Poetry@FedSquare, Saturday 21 September 2-4pm

Poetry@FedSquare,

Saturday 21 September 2-4pm

Federation Square – Atrium

Entry: Free
(located near the Flinders Street entrance of The Atrium)

Dear poets, poetry lovers and fellow travellers to the poetic roads

Under the full support of Federation Square and the auspices of Multicultural Arts Victoria we are pleased to announce that poetry@fedsquare is on again in 21 September, 2-4pm

Poetry@fedsquare is a free program of poetry, music and performance at Federation Square.
Each month a group of different poets present their new (or not) works in a public setting to an ever-changing audience. It is an opportunity to hear new words and voices. September together with Spring brings you the wonderful words of two amazing poets who are

Chris Mansell

and James WF Roberts

There is also an open mic section for those wanted to share their lovely stuff for just 5 minutes each.

Please do not hesitate coming forward asking to read by dropping a line at poetryfedsquare@gmail.com or troaditisdimitris@gmail.com or just tell me on the spot.

CHRIS MANSELL (born 1953) is an Australian poet and publisher. Born in Sydney, grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales and in Lae, Papua New Guinea, later studying economics at the University of Sydney. She was active in Sydney in the 1970s and 1980s as an editor and poet and since the 1980s has lived in regional Australia where she continues to write, perform, publish and edit. In 1978 she and Dane Thwaites began a magazine called Compass Poetry & Prose which published many of the young Australian poets of the time. She closed the magazine in 1987 and soon after, was a member of the collective (which included David Reiter among others) who founded Five Islands Press. She now runs PressPress, a small independent poetry press she founded in 2002.Like many poets of her generation, Mansell makes her living by performing her work, publishing and teaching writing at various institutions. Although primarily a poet, she has also written a number of plays including Some Sunny Day. Her collection Mortifications & Lies has been described as a ‘groundbreaking work’ because of its experimentation with form and its overtly political content. Love Poems is less political, a livre composé which takes subtler formal risks. Always interested in experimentation with form, she now also works in digital media. She directed the Shoalhaven Poetry Festival in 2002, 2003 and 2005. She was winner of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award (poetry) and has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literature Award, and the Banjo Award (Victoria).She has published 12 poetry collection, one fiction book and one children’s book. She runs http://www.chrismansell.com/

JAMES WF ROBERTS
James WF Roberts, Aka the Red Wolf. From Bendigo and Melbourne, a poet and a radio broadcaster on http://www.phoenixfm.org.au. Runner up, 2012 Page Seventeen Poetry prize. Highly commended, John Shaw Nielson Poetry Prize 2009/10 Fellowship of Australian Writers. Short listed for the Fermoy international poetry prize (Ireland) 2012. Recently released his first book of poetry, Blue Electric Dusk, Numen Books, 2013. Recent publications include: Bone Orchard Poetry (UK) (2013), The Art of Being Human (Europe. 2013), Song of Sahel (UK 2012) Page Seventeen Volume 10, (Aus. Busybird 2012). Painted Words (BRIT 2012) Spirit of Poe Anthology (USA) (2011. Verandah 26 (Deakin Uni. 2011)