Beardo!

In other news that is vaguely related to being a poet, I'm going to be in an art exhibition.

Beardo! is a group exhibition of beard art which will take place in the Town Hall Gallery in Hawthorn. I'll be collaborating with craft artist Zoe Renee Steers to create a piece which will combine tactile woven sculpture and the written word.

We've also made Guess Whose Beard? which we're lending to the gallery so that people can have a play. It's interactive art baby!

The opening will be on the 25th of November from 6pm to 8pm. It'd be lovely if you could come along.

fourW news!

A poem of mine is being published in fourW twenty-one. There will be three launches, details below. I'll be going to the Melbourne one, but if you're in the area for the others head along, it'll be a nice arvo of nervous readings and free booze.

Wagga Wagga on Saturday 20th November at the Civic Library at 2.30 pm
Melbourne on Sunday 21st November at a venue to be advised at 2.30 pm
Sydney on Saturday 27th November at Gleebooks, at 2.30 pm

My poem is called Clinton's Cunt, and heavily references Sharon Old's poem The Pope's Penis. So much so that I'm a bit surprised that they're letting it see the light of day. That said, I'm kinda wishing I'd written Julia's Gina instead.

Thuy Linh Nguyen

I googled my name today. Yes it is embarassing, and no I wouldn't be admitting to it, except that google threw up a blog post written by a friend of mine that was a nice little summary of some of the seminars at TINA this year.

I'm justifying putting the link here because Thuy Linh Nguyen, writer, reviewer, and fountain of information on all things literary, mentioned me by name, and called me a poet. This made me happy.

TINA Tales 2010 (part one)

Paradise Anthology news!

I'm getting a couple of poems published in the Paradise Anthology.

Syd and Harry are from a series I've been writing about past housemates. No you can't read them here. The launch is on the 6th of Feb, go buy the book.