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Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne
4th Annual Art Exhibition “Antipodean Palette” 2014

The Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne is hosting its 4th annual art exhibition, “Antipodean Palette” 2014. The exhibition aims to support visual arts in the community by showcasing the works of 12 practicing artists in a variety of media.

Artists participating this year are Angy Labiris, Anne Sampsonidis-Warren, Christos Avramoudas, Costa Athanassiou, Effie Mandalos, James Raftopoulos, Mary Raphael, Sophie Kagadis, Soula Mantalvanos, Thalia Andrews, Tina Sideris and Tony Pierrakos.

The exhibition will be held at Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon St Carlton from May 22 until June 1, 10 to 4 pm daily. An opening celebration will commence at 6.30pm, Thursday 22nd May with guest speaker Professor Nick Papastergiades from the University of Melbourne School of Cultural Studies. The duo ‘Polyxeni’ will entertain guests with Greek acoustic music.

The 10 day event will include the following book launches, bi-lingual poetry readings and demonstrations.

• 24th May, at 4.00pm we will present the work of well known Greek poet, Spiros Karamountzos. His translated into English of some of his collected works, “Poet’s Garden” will be presented by Dimitris Troaditis. Kostas Paivanas will showcase the poet’s body of work.
• 25th May, at 4.30pm as part of “Antipodean Palette” 2014, the GACL will host an afternoon of poetry centred about the theme of «metamorphosis». Eight Greek-Australian poets will entertain the audience with pieces intimately connected to the transformation of outer reality and inner mental life. Accompanying them will be special guest poet Judith Rodriguez for what promises to be cerebrally stimulating and memorable afternoon.
• 24th and 31st May, Soula Mantalvanos, an exhibiting artist will speak about her copperplate printing process.

For more details please visit http://www.gacl.com.au or contact the Antipodean Palette co-ordinators Vasy Petros and Thalia Andrews at antipodeanpalette@gmail.com

The GACLM is a non-profit organisation established in 1970, supporting the creative endeavours of Greek Australian writers, artists and musicians. Awarded a Medal for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs & Meritorious Service to the Community, the GACLM contributes to the enrichment of literature and the arts by organising many successful annual events.

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INVITATION

Owl Publishing takes great pleasure in inviting you to the launch of its latest publication

ANTIGONE KEFALA: A WRITER’S JOURNEY

Co-edited and with an introduction by Vrasidas Karalis (Professor of Greek, University of Sydney)
and Helen Nickas (former academic, editor and publisher)

The distinguished Australian poet Judith Rodriguez will launch the book.

Date: Tuesday, 27 May, 6.30pm
Venue: Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton

Refreshments will be served. All welcome

RSVP and enquiries:
Telephone Helen on 9596 6064
Email: owlbooks@bigpond.com

About the book
The book is a critical look at the life and works of Antigone Kefala, a poet and prose writer who came to the Antipodes in the early fifties and since 1960 calls Australia home. It comprises a selection of interviews, reviews and essays (previously published, or newly commissioned), giving a fascinating insight into this writer – originally a Greek from Romania. The book aims to stimulate a wide-ranging dialogue on the state of Australian literature and the place within it of writers like Antigone Kefala.
Antigone Kefala’s books include Absence: new and selected poems; The Island; Alexia; Summer Visit: three novellas; Sydney Journals and several others. Four of her works are available in bilingual editions.

Owl Publishing thanks the Greek-Australian Cultural League for offering the venue for the launch. Their annual exhibition of Greek-Australian artists titled “Antipodean Palette” will be on show during the launch.

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The Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA) now invites entries for the inaugural AALITRA Translation Prize.

The AALITRA Translation Prize aims to acknowledge the wealth of literary translation skills present in the Australian community. Two prizes will be awarded, one for a translation of a selected prose text, and another for a translation of a selected poem, with the focus on a different language each time the prize is offered.

In 2014, the focus language will be Spanish. The prose text for translation is “Antes del almuerzo” by Ana María Moix. The poetry text is “¿Somos un poema?” by José Luis Reina Palazón. Each text is available from our website.

Winners will be awarded a cash prize of $250, a book prize, and one year’s membership of AALITRA. The Awards Ceremony will be held in late September in Melbourne.

Winning entries will be read aloud at the Awards Ceremony, and will be published in the Association’s peer-reviewed open-access journal, The AALITRA Review.

Closing date: Friday 18 July 2014

Entries (see guidelines below) should be sent to translationprize@aalitra.org.au

Conditions of entry:

The competition is only open to Australian citizens and permanent residents.
By entering, participants consent to their translation being published in The AALITRA Review if it is awarded a prize.

There is no entry fee but only one entry per participant will be accepted: either the prose translation or the poetry translation.

The entry should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font, with the entrant’s name on each page. The cover sheet (available from our website) must be completed and included with the translation. Only electronic submissions in Microsoft Word or PDF format will be accepted. No late entries will be accepted.

The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into and submissions will not be returned.

All participants will be notified by email of the outcome of the competition.

http://aalitra.org.au/aalitra-translation-prize/

Azuria#3 is now available to Geelong Writers members & contributors.

It can be collected at the writing workshop at the Belmont Library on Sat. 17 May from 2:30 – 4:00 pm., or will be posted on request.

Extra copies are for sale @ $20 cash or $25 posted (cheue or M.O. to “Geelong Writers inc.”.

Everyone is invited to the launch of Azuria#3, which will take place whilst we enjoy an especial night out at MAN BO RESTAURANT, 361 Moorabool St., Geelong, on Sat. 17 May 5:00 pm onwards.

The menu is available on line @ http://www.manbo.com.au/menu.html. Note that mains are about $25.

Please let the restaurant know by Friday 16 May by phoning 5221 7888 or by e-mail to: info@manbo.com.au, or by contacting GW at geelongwriters@gmail.com

You have been invited to the launch of Ania Walwicz’s new book “palace of culture”.

Ania Walwicz has published “WRITING”; “BOAT”; “RED ROSES”; “ELEGANT”.

Been featured in over 200 anthologies- performative theatre –related works.

At La Mama, Calrton, Melbourne