Newsletter of the SA Writers’ Centre Inc April 2007
OzWrite Conference
The SA Writers’ Centre has just hosted the OzWrite Conference - a meeting of heads of Writers’ Centres, the Australian Society of Authors and Varuna, a national Writers’ Centre in the Blue Mountains (NSW). ‘For two days we exchanged information, celebrated our respective programs and were heartened to feel part of a creative and energetic network which serviced over 13,000 writers. While looking forward to more collaborations in the near future, we discussed the possibility of writer exchanges, promotion of our members on a national scale and improving pathways to publication. It was a most Top L-R: Kate Eltham (Qld), Anne-Maree Britton (ACT), inspiring and motivating two days which will surely lead to great benefits for our Peter Bishop (Varuna), Jude Aquilina (SA), Joel Becker members,’ said Barbara Wiesner, Director of the SA Writers’ Centre. (Vic), Joe Bugden (Tas). Local writers were also invited to share their experiences of working with community groups. Martin Johnson and Cathy Young spoke about their work Bottom L-R: Jeremy Fisher (ASA), Irina Dunn (NSW), in bringing poetry to Gawler; Louise Nicholas and Jude Aquilina spoke of Barbara Wiesner (SA), Sandra Thibodeaux (NT). how they also use poetry to focus on health issues for women; and Elizabeth Mansutti shared a wealth of information on her programs for migrants and young people. Sean Williams, Chair of the SAWC, presented a thought- provoking and entertaining after-dinner speech for our guests at a dinner in their honour at the Feathers’ Hotel.
Barbara Wiesner is presented with flowers and chocolates. Elizabeth Mansutti (right) popped in for a visit. The White Board, filled with ideas.
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The Art of R eal Stories Come and meet industry professionals and writers of non -fiction in this da y long seminar. Disco v er the protocol for approac hing and dealing with publishers. Learn ho w to attract their attention and get y our w ork published. This seminar will include a c hance to talk to the presenters in small group sessions. Events Program
Agent: Mary Cunnane from the Mary Cunnane Agency. Publishers: Mic hael Bollen from Wak efi eld Press and Tim Whiting from Random House . SA Writers’ Centre The April to July Events Program is Writer: Don Loffl er , author of She’s a Beauty! The story of the What’s Inside: first Holdens . J uly 7th , 10am till 4pm. Events Program insterted into this newsletter. It features Masterclasses P oetry with Jeri Kroll April – J uly 2007 Rosanne Hawke’s tales of an Asialink fellow Monda y nights (J une 18, 25, J uly 2, 9, 16, 23). This masterclass all of the SA Writers’ Centre’s upcoming series is intended for poets w orking to w ards the publication of a collection. Maxim um 6 people . $350 for six tw o hour sessions.
Writing for Young Adults with R osanne Ha wke workshops and other special events, Monda y nights (April 16, 23, 30, Ma y 7, 21, 28). nb: Monda y May What’s On 14 is the All Write Hot Topics forum (see inside). This masterclass series is intended for writers w orking on a y oung adult no v el. Maxim um 6 people . $350 for six tw o hour sessions. including forums, the ‘Real Stories’ For application forms and more details on either masterclass series, ABN 40 783 458 265 please contact the SA Writers’ Centre on 8223 7662 or 2nd Floor 187 R undle Street Adelaide SA 5000 Opportunities email sa writers@sa writers.on.net PO Bo x 43 R undle Mall SA 5000 Ph (08) 8223 7662 seminar, and Animate Quarterly 3. Special Ev ents F ax (08) 8232 3994 Website http://www.sa writers.on.net Email sa writers@sa writers.on.net P oets & Platters Competitions With J ude Aquilina, Louise Nic holas , rob w alk er , Bob Magor Wheelc hair/lift access is a v ailable at the 26 York and J udy Dally. Langmeil Winery, cnr P ara and Langmeil R oads, Street rear entrance . Alternati v ely, come in from Tan unda. R undle Street via Buongiorno’s Caffe to reac h the lift. $30 per person includes supper and a glass of wine . For bookings ‘We ha v e many gifted writers in this state; w e ha v e many eager read- ph: 8563 2595. ers. The fabric of our society has been illuminated b y them. We ha v e many Animate Quaterly Wrap Up Wednesda y April 11, 7-10pm. a w a r d w i n n e r s a n d e v e n a N o b e l p r i z e w i n n e r l i vi n g h e r e . A n d t h e r e ’s r o o m for more: what w e do ha v e are people who tak e satisfaction and jo y from Animate Quarterly 3 w h a t t h e y w r i t e , a n d t h eh e l p t h e y ge t f r o m e a c h o t h e r a n d t h e S A Wr i t e r s ’ C e n t r e . A li v e Literary J ournal featuring poetry, advice , horoscopes , short K e ep w r i t i n g, I s a y.’ M a x Fa t c h e n – L i f e m e m b e ro f t h e S A Wr i t e r s ’ C e n t r e stories , interviews and more . The All Write! Festival La Boheme , 36 Grote Street, Adelaide . $5. The SA Writers’ Centre is assisted b y the A ustralian Go vernment Thursda y J une 21, 8pm. through the A ustralia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. and more ...
187 Rundle Street Adelaide 5000 • PO Box 43 Rundle Mall Adelaide 5000 • ABN 40 783 458 265 T (08) 8223 7662 • F (08) 8232 3994 • [email protected] • www.sawriters.on.net 1 Centre Information… So Very Resourceful the following details: your name, name of Many thanks to writers, groups and book, publisher, date and a one-sentence publishers who donated books to our blurb by the beginning of July 2007. Email Resource Library this month. [email protected] or post to the SA Writers’ Centre, PO Box 43, Rundle Mall, Claire Baxter, Falling for the Frenchman, 5000. Herlequin Mills & Boon, 2006. Rosanne Hawke, The Last Virgin in Year Annual General Meeting 10, Lothian, 2006, Across the Creek, May 10th, 6.30pm Lothian, 2006 and Mustara, Lothian, Nominations for Board members must be 2006. made in writing to the Director by April The University of Western Australia, 24, 2007. Individual members nominating The Seamstress by Geraldine Wooller, must be financial members. Pursuant to 2007. clause 17.6 of the Constitution, notice is Chris O’Connor donated a copy of hereby given of the 2007 Annual General Broken Song by T.G.H. Strethlow and Meeting of the Association in the Seminar Aboriginal Possession, Knopf, 2002. Room of the SA Writers’ Centre Inc, 2nd floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide. The Centre also received multiple copies of Going Down Swinging 24, as well as Barbara Wiesner other Writers’ Centre newsletters and Dated 22/3/07 literary magazines. Agenda 1. Present and Apologies Show Bags 2. Minutes of Meeting held 4 May 2006 In March, the SAWC organised showbags 3. Business Arising that were given out to new University 4. Reports: Chair, Treasurer, Director students. Thank you to the following people 5. Appointment of an auditor who donated goods: 6. Determination of Honoraria for Board members (currently $150 / $200 for Ben Stinson from Unibooks, Bruce executive members) Mackey from Dymocks, Trevor Klein 7. Determination of membership fees 8. from Wakefield Press, Phillip Edmonds Election of Board members (there are four and Dominique Wilson at Wet Ink, Sally places to be filled) Bateman at Penguin and Lindy Warrell at 9. Guest Speaker PEN. 10.Close
And thanks to the following volunteers, who donated time and stuffing expertise: John and Coie Dikkenberg, Nicola Haywood, Ann Timoney Jenkin, Anne Bartlett and Anna Solding.
Newsletter Folders Thanks to everyone who helped fold and stick the March edition of Southern Write: Anna Barrie, Cailean Darkwater, Jo Dey, Barbara Fraser, Nicola Haywood, Margaret Klopper, Janos Pogany, Graeme Rickard, Disclaimer Gay Sanderson, Jo Vabolis and Rebecca Grant. Wheelchair/ The information in this publication is lift access presented in good faith as a service to is available at SA Writers’ Centre members. While the Extra Extra Brochure As part of the SA Writers’ Festival, the the 26 York information is believed to be correct, the Street rear SAWC will once again be producing a list of Centre takes no responsibility for its accu- entrance. racy. No liability is accepted for any state- books that have been published in the last Alternatively, come in from Rundle ments of opinion or any error or omission. two years. If your book has come out (or is Street via Buongiorno’s Caffe to Although advertising material is accepted soon to be released) between September reach the lift. www.sawriters.on.net April• for 2007 this newsletter, such acceptance does 2005 and September 2007, please provide not imply endorsement by the Centre. 2 Poets & Platters
Wednesday 11th April 2007, 7-10pm. Langmeil Winery Cnr Para and Langmeil Roads, Tanunda. $30 per person includes supper and a glass of wine. Louise Nicholas is a teacher Limited Bookings. Premium wine available (no BYO). and early-morning poet. She has For bookings ph: 8563 2595. published four small collections of poetry and was co-editor, with rob Poetry written in modern form concerned with walker, of Friendly Street Thirty. contemporary life, our place in history, combined with She and Jude Aquilina are currently philosophical and experimental ideas. Humorous, completing a collection of poems satirical or just plain outspoken. about (amongst other things) women’s bodily bits.
Jude Aquilina’s poems have been Judy Dally has published published in Australia, the UK and the US. three collections of poetry. She has had two poetry collections published She has also been published by Wakefield Press. Her poems also appear in various magazines, journals off the page, painted on the wall in the cheese and newspapers and in the last shop at Angaston, hanging in Cafe Everest, nineteen copies of the Friendly Rundle St, and also on wine labels. Street Reader. Judy is currently setting up a literacy project with Tutti Arts, a group of young people with a disability studying art, music and drama.
By day rob walker tries to inspire Bush poet Bob Magor has recently won school children with music and a swag of awards, including the coveted drama. By night he’s a closet poet. Bronze Swagman, for written work, at Actually he’s come out of the Winton Queensland twice. At the recent closet. With poems in collections in Tamworth Country Music Festival, he won Australia (including Les Murray’s the Bush Laureate Award for book of the Best Australian Poems, 2005) and year for The Exodus. He was also short- all over the world in anthologies and on websites, rob’s work is listed for Album of the Year and Single of getting a reputation for its conciseness and wry humour. the Year. Allwrite! May 15-18.
Allwrite! is the Come Out Festival’s books and writing program and their books and the many ways of telling stories ... with time for one of Australia’s largest literature festivals for children and young questions toward the end of each 45 minute session. Meet the people, highlighting the power of words and images in their lives Author sessions and Creative workshops are available as part of and imaginations. the On the Road program and are a fantastically popular way for Allwrite! 2007 brings a strong line-up of Australian authors to children, young people and authors to get to know each others’ the Adelaide Festival Centre and On the Road, visiting schools in work. regional South Australia and outer metropolitan Adelaide. Meet the Author sessions at the Adelaide Festival Centre run The Adelaide Festival Centre will be hosting the Allwrite! from Tuesday to Thursday, May 15 to 17 and are dedicated to metropolitan program, allowing children and young people to ‘come primary school students. out’ of school for a live literary experience, which integrates with Allwrite! is On the Road from Tuesday to Friday, May 15 to 18, other arts activities under the same roof. offering Meet the Author sessions and Creative Workshops for Allwrite! is also assisted by the Australian Government through students in years 2 – 12 in outer metropolitan and regional schools. the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, as well To make a booking or for more information about Allwrite! call as the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust and the Mary Martin the friendly Come Out Schools Booking Office on 8267 6920. Bookshop. Allwrite! is made up of Meet the Author sessions, workshops, and http://www.comeout.on.net/allwrite/index.html special events – each of which emphasises different ways for young people to interact with the creators of books especially for them. In the Meet the Author sessions, children and young people meet some of Australia’s best writers and illustrators, hear about
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GDS #26 Submissions Open! have been produced between January 1 and The maximum number of words is 1,000. Submissions for Going Down Swing- December 31, 2006. Please understand that submission does ing #26 are officially open from 1 April not guarantee publication. Include your to 30 June. Issue #26 will be a book and Young Writer In Residence 2007 name and contact details, and if work CD featuring the best in new Australian Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ is to be returned, please include return writing, and will be released at the end Centre is now calling for applications for postage. Inquiries: 8331 8211. Email us at: of 2007. No matter what you’re writing, its 2007 Young Writer-in-Residence. The [email protected] drawing, performing or creating, they young writer will take up a two-week Post hardcopies to: YQZine, 7 Lewis Crt, are interested in your work. For full residency at KSP in July this year. One Gilles Plains. submission details creators must visit the Young Writer, up to the age of twenty- website and download a submission cover five years, will be selected for a two-week Write Away sheet www.goingdownswinging.org.au/ residency at the Katharine Susannah Write Away is seeking submissions of submissions.htm. If you’ve any questions Prichard Writers’ Centre, Greenmount. poetry, short stories (maximum of 4,000 email The resident will receive a salary of $1100 words) and articles up to 750 words. [email protected] and be given writing space and time to Contributors will receive a complimentary concentrate on, develop or complete a work copy of the magazine. Please submit work www.awmonline.com.au in progress. The writer will also be invited by either email to writeawaystories@gmail. The Australian Writer’s Marketplace, to participate in Katharine Susannah com or to Write Away Story Submission, everybody’s favourite resource, is finally Prichard (KSP) Writers’ Centre activities. PO Box 39, West Richmond SA 5033. ONLINE! www.awmonline.com.au The Selection Committee will be looking Copies of December 2006 and February will feature all the information from for a talented young writer able to show 2007 are available for sale. If you would the 2007/08 print edition as well as application to the craft of writing. It is like to purchase either copy please email live updates to contacts, blogs, forums, expected that the writer will have some the Editor or via snail mail. templates, tips, news and much, much published material in the print, visual or more. broadcast media. Ideally, applicants should Harbinger Journal SA Writers’ Centre members are able to be working towards achieving their first www.harbinger.tk has just launched access the site for a reduced fee. major full-length publication. its inaugural issue and is now seeking KSP Writers’ Centre is situated in the submissions for their second issue. The The Richard Wherrett Prize original weatherboard home in which second issue is themed ‘urban’ and is The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), Katharine Susannah Prichard lived for fifty looking for writers in, on, over and about with the generous support of Copyright years. It is on the slope of the picturesque urban spaces. The deadline for submissions Agency Limited (CAL) Cultural Fund, has Perth Hills, approximately twenty minutes is 7 April 2007; all submissions can be sent announced the nation’s richest playwriting from the CBD. The resident would live and to [email protected]. prize named in honour of one of Australia’s work in a private area of Katharine’s house, leading arts figures. with a window overlooking Katharine’s Mentoring Program Significantly, the $40,000 prize will large garden. For extra inspiration, Applications are now open for SPARK be shared evenly between the winning the resident is also welcome to work in 2007 young artists mentoring program. playwright and the production company Katharine’s original writing studio which is SPARK is the Australia Council’s national that first produced the play in Australia, situated in the garden and can be seen from mentoring program for young artists (aged to recognise excellence in playwriting the Resident’s room. 18-26 years) from all over Australia. Get and reward theatre companies showing There is more information regarding the support, training, advice and funding to commitment to new Australian works. The residency on: focus on your creative ideas through a writer will also receive a gold medallion. http://www.kspf.iinet.net.au/writer_res_ SPARK mentorship with a professional The AWG will present the inaugural info.html artist of your choice. SPARK gives Richard Wherrett Prize at the 40th Annual Applications close 27 April 2007. young and emerging artists in theatre, AWGIE Awards in Sydney on August dance, interdisciplinary art-forms and 31, 2007. To be eligible for the Richard YQZine those working with or in communities Wherrett Prize, the playwright must be a YQZine is a queer woman’s magazine, the opportunity to be mentored by a financial member of the AWG at the time gearing up to publish 2 issues in 2007 and professional artist, and to profile their work the script is submitted for entry. The script looking for lots of submissions, specifically: to the national arts industry. For more info must be nominated for a 2007 AWGIE Short stories (fiction & non-fiction) and to apply go to www.yaq.org.au/spark Award in the Stage; Community and Youth personal or political comment, poetry, or contact the SPARK Program Manager at Theatre; Theatre for Young Audiences or artwork (in any of its huge variety of forms) Youth Arts Queensland [email protected] Children’s Theatre categories and must & recipes (with a tale attached). or 1300 55 8892. Applications close 6 April 2007. www.sawriters.on.net April• 2007
4 Page Seventeen book club run in conjunction with The Invitation Page Seventeen welcomes submissions Salisbury Writer’s Festival in October each SAWC Members are invited to the launch of from Australian and overseas writers, year. Somers Immigration Camp although each issue will mainly feature In 2005, the novels Knitting by Anne by Marina Lutz (edited by Alice Shore), a Australian writers. They will also ensure Bartlett (adult) and Soraya the Storyteller talk on publishing by Stephen Matthews work from new writers is well represented (youth) by Rosanne Hawke were featured. (Ginnenderra Press), the launch by in every issue. They are currently Last year the two books selected were Graham Rowlands of accepting submissions via email to: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn For a Prosperous Nation, [email protected] or to: Page (adult) and Monster Blood Tattoo (youth) political poetry by Alice Shore, Seventeen, PO Box 566, Cockatoo, Vic, by D.M. Cornish. and readings by local authors published by 3781. Sponsored by the Friends of the Ginninderra Press. Queries to [email protected]. Salisbury Library Service, One Book One Submissions are open during April to June. Salisbury is free to join and ensures that Wednesday 11 April, 1.30pm for a 2pm www.pageseventeen.com.au large numbers of copies of all novels are start at the Tanunda Senior Citizens’ Club available at the council’s five libraries. Rooms, 146 Murray Street, Tanunda. Job Vacancy Paid author appearances and wide-scale Australian Writers’ Guild promotion of the books are also part of the e-Festival of Ideas 2007 South Australian Branch Manager program. It’s back! The annual Vibewire.net e- The Australian Writers’ Guild is the peak Nominations are now called for the 2007 Festival of Ideas is coming to a computer professional association for performance scheme. Books must be written by a South near you soon. www.Vibewire.net has taken writers. They are seeking a dynamic branch Australian resident, be published within a fresh approach to the stale old conference manager to assist in the coordination of the last three years and be available for model by taking it online; making it more their activities. purchase by the first week in August 2007. accessible and democratic. The e-Festival Duties include liaison with members, The book for younger readers must be of Ideas gives everyone – whether you’re writers and cultural organisations, suitable for the 10 to 13 year age group. an expert or a novice – the chance to get coordination of the South Australian the low-down and explore some of the committee, coordination of workshops and Your nomination must include: most pressing issues facing young people events, administrative duties including • the name of the book today and join in on the dialogue. They’re management of information networks, • the author looking for your contributions in the form maintaining memberships, providing • publisher and year of publication of perspectives, opinions, insights, and art. advice as required to the general public and • a brief statement outlining why Join experts, organisations, celebrity guests industry on a range of craft and industrial you think it should be selected and young people from across Australia matters. • description of readership and internationally, across nine interactive Excellent interpersonal / communication online discussion panels. So, be it image, skills, event management experience, Please send your nomination to Leeanne film, sound or crafted silence, send in your ability to work independently, computer Storr: creative responses to this year’s panel competency and liaison skills are highly [email protected] topics by April 10. Send your submissions, desirable. by Thurs 12th April. questions or comments to: Vanessa Chang: The position is permanent part-time of [email protected] 12 hours per week with some after hours Oral History Seminar work required. An afternoon seminar, In Search of the The Branch Manager is assisted in the Past: fictionalising oral and written sources, job by the staff of the national office of the will be held at the Writers’ Centre on 5th Between Us Guild and by the SA Committee. May from 2 to 5pm. South Australian Manuscript Assessment Service Please access the job description and writers, Jill Golden and Elizabeth Hutchins, application guidelines from the AWG will each give a presentation about their use fiction • nonfiction website: www.awg.com.au
avid Conyers is an Australian supportive writers, editors and publishers so I’m still finding my way around. I’ve had author of science fiction and (get rid of the negative ones). Work out who some welcome support from a few of the Ddark fiction, residing in Adelaide. you want to be as a writer in terms of not lead writers in the speculative fiction scene, David is currently short-listed for the Aeon only your genre, but how much money you and the team at the SA Writers’ Centre who Award in Ireland and his co-authored want to make, how much recognition you have been a great help. novel The Spiraling Worm is scheduled want and how well known you are around for publication in the United States in late the world. Then do everything you do in What are you currently reading? 2007. your writing career with this simple premise I tend to read several books at once, so right www.davidconyers.com in mind. For example, I want to make at now I’m reading Perdido Street Station least a quarter million per annum as a by China Meiville, Geodescia Descent by Which books should be made into a science fiction novelist, produce one to two Sean Williams and Iron Sunrise by Charles movie and who would play the lead novels per year sold globally, and win all the Stross. role? top awards. So every action I take, I first ask The Day of the Triffids with Ewan myself, will this help me reach this goal. I’m What started it all off? McGregor in the lead, Neuromancer with not there yet, but I’m still focused! I saw Star Wars as a young child and that Hugh Jackman and At The Mountains of left a lasting impression, and since then I’ve Madness with Naomi Watts (although in Do you listen to anything while you always known that I wanted to be a science the book the main character was male, I write? What? fiction writer. I started writing seriously in don’t think it would matter that the gender Any music without lyrics as they distract 2001, published my first short story in 2003 was changed). me, from Leftfield to Vangelis, Endorphin to and now I’m about to have my first novel Underworld, tribal fusions to African beats. published in the United States. What authors have influenced you? I adjust the music I listen to depending on Some long-time favourites are Martin the scene I’m writing, and often make up If you could win any prize, which one Cruz Smith, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, play lists for the novels I’m working on. I would it be? Len Deighton, Iain M Banks, Philip K find this technique really helps me to get Hugo or Nebula, science fiction’s top Dick, Brian Aldiss, Douglas Adams, Jon into the scene. awards, so either would make me a happy Wyndham and Haruki Murakami. man. What’s your opinion of the SA literary Any tips for aspiring writers? scene? What’s your favorite writing fuel? Surround yourself only by positive and I’ve moved to South Australia only recently A good night’s sleep, or, failing that, coffee.
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Animate Quarterly 2 was held on March 15 at La Boheme in the city. A live magazine, it featured poetry, short stories, literary horoscopes, advice, an interview and more.
As part of the entertainment, Melanie Joosten read two poems, Graham Catt read a humorous piece from his blog, Nausea, Lyndall Clipstone read an extract from her honours thesis, David McGuigan read two poems and Scott Zarcinas read a story called ‘Finnegan’s Cat’. Stephanie Hester interviewed Obituary writer Nigel Starck, and the Adelaide launch of Voiceworks magazine was held. Sonja Dechian answered some pesky little questions, and Judella Starwoman enlightened the audience with details of their horoscopes.
Thanks to everyone who took part on the night and to the Australia Council (with their Write in Your Face Grant) who have made it all possible.
Animate 3 will be held on Thursday June 21.
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8 Congratulations… A live performance of rob walker’s ‘A David Mortimer’s poem ‘October’ Brett Stuart Williams won equal first Villanelle on Certain Provisions in Relation appeared in The Independent Weekly on prize in The Bridge Foundation’s Annual to a Bill concerning Anti-Terrorism by 3/2/2007. Literary Competition, 2006. He was the Hon. Phillip Ruddock’ was heard on awarded the Jan Summers Prisoner Prize The Deep End and poeticA on ABC Radio Heather Taylor Johnson’s short for his poem ‘Paradox’. His poem ‘Edge of National. ‘slater in Taj Mahal Review’ story ‘My Book of Fables: Chapter 1’ was the World’ was published in Unruly Sun, was published in Allahabad, India, and published in Staples and a poem ‘Exits’ Friendly Street Reader #31. ‘Elegy for Colin Thiele’ was published appeared in Hecate. in AEU Journal. rob also performed Bett Angel-Stawarz had two tankas work at Wordfire in December and Rachel Manning’s short story ‘My Friend published in the Tanka Society of America had poems Spud and Jesus, the sequel Ate Time’ appeared in the Summer issue Magazine Ribbons. archived on its website. ‘The truth about (#107) of Island Magazine. everything’ was published in Cordite Poetry Review, ‘January drought’ on The Max Merckenschlager’s poem ‘Along Australian Reader website, an interview The Murranji’ took first place in the written THE LEE MARVIN READINGS and story on his collection micromacro awards at The Australian Bush Poetry Tuesdays at Gallery de la Catessen in Onkaparinga’s Horizons quarterly National Championships, held at Dunedoo 9 Anster St., Adelaide (off Waymouth at the magazine and on Compulsive Reader NSW. King William end, near FAD nightclub) website. Finally, a live podcast interview with poet Maggie Ball appeared on Internet Lidija Šimkutò has been invited to two 7.30 for 8 PM start, Price $5 Voices Radio in January (US). international poetry festivals: The Prima Vista -Poetry Festival in Tartu- Estonia in April 3rd Linda Francis’ poem ‘Displacement’ early May and the Spring Poetry Festival LEE MARVIN DOES HIS DARNEDEST was published in Positive Words. Her in Lithuania, late May. She will read her Linda Marie Walker short story ‘Late Again’ was published in poetry in Singapore (for Word Forward) Tracy Crisp Woman’s Day. ‘Dumb & Dumber’ and during her stopover. A cycle of her poems Bel Schenk ‘Belly Dance Trance’ were both published ‘Cornflower Sky’ in Lithuanian has been Jordan D’Arsie in That’s Life! Summer Holiday Fiction. published in Metai (Seasons), No 3, 2007, Carol Lefevre Lithuania. Two poems have been published Graham Rowlands’ poem ‘Dear Ms in English ‘The SHOp’, Spring issue, 2007, April 10 Q’ was published in Blue Dog, and his Ireland. A cycle of her poems ‘Ocean Hum’ LEE MARVIN DOES HIS NUT poems ‘The Uninvited Guest’ and ‘George has been translated by Koichi in English Stephen Lawrence Negus’ 2000 Tomorrow’ were published in & Japanese. Lidija’s translation of J.M. Anna Barrie Staples. Coetzee’s Nobel speech “He and His Man” Moya Costello into Lithuanian was published in Naujoji Teri Hoskin Zenda Vecchio’s story ‘The Plumb Tree’ Romuva, No.1, 2007. Ken Bolton was published in Tamba and her short story ‘Remember the Way Home’ was Ross Duffy’s short shory ‘In The April 17 published in Page Seventeen. Deepfreeze’ was read on Radio National’s LEE MARVIN DOES THE BOOGALOO Program Words and Music in January. Nicholas Jose Annette Wickes’ short story, ‘Love on His story ‘The Immaculate Planner’ was a Gillian Britton the Cards’ was published in That’s Life! finalist in the KT Publishing International Caroline Horn Summer Holiday Fiction. Short Story competition. Cathoel Jorss Steve Evans Margaret Griffin-Ward’s poem Jennifer Benkhauser’s poems ‘Mystique ‘Friends’was published in the February Lady’ and ‘War’ were both published on April 24 edition of Write Away. the January edition of FreeXpression LEE MARVIN DOES THE CAMEL WALK magazine. Alexandra Weaver Owen Carmichael’s feature ‘Ten Healthy Francesca da Rimini Ways to Restore Inner Balance & Calm’ was Barbara True has had four poems Shannon Burns published in Alive (Canada) in February. In published in Ars Medica, a new biannual Pru La Motte the same month his travel feature ‘Berry, literary journal from Toronto, Canada, that Cath Kenneally the Heart of France’ was published in Open explores the interface between the arts Skies the inflight magazine for Emirates and medicine, and examines what makes Airlines. medicine an art.
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10 Passage to Pakistan
Tales of an Asialink Fellow by Rosanne Hawke.
hink about whether you really need to go to Pakistan, idea for a novel. It had to be started the next day and that was when said the computer at Foreign Affairs. If you do go, don’t I found it was possible to write in a high school computer lab after Tvisit volatile places like Peshawar, Khyber Pass and Azad all. Kashmir. When we visited Abbottabad we were inundated with offers of Gary and I went and we did visit those places, with care and hospitality because of living there 15 years before. Children we permission. Peshawar in the North West Frontier was as hot and knew are now adults. Everyone had an earthquake story. Soon the as exciting as ever – being with Pakistani friends who live there conversation would turn to what they had been doing at 7 minutes makes a difference. The women came out in the evenings to shop, to 9 on the morning of 8th October 2005. We took a jeep to the and I had to cover my nose with my shawl. It’s just expected, even town of Balakot where 50,000 people died in the quake. When I though I saw less burqas. We were invited to stood where a multi-storey hotel once was, a Pashtun party along with a World Vision ‘It was fascinating going back into a all I could find was a piece of china. A boy team. Guns were joyfully fired as we arrived culture having previous knowledge watched me. ‘Did you lose your house?’ I just as they are at weddings and the birth of it and being older. It was like a said. He nodded. Then he said, ‘Come to our of sons. This has been done for centuries; consolidation; I understood more place for tea.’ His place would have been a of why things are done.’ just the weapons have changed. I politely tent and I was staggered at the generosity declined a turn to fire an AK- 47. One young and hospitality that is still evident in a man asked, why does the West think we are terrorists? I told one disaster. Schools there are still held in tents. We saw evidence of about Australian gun laws and I wished I could have captured almost every country’s help, and of course I got another idea. the look on his face. This was a party of well-off young men who A huge thankyou to ARTSA and Asialink who made this trip work for World Vision because they want to help their people in possible. The residency was extremely successful for generating earthquake hit areas. They were educated, spoke English and were ideas, doing research, collecting info, folktales and books, meeting fun. They didn’t know any folktales, though later they sang Urdu old friends and making new ones. It was fascinating going back into poetry to a rabaab and danced with each other. a culture having previous knowledge of it and being older. It was I had a good residency at Murree Christian School in the foothills like a consolidation; I understood more of why things are done. We of the Himalayas. They gave us accommodation and we ate a daily didn’t see any ‘terrorists’ – just tribal men from the mountains who cooked lunch with the students. Security was tight as they’d had still live in a feudal society and fire guns when they’re happy. an attack 4 years before. Armed guards patrolled the school while The towns in Pakistan have changed more than I expected – classes were carried on and we were careful not to bring undue even beggars have mobile phones and I think the higher technology attention to the school. It all gave the shut-down drill we do here in may change some aspects of the culture, especially for the young. Australian schools new meaning. I was impressed with the fortitude It’s easier now for young people to have friends of the opposite and mature attitudes of the students and I enjoyed working in their sex. Due to the internet and satellite dishes, young adults can ask classes. intelligent questions about world politics. Some were difficult to I visited two other schools – Abbottabad Christian Girls High answer like, ‘What are they saying about us in Australia?’ The School on the Karakorum Highway where I told the stories behind a Pakistani government is working on tolerance and freedom of few of my books – my Urdu was coming back by then. We travelled speech of which we saw evidence in the paper, but the Islamic peace to Karachi by train to visit the Naunehal Academy. We stayed with we hear of in the West is not always played out at grass roots level Abdul Waheed, nephew of the Pashtun Khan of Kala Dhaka, a there. We found many points of view. mountain tribal area. His family life was arranged on the Pushtun Some things haven’t changed – the magic of an ancient world, rules of honour and segregation – my husband never met the the fertile atmosphere for creativity is still alive, and the people are women in his home. With help of Rotary and other partners, Abdul just as friendly and hospitable. They hope for peace, and they hope Waheed began the school in a poor area of Karachi to help his that the tourists will return. people who come from the mountains in search of work. More came after the earthquake last October. He has also been instrumental in changing 300 madrassahs (Islamic schools) into normal day schools by introducing Computing, Maths, English and Urdu. He Rosanne Hawke is an author of books for young people said, ‘The children are our hope for future peace.’ and took up an Asialink Fellowship in We visited the Australian High Commissioner too and gave her a northern Pakistan to research a novel. few books which she sent to the Aga Khan School in Hunza. To read the full despatches from Pakistan visit: Because of the earthquake we were able to visit Azad Kashmir. www.rosannehawke.com We went in a taxi and weren’t stopped at the border. We saw Muzzafarabad and in the bazaar we were shown Pakistani hospitality. In the taxi (while I was being flea-bitten) I got a new 11
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