog via Facebook. It's worth a look - and not only for the fabulous amount of useful links in the blogroll. There are poems and short pieces on other writers - news etc. Try it, you might like it.

Chatoyant

2008-11-18T22:04:00.001+11:00

You've got to love Michael Quinion's World Wide Words:Chatoyant /S@'tOI@nt/-------------------------------------------------------------------Having a changeable, varying lustre or colour.No two dictionaries seem to entirely agree on the current meaning of the word. Some mention only the bright lustre of a gem caused by reflections from within the stone, because the word now most often appears

Exhibition

2008-11-11T17:40:00.004+11:00

From the pen of Ken Bolton:If you've been attending the Lee Marvin Readings - or even meaning to - you may be interested in the exhibition Mentor/Mentored #4. It features four artists: Viv Miller, Tim Sterling, Louise Haselton, & Ken Bolton. That last is me.I'm exhibiting a series of illustrated poems (& some filmed footage of reading) - plus work in collaboration with painter Viv Miller: some

North of the latte line: Launch, Carolyn Fisher's 'The Unsuspecting Sky'

2008-11-02T09:50:00.000+11:00

North of the latte line: Launch, Carolyn Fisher's 'The Unsuspecting Sky'

A well-deserved award to Di Bates

2008-11-02T09:47:00.001+11:00

Good news! Di Bates, the much acclaimed children's writer from the 'Gong who is also a great champion of writing for children, has been given Lady Cutler Award. The Lady Cutler Award has been presented annually since 1981 for distinguished service to children’s literature. It is sponsored by Hachette Livre & hosted by the Children’s Book Council of NSW.

Outrageous if true

2008-10-20T14:27:00.001+11:00

clipped from www.computerworld.com.auNo opt-out of filtered InternetPolicy to be set after trialAustralians will be unable to opt-out of the government's pending Internet content filtering scheme, and will instead be placed on a watered-down blacklist, experts say.Under the government's $125.8 million Plan for

On reflection

2008-10-20T14:06:00.002+11:00

After years of scraping together money to keep myself and family afloat(ish) I've decided to go back to my old penurious ways and devote time to reflection as I used to do. It's a hard decision in hard times but without time one cannot continue to be a poet, and if I am anything at all, that's all I am. After years of being ruled by money, in however small amounts, it's difficult to adjust to the

The Travels of Ibn Battutah

2008-10-19T14:09:00.003+11:00

I bought Tim Mackingtosh-Smith's version of The Travels of Ibn Battutah in Dubai on the way home from Turkey and am now deep into it, following maps (and endnotes) and relating it to where I've visited in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey. It's a strangely put together travel tale - missing the sorts of things that the contemporary travel writer would include - and including things that most

Adelaide reading

2008-10-19T14:07:00.000+11:00

16th Reading OCTOBER 21sto LEE MARVIN INYO-YOs WITH MONEY Aidan Coleman Ken Bolton Jill Jones Kyriaki Maragozidis Simon Robb 9 Anster St., Adelaide(off Waymouth at the King William end, near FAD nightclub)7.30 for a prompt 8 PM startPrice $5

New PressPress title

2008-09-01T09:16:00.001+10:00

Carolyn Fisher's The Unsuspecting Sky was the winner of the 2008 PressPress Chapbook Award. There was a large and competitive field for this award and the competition was close. Fisher's poems are clear and present an accessible vision of the natural and social world around her. The poems in the chapbook have been written over a number of years when Fisher was a recipient of Australia Council and

Readings and events coming up

2008-06-13T10:18:00.003+10:00

Endless Summer Literary Lunch 14 June 2008With Emma Hardman, DC Green and Meg Bishop.When: 12noon, 14 June 2008Where: St Georges Basin Country Club, Paradise Beach Road, Sanctuary PointCost: $45Bookings: Margaret 02 4443 4207 or Vala 0422 678 940Rocket Readings - featuring Jane Gibian and Christine Paice17 June 2008When: 6.30pm, Tuesday 17 June 2008Where: Music Farmers cafe, 5 Crown Lane,

The Loft Reading which is actually in the UTS Studio this time:

2008-06-04T11:45:00.002+10:00

Reading/performing are:Antigone KefalaJennifer MaidenAmanda StewartMusic fromDavid FinchThursday the 12th of JuneUTS Studio (Note: NOT The Loft), 6.30 (for 7) pmDear friends, poets and lovers of The Word— Come and join us for an evening of poetic pleasures with three of Australia’s most diverse and accomplished poetic voices. On Thursday the 12th of June, Antigone Kefala, Jennifer Maiden and

A new place to get Fickle Brat

2008-05-25T11:35:00.001+10:00

Here's a new place to get The Fickle Brat - either the whole lot or individual tracks.

Lucie Thorne performing

2008-04-09T11:16:00.001+10:00

Lucie Thorne, singer/songwriter and all round lovely personSaturday 19th April 2008The Tea Club, Nowra.with Kat Frankie.band show w/ Heath Cullen, Robyn Martin and Jay McMahon.7.30pm. $20/$15.bookings: 02 4422 0900

Artfest '08 - Sept 19 - Oct 12

2008-04-08T07:52:00.004+10:00

Heavenly Bodies” is an exhibition being organized in conjunction with the Milton-Ulladulla Escape Artfest 2008. It will be held from 20 September to 12 October at the Hibiscus Gallery, 15 Wallaroy Drive, Burrill Lake NSW. The theme of the exhibition is the beauty of the human form – both male and female. Chris and Wanda Bridgland are inviting visual artists in any medium who would like to

Launches: The Australian Popular Songbook

2008-04-02T08:21:00.000+11:00

Alan Wearne is launching his The Australian Popular Songbook (poetry) in The Gong and Sydney:Launch by Bonny Cassidy7 pm Friday 8 AprilHeadlands HotelHeadland AveAustinmerinfo: 02 4221 4098Launch by Pam Brown3.30 pm Sunday 20 AprilGleebooks49 Glebe Point RoadGlebeRSVP 02 9660 2333

Kerry Leves booklaunch

2008-03-28T12:35:00.001+11:00

Come to 'Benledi', Glebe Library, 186 Glebe PointRd, Glebe, on Sunday 30 March, 3.30 for 4pm, where/ when NicoletteStasko will be launching A Shrine to Lata Mangeshkar, by KerryLeves, published by Puncher and Wattmann, rrp $25.A journey into another culture, conducted through words that feed thesenses and stretch the imagination

ASA money workshop

2008-03-26T22:22:00.000+11:00

Financial Issues seminar - 9 April - Wollongong Date: Wednesday 9 April 2008, 10am-4.45pm Venue: South Coast Writers Centre, Level 3, Cnr Crown & Kembla Streets, Wollongong Note: There is only stair access to the 3rd floor. The ASA's seminar on financial issues aims to provide writers with the tools to effectively manage the business side of writing. Presenters have been selected for their

It's funny I tell you: Watching Bitter Films: Animated Shorts by Don Hertzfeldt

2008-03-22T01:24:00.002+11:00

The difference between what we expect and what we get is either disappointment or a definition of humour.Genres work on expectations. If you see a romantic comedy, the bloke and the sheila better get together in the end or you'll ask for your money back. Imagine any Jane Austen novel where Darcy goes off and sulks forever and Elizabeth remains a conceited self-important, self-absorbed middle

Collateral misinformation

2008-03-09T11:29:00.001+11:00

From Urban Word of the Day:When someone alters a [Wikipedia] article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.I changed the scientific classification of red foxes last night in order to win an argument with Judy. I hope some stupid High School student didn't suffer from collateral misinformation.

PressPress Chapbook Award

2008-03-07T15:14:00.000+11:00

The new Big Bridge is out now!

2008-03-05T08:17:00.002+11:00

BIG BRIDGEis pleased to announce its 2008 issue.It includes:CHAPBOOKUp By The Maritime MuseumPoem by Nathaniel Tarn; Drawings by Nancy Victoria DavisFEATURESBERKELEY DAZEExhaustive anthology and commentary on the Berkeley Poetry Scene of the 1960s; some writers went on to become major figures; others set up a unique dispensarion of their ownEdited with Commentery by Rychard DennerBOLINAS DREAMING

Lending Rights title claims

2008-02-29T08:22:00.000+11:00

Lending Rights is now online at: www.arts.gov.au/lendingrightsThe Lending Rights Office says:Please mark 31 March 2008 in your diaries! It is the new closing date for submittingtitle claims for Public and Educational Lending Rights. To make PLR and ELR more responsive and efficient, 31 March will be the permanentclosing date for 2008 and into the future.

Poetry and the Prime Minister's award

2008-02-27T14:05:00.003+11:00

... and this is the reply I got:Dear Chris, Thank you for contacting us with your enquiry. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life. The awards recognise literature’s importance to our national identity, community and economy. Non-fiction works may include biographies, autobiographies, histories,

Prime Minister's Literary Awards

2008-02-27T12:38:00.001+11:00

PressPress received this:Entries for the 2008 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are now open. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are a new initiative celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.A prize of $100 000, proposed to be tax free, will be awarded to the work judged to be of the highest literary merit in each of two categories:

Poets on Wheels

2008-02-17T14:42:00.003+11:00

Apply now for a (paid) spot on the Poets on Wheels 2008 Tour (open to NSW residents only)which will go 'West of the Range NSW by train for a week starting 16 October'.Go to the Poets Union site for details.Go there as well for details of the 6th Australian Poetry Festival to be held in Sydney from 5-7 September 2008.

Poets Union

2008-02-17T14:38:00.002+11:00

The NSW Poets Union has moved and changed its phone and fax. Here are the new details:Phone 02 9357 6602Fax 02 9357 6601Email info@poetsunion.comWeb www.poetsunion.comPostal address:PO Box 755Potts Point NSW 1335AustraliaPhysical address:50-52 Darlinghurst RoadKings Cross 2011

Scissor Ballet

2008-02-15T11:00:00.003+11:00

This is what my scissors and I get up to when we are supposed to be working.

International Women's Day: Shoalhaven 2008 Program

2008-02-08T14:02:00.000+11:00

A celebration of Women Past Present FutureHistory of International Women’s DayInternational Women’s Day originated from a public demonstration by women members of the International Garment Worker’s’ Union in New York in 1908, who were demanding changes to their intolerable working conditions.In Sydney, IWD was first celebrated in 1928 at a rally that called for equal pay for equal work, an eight

PressPress Chapbook Award 2008

2008-02-04T10:34:00.000+11:00

This has just opened. If you could tell people, it would be good. I'm looking for really good material!The PressPress Poetry Chapbook Award 2008 has opened for submissions. You need 30-40 pages of original poetry to enter. The winning the Award will get you: 1. incalculable glory 2. $300AUD 3. Publication of a chapbook with PressPress. Full guidelines and entry form on the PressPress site at

Purity

2008-01-29T08:34:00.000+11:00

Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu

‘Fierce and funny’ poet finds right angle on life to win top prize - Times Online

2008-01-17T14:11:00.000+11:00

He is one of the leading poets of his generation, a wordsmith who is no stranger to winning prizes. Last night Sean O’Brien picked up another award for his mantelpiece – the prestigious T. S. Eliot Prize.O’Brien, 55, who believes that “a good poem reintroduces you to the world at a slightly unexpected angle”, won the £15,000 prize with his collection The Drowned Book, which judges described as “

Poem in action...

2008-01-15T23:28:00.000+11:00

Jen Saunders' Sound Scape

2008-01-08T10:37:00.000+11:00

Australian Music: orpheus83: 'There aint but one kind of blues'I liked this very much. While you're there, go back a level or so and see some of the other entries, including one of my favourite poets, Amanda Stewart.

News from Ladonia

2008-01-08T10:14:00.000+11:00

Go here for an explanation of the nature of God: Ladonian Ministry of Art & Jump - Ministry News Blog » Blog Archive » Who is God?

Water

2008-01-07T14:38:00.000+11:00

Here's the audio to a brand new one...'Water' aka 'Would Condoleezza Rice...': bMuze.comTitle: Water Artist: Chris Mansell

Publishing: Print On Demand

2007-12-29T12:06:00.000+11:00

Publishing: Print On Demandfor some background on POD.

tasting rhubarb

2007-12-17T07:24:00.000+11:00

tasting rhubarb

We Didn't Start The Fire

2007-12-15T12:03:00.000+11:00

We Didn't Start The Fire

Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2007 | Copyblogger

2007-12-12T09:54:00.000+11:00

Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2007 | Copyblogger

Tommaso Durante's new artist's book

2007-12-11T15:45:00.000+11:00

A collaboration by Tommaso Durante and Chris Wallace-Crabbe Orders to:Tommaso Durante at tdurante at big pond dot net dot au or through Vamp & Tramp Booksellers in the USA.

The Continental Review

2007-12-11T10:52:00.000+11:00

The Continental ReviewThe Continental Review aims to be: (1) A forum for video readings of new poetry (2) A forum for video reviews of new poetry (3) A forum for video interviews on poeticsPoetry hasn't missed or resisted the New Media boat, so why should poetry journals? The Continental Review is debuting from its Paris base with the help of a video editor, a webmaster, and a number of

Searching for the holly grail - Books - Entertainment - theage.com.au

2007-12-08T16:26:00.000+11:00

A poet of great discernment and taste is Jennifer Maiden!JENNIFER MAIDENHad the request been for a "best book", I'd have bolted, but "my fancy" seems less hierarchical. And had they not published my last collection, I would have said that an irresistible poetry book this year was anything by Giramondo - including Not Finding Wittgenstein by J. S. Harry. I'd have added that the Giramondo

cornerfold

2007-12-06T18:14:00.000+11:00

Born Magazine: Art and Literature Collaboration

2007-12-06T18:12:00.000+11:00

Born Magazine: Art and Literature Collaboration digital poetry

Big Bridge #12

2007-12-06T15:09:00.000+11:00

Big Bridge #12

PVN Archived Stream - 60-Second Lectures

2007-12-03T09:24:00.000+11:00

Now Scientific American does it, but go to PVN Archived Stream - 60-Second Lectures for lectures like:Vijay Balasubramanian, Merriam Term Assistant Professor of Physics"The Knowable Universe"(0:01:44) (an expanding universe perhaps since sixty seconds now takes 104 seconds...)orCharles Bernstein, professor of English, answers the question: "What Makes a Poem a Poem?"(0:01:23)

Concelebratory Shoehorn Review

2007-12-03T09:17:00.000+11:00

Concelebratory Shoehorn Review which carries the tag line: "A Monthly Literary & Arts E-Zine Powerful Enough To Disrupt Language & Still Leave A Q Where The U Once Was" - hmmm. This (December) issue has poems by John Tranter among others.

The Top 20 Ways to Come Up With Amazing Ideas

2007-11-27T21:59:00.000+11:00

The Top 20 Ways to Come Up With Amazing Ideas

JOGLARS \ crossmedia beliefware

2007-11-25T14:05:00.000+11:00

JOGLARS \ crossmedia beliefware

Beowulf version

2007-11-23T12:19:00.000+11:00

Here is a bilinguage rendering of Beowulf (modern and old English) for those who want to see how much the movie does not match the poem:Beowulf, I. The Passing of Scyld

A little poem about god

2007-11-22T11:19:00.001+11:00

Galatea Resurrects #8 (A Poetry Engagement): MOONSHINE by MML BLISS

2007-11-22T07:29:00.000+11:00

Galatea Resurrects #8 (A Poetry Engagement): MOONSHINE by MML BLISS a review by Ivy Alvarez. Have a look at the rest of Galatea Resurrections (it's issue 8) while you're there.

Salary Information - Latest Pay Rates by Industry at MyCareer

2007-11-21T10:14:00.000+11:00

For a truly depressing picture of salaries in Australia if you are a writer. It's not that we earn crap money, that's not news, but that we don't even make a proper classification in the list:Salary Information - Latest Pay Rates by Industry at MyCareer

Welcome to Dymocks Online. More for Booklovers.

2007-11-21T08:36:00.000+11:00

Welcome to Dymocks Online. More for Booklovers.Digital books here. No contemporary poetry I think. But plenty of "best sellers" and "classics".

North of the Latte Line

2007-11-18T14:53:00.000+11:00

Anne Kellas's blog North of the Latte Line now has some new contributors in Ivy Alvarez, Chris Mansell and Ralph Wessman. Check it out for writing links, news etc.

DIY lazy person's voting

2007-11-18T14:40:00.000+11:00

Try this out: GetUp!for your own How to Vote card. Not all of the candidates have filled out their profiles, but I found this remarkably accurate when I looked at the candidate's information. It didn't change the way I intend to vote, and I won't follow it exactly, but it did pretty well reflect my vote. Try it out for yourself, be amazed.

In the clouds

2007-11-18T11:15:00.001+11:00

From Michael Quinlon's World Wide Words bulletin:"cloudware", online applications such as Web mail that are powered by massive data storage facilities, often called "cloud servers" Maybe everyone else knows this already, but I didn't.

Bloom. Western Canon

2007-11-11T09:33:00.000+11:00

A list to get you started on reading everything in the known world: Bloom. Western Canon This is a famous list. Many of the books listed are available free if the translations are out of copyright. See the Library link on Blusterhead.com which will give you links to download free digital versions.

Haiku Productivity: Limit Your Projects to Achieve Completion

2007-11-02T15:18:00.001+11:00

How many projects do you have on your projects list? How many balls can you keep in the air?I submit that the more projects you have, the less likely you are to complete each one. And the reverse is also true: the fewer projects you have, the more likely you are to complete them.read more | digg story

Not-so-deliberate: The decisive power of what you don't know you know: Sciam Observations

2007-10-31T08:21:00.000+11:00

On knowing your own mind:Not-so-deliberate: The decisive power of what you don't know you know: Sciam Observations

Events Submission

2007-10-30T21:33:00.000+11:00

Where to send details of events: Events Submission

Fluxus Poetry Blog: oktober 2007

2007-10-29T09:41:00.000+11:00

As they say: FLUXUS POETRYW H A T C O M E S N E X T ?'Post-Poetic' poetry, or electronic art using any available digital tools to create any sort of production that mixes and blurs the notions of categories previously held to be separate, such as the fine arts, entertainment, engineering, science, politics, and religion. The constants that remain might be termed metaphor and representation.

otoliths

2007-10-29T09:31:00.000+11:00

Online magazine which includes some visual poetry:otoliths

Reading

2007-10-24T20:16:00.000+10:00

Here's a reading you don't see every day...in a (very unusual) hair salon! See you there if you are from the Illawarra or nearby. 6 pm 20 November at Hair as a Weapon, Globe Lane, Wollongong. Enquiries, South Coast writers centre, 02 4228 0151.

National Novel Writing Month

2007-10-18T06:50:00.000+10:00

National Novel Writing Month - allegedly this will get you into good writing habits - and sacrifice a November. The idea is that you write 1500 words a day for the month of November, ending up with a rough sort of novel. I like the idea although a frightening number of people sign up to do it.

Gathering at Bundanon

2007-10-16T21:27:00.000+10:00

At a reading at Bundanon for the Shoalhaven Poetry Festival Anthony J. Bennett (poet, publisher, Kardoorair Press), Alan Baptist (Arts Manager, visual artists Shoalhaven City Council), Robert Dickerson (visual artist) and Les Wicks (poet).

The Great Divide - People and Places: HUGH RAYMOND McCRAE October 4

2007-10-05T10:36:00.000+10:00

The Great Divide - People and Places: HUGH RAYMOND McCRAE October 4 An interesting blog with diverse literary and other matter...

Seven Mile Beach

2007-09-22T22:35:00.000+10:00

Reading the room | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books

2007-09-21T17:38:00.000+10:00

Some thoughts on readings from The Guardian: Reading the room

Robert Bruce | American Poet | Knife Gun Pen | The Genius, The Moron, And Your Lot In This Terrible, Magnificent Life

2007-09-21T14:05:00.000+10:00

A bit of inspiration at Knife Gun Pen ... I love this blog for its title:Robert Bruce | American Poet | Knife Gun Pen | The Genius, The Moron, And Your Lot In This Terrible, Magnificent Life

An interview with Billy Collins

2007-09-14T11:49:00.000+10:00

Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - A Brisk Walk: Billy Collins in Conversation

Wisdom Publications :: Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry : : Andrew Schelling :

2007-09-14T11:39:00.000+10:00

This could bw interestingWisdom Publications :: Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry : : Andrew Schelling :Their blurb says:Includes works by:Diane di Prima o Lawrence Ferlinghetti o Norman Fischer o Sam Hamill o Jane Hirshfield o Mike O'Connor o Gary Snyder o Eliot Weinberger o Philip Whalen o Michael McClure o Leslie Scalapino o and more...Playful, thoughtful, and important, the

Quote from Tom Paine

2007-09-10T09:19:00.001+10:00

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. -- Thomas Paine

johnleonardpress.com

2007-09-07T11:29:00.000+10:00

A new Australian press specialising in poetry:johnleonardpress.com

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, south Wales

2007-09-07T08:47:00.000+10:00

'In these stones horizons sing'a line from Gwyneth Lewis on the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales. Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, south Wales.

Salt Magazine

2007-09-07T08:31:00.000+10:00

Salt magazine - new free online journal.Salt Magazine

poetry & ideas

2007-09-07T08:28:00.000+10:00

Kris Hemmensley's/Collected Works blog:poetry & ideas

Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.

2007-09-06T09:25:00.000+10:00

A page of links to magazines, technical writing sites, research aids and home pages: Portland State University

Orpheus evolves in Brisbane | The Australian

2007-08-28T07:23:00.000+10:00

Something to be explored:WHEN hundreds of people gather at Brisbane's South Bank on Friday afternoon for an outdoor opera called iOrpheus, they'll be witnessing more than one marriage.There's the wedding, of course, of the mythological hero Orpheus and his bride Eurydice, before the gods deliver the lovers a terrible blow. In the telling, too, iOrpheus combines antique and modern musical ideas:

Larry Buttrose's book launch

2007-08-26T10:04:00.000+10:00

Wednesday 6.30 pm 29 August 2007 by Ita ButtroseAriel Bookshop 42 Oxford St Paddington NSW

The New Verse News: BEHIND THE LINES

2007-08-26T10:02:00.000+10:00

'politically progressive poetry on current events' The New Verse News: BEHIND THE LINES

E Y E W E A R

2007-08-26T10:01:00.000+10:00

Blog of 'poetry, politics & culture in the digital age' by Todd Swift E Y E W E A R

Frida Kahlo's last secret finally revealed | World | The Observer

2007-08-24T12:37:00.000+10:00

The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPAThe artist's confessions to her doctor were locked up for 50 years. Now the details of her misery at not being able to bear children have been exposedShe was always one of the most painfully personal of artists, producing a series of autobiographical canvases that dealt with everything from the consequences of the terrible

Peaceful Simplicity: How to Live a Life of Contentment | zen habits

2007-08-23T08:17:00.000+10:00

A good statement: “Whatever the tasks, do them slowly with ease, in mindfulness, so not do any tasks with the goal of getting them over with. Resolve to each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Masterquoted on: Peaceful Simplicity: How to Live a Life of Contentment | zen habits

Personal Reflections: Australian Poetry - a few meanderings

2007-08-22T05:15:00.000+10:00

Personal Reflections: Australian Poetry - a few meanderings - some interesting posts (despite the title).

Love is the New Hate

2007-08-22T05:05:00.000+10:00

Love is the New Hate the blog of Sean Whelan