MELBOURNE POETS UNION OCTOBER 2013 EVENT

CELEBRATING CAVAFY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013,

2 PM – 4 PM

IMMIGRATION MUSEUM,

FLINDERS ST

This event celebrates the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Greek/Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy. Cavafy’s work has spread throughout the world , has been translated and is still being translated, into many languages. Poets and Cavafy lovers from diverse language backgrounds, including Greek, English, French, Italian, German and Dutch, will perform his poems.

Pots participanting are: Cece Ojany, Wendy Flemming, Dina Amanatides, Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper, Joanna Liakakou, Dimitris Troaditis, Chris Ringrose, Erma Vassiliou, Nikos Piperis, Christina Spray, Kyriakos Amanatides.

Poets will also be invited to read their own work in the Open Section.

Activities will include:
Introduction to Cavafy and his work.
Readings of Cavafy’s poetry in different languages.
Open Section, where poets read their own work.

ORGANISERS & MCS:
DOROTHY POULOPOULOS
MARIETTA ELLIOTT-KLEERKOPER
WENDY FLEMING

AUSPICING BODY: MELBOURNE POETS UNION

SUPPORTED BY:
THE IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
THE GREEK-AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL LEAGUE
HELLENIC WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

Federation Square

(enter through The Atrium and/or next to SBS door)

Entry: Free (located near the Flinders Street)

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

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 19 October, 2-4pm

We hope that October will be full of the Spring colors and scents translated into a poetic form and image.

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) work in a public setting to an ever-changing audience. It is also an opportunity to hear new words and voices.

This month we come again to you with four amazing local poets who are

Bronwyn Lovell

Janet Galbraith

Walleah Press invites you
to the launch of
Janet Galbraith’s poetry collection:
r e – m e m b e r i n g

For more details please go to the PDF link below

re-membering launch invite for internet

Please see and download the following PDF

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Theme: Social Justice
First Prize: A$400 and a Radio 3CR Vintage Sound-bite Cartridge trophy
Second Prize: A$150
Third Prize: A$50

Highly Commended and/or Commended Certificates awarded at Judges’ discretion.

Submissions close: 25th November 2013
Awards announced: 24th March 2014

Who was Rhonda Jankovic?
Rhonda Jankovic survived an abused childhood and developed a passion for life and learning. Leaving school at the age of 14, she subsequently studied and achieved entry to La Trobe University where she reached postgraduate level researching Australian history. As producer and host of two radio programs on 3CR – ‘Spoken Word’ (poetry) and ‘SUWA’ (current affairs) – Rhonda was a staunch advocate for emerging poets and justice for those disadvantaged in society. She died of cancer on 25 November 2012 at the age of 49.

What is social justice?
Social justice relates to inequalities stemming from power relations, indifference or exploitation. It is associated with, for instance, economic conditions, health, education, dis/ability, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and violence. Entries may identify inequalities by observation and/or advocate solutions.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

• Poems need to be a maximum length of 50 lines
• A fee of A$5 applies to each poem entered, which is non-refundable in any circumstances
• There is no limit on the number of entries. However, the entry fee is to be paid for each poem entered
• Poems entered must be the original unpublished work of the entrant; not have been previously awarded a monetary prize; not have been entered into any other current competition, nor under consideration by a publisher, prior to 24 March 2014 (date that winners are announced)
• Entries to be typed, preferably in Times New Roman. If other fonts are used, it’s advisable they be plain rather than fancy/calligraphic. Pages to be numbered with poem’s title at top of each page. Do not include illustrations or photos
• Entrants name is not to appear on manuscripts; name on Entry Form only
• Three hardcopies of each poem entered is to be provided
• Excepting members of Rhonda Jankovic Society Management Committee, any person may enter
• Those who achieve awards (1st/2nd/3rd Prizes, Commendation Certificates) will be advised. Others will be provided with results if they apply an email address or a stamped self-addressed envelope with an Australian destination
• Entrants permit that, if any of their entries are awarded a prize (1st/2nd/3rd), these prize-winning poem(s) may be, without payment to the author, distributed in hard-copy at the Awards Presentation function and likewise be read on Radio 3CR ‘Spoken Word’ program including any repeat broadcasts of that particular episode. The Society’s right to provide copies is restricted to one Awards Presentation event
• Judges will be poets with appropriate publication and/or award credentials
• Judges’ decision is final. Entries will be destroyed after judging
• Entries which do not meet these conditions will not be judged
• Enquiries. Philton: philton2@westnet.com.au Colin: 0487 411 117

Ο Οίκος της Ποίησης του Κιαμπερλέ δημιούργησε ένα λογοτεχνικό βραβείο που θα δίνεται σε έναν ποιητή για μια ποιητική συλλογή που εκδώθηκε μέσα στο 2013. Αυτό το βραβείο θα δίνεται προς τιμήν του Έλληνα ποιητή και φιλοσόφου Γιώργου Σαραντάρη: ποιητή που πέθανε στον πόλεμο σε ηλικία 33 ετών και του οποίου το έργο έχει πολλές συνάφειες με το βρετονικό πνεύμα: έργα του θα εκδοθούν από τον Οίκο της Ποίησης.

Η επιτροπή του βραβείου αποτελείται από τους:

Νίκο Βλαντή, ποιητή και Πρόεδρο του Οίκου της Ποίησης και του Βραβείου Γιώργου Σαραντάρη, Πωλ Σαντά, ποιητή και εκδότη, μέλους του διοικητικού συμβουλίου του οίκου της ποίησης, Μπρυνό Ζενέστ, ποιητή και υπεύθυνου του Οίκου της Ποίησης, Ζεράρ Κλερύ, ποιητή και αρχισυντάκτη του περιοδικού “Σημαφόρος”, και από μια βιβλιοθηκάριο και έναν βιβλιοπώλη.

Το βραβείο θα δοθεί επί τη ευκαιρία του Ένατου Φεστιβάλ του Ποιητικού Λόγου στις 9 Μαρτίου 2014 στις 19.00 στο παρεκκλήσι Σαν Ζακ. Μια ποιητική συλλογή του βραβευμένου θα εκδοθεί από τον Οίκο της Ποίησης του Κιαμπερλέ, σε συνεργασία με τις εκδόσεις Rafael de Surtis και τις εκδόσεις d’Autre Univers.

Κριτήρια επιλεξιμότητας: να έχει εκδοθεί η ποιητική συλλογή από έναν εκδότη.
Οι ποιητικές συλλογές πρέπει να ταχυδρομηθούν έως τις 31 Δεκέμβρη 2013 σε τρία αντίτυπα στην ακόλουθη διεύθυνση:
Bruno Geneste
Maison de la Poésie du Pays de Quimperlé
32 Hameau de Gueotec
29350 Moëlan sur Mer

Υ.Γ.
Δὲν εἴμαστε ποιητές
Δὲν εἴμαστε ποιητὲς
Σημαίνει ἐγκαταλείπουμε τὸν ἀγῶνα
Παρατᾶμε τὴ χαρὰ στοὺς ἀνίδεους
Τὶς γυναῖκες στὰ φιλιὰ τοῦ ἀνέμου
Καὶ στὴ σκόνη τοῦ καιροῦ
Σημαίνει πὼς φοβόμαστε
Καὶ ἡ ζωή μας ἔγινε ξένη
Ὁ θάνατος βραχνάς.

Γιώργος Σαραντάρης

MELBOURNE POETS UNION

OCTOBER 2013 EVENT: CELEBRATING CAVAFY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013, 2 PM – 4 PM

IMMIGRATION MUSEUM, FLINDERS ST

This event celebrates the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Greek/Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafy. Cavafy’s work has spread throughout the world , has been translated and is still being translated, into many languages. Poets and Cavafy lovers from diverse language backgrounds, including Greek, English, French, Italian, German and Dutch, will perform his poems.

Poets will also be invited to read their own work in the Open Section.

Activities will include:

Introduction to Cavafy and his work.

Readings of Cavafy’s poetry in different languages.

Open Section, where poets read their own work.

ORGANISERS & MCS:

DOROTHY POULOPOULOS
MARIETTA ELLIOTT-KLEERKOPER
WENDY FLEMING

AUSPICING BODY: MELBOURNE POETS UNION

SUPPORTED BY:

THE IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
THE GREEK-AUSTRALIAN CULTURAL LEAGUE
HELLENIC WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

PRESS RELEASE

‘re-membering’ by Janet Galbraith

a new collection of poetry from Walleah Press

‘re-membering’, a collection of poetry by Janet Galbraith, published by renowned poetry publisher, Walleah Press, will be launched in Castlemaine, Victoria, on Saturday 26th October 2013.

This collection grows out of the Janet Galbraith’s lived experiences of trauma induced ‘mental illness’.

Influenced by poets as diverse as Lisa Bellear, Olav. H. Hague and Audre Lorde, her poetry traverses countries from Broken Hill to Bendigo, celebrates the dark space between stars and illuminates the effects of individual and collective trauma.

These are not poems of complaint, but of courage – where beauty is inscribed in the observation of the everyday, connection with the natural world and the careful crafting of form and language.

‘re-membering’, knits together shards of memory and place, shade and colour, country and history, creating a nuanced body of work.

Professor Suvendrini Perera writes:

“In what little sun/ this day allows”, Janet Galbraith writes poems of rare clarity, precision and beauty: poems as luminous as shards of coloured glass and that score and cut as deep. Deceptively simple lines reveal unexpected depths and shades and are saturated with meaning. Troubling, mysterious, relentless, affirming, this is an unforgettable collection.

-Professor Suvendrini Perera, Professor of Cultural Studies, Curtin University

Janet has published her work in poetry, academic and health journals; read on ABC radio; has presented her work at festivals in Tasmania, NSW and Victoria, and exhibited in both group and solo exhibitions.

Janet Galbraith is available for interviews and/or readings. You can contact her on: galbraith_janet@yahoo.com.au or phone: 0438891629

Walleah Press: http://walleahpress.com.au

Pre-sales of ‘re-membering’ are available from Walleah Press at http://store.walleahpress.com.au/forthcoming/

Poetry@FedSquare

Saturday 19 October 2-4pm

Federation Square – Atrium

Entry: Free

(located near the Flinders Street)

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

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 19 October, 2-4pm

We hope that October will be full of the Spring colors and scents translated into a poetic form and image.

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) work in a public setting to an ever-changing audience. It is also an opportunity to hear new words and voices.

This month we come again to you with three amazing local poets who are Bronwyn Lovell, Jennifer Mackenzie, Michael Crane and Janet Galbraith.

BRONWYN LOVELL studied Creative Writing at the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne—where she was awarded the Hannah Barry Memorial Award for Performing Arts and the H.B. Higgins Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Poetry. Bronwyn has performed at the Overload Poetry Festival, the Melbourne Writers Festival and the Bendigo Writers Festival. She has been published in several local and international journals, and was shortlisted for the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize. She works for Writers Victoria on the editorial team of The Victorian Writer magazine; pens a monthly poetry column for feminist publication Lip Magazine; and holds an ongoing writing residency at Kinfolk Café in the Melbourne CBD as part of Australian Poetry’s Café Poets Program.

JENNIFER MACKENZIE is the author of Borobudur (Transit Lounge, 2009), republished in Indonesia as Borobudur and Other Poems (Lontar, Jakarta 2012). Her awards include the Marten Bequest Travelling Fellowship and the Felix Meyer Fellowship from the University of Melbourne. She has presented her work at a number of conferences, festivals and readings in Indonesia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Highlights have been reading at Borobudur itself as part of the Ubud Writers Festival in 2009, and reading with Goenawan Mahomed at The Call to Poetry event in Jakarta in 2012. Borobudur was highly commended in the Asia Australia Arts Awards 2013.

MICHAEL CRANE is a widely published Australian poet, writer and compere of poetry events in Melbourne. Michael Crane has had poems and stories extensively published in Overland, Meanjin, Southerly and many other magazines and newspapers. He had a poem published in the Best Australian Poems 2011 and two poems in the Australian Love poems 2013. He organised what he believe was the first Poetry Slam in Australia in 1991 as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. He organised Poetry Idol with heats at several libraries and the final held at the Melbourne Writers Festival to large audiences from 2007 to 2012. He was the managing editor of the Song lyrics, poetry and fiction annual magazine called the Paradise Anthology and the final issue, number 7 will be published early December. Submissions closed.
He has had four books published with independent publishers and his current book is called Postcards from the End of the World: a Michael Crane sampler. It contains 103 poems and almost twenty micro stories in the form of postcards about a mythical city above a waterfall where strange things happen like a woman kisses men and they shrink, a bull that cannot die, a wicked witch who wants to be good, a bitter man who collects women’s ponytails and many others. The book also contains some of Michael’s longer fiction.
michaelfcrane.wordpress.com

JANET GALBRAITH was born in Way Wurru country – North East Victoria and currently lives in Jaara country – Castlemaine. Janet’s poetry is often concerned with memory, place, history and the fragmenting effects of trauma. Her work has been performed at festivals, published in online and print journals within Australia and presented alongside her visual art in both group and solo exhibitions. Janet was Director of the Broken Hill and Far West NSW Writer’s Centre through the mid 2000’s. She currently runs the Castlemaine Vigil in Recognition of Aboriginal Sovereignty and in Solidarity with Refugees. Her first collection of poetry, ‘re-membering’, published by Walleah Press, will be launched in October 2013.

There are also our open mic readers for 5 minuets each. Please if you thing you have 2-3 pems to share with us come in front and tell us at troaditisdimitris@gmail.com, poetryfedsquare@gmail.com and/or poetry@fedsquare.com

See you all there

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