SPRING POETRY BINALONG TO THE ACT

Getting back into the spring of things-poetry with A Brush with Poetry today at 2 pm and That Poetry Thing tomorrow night. 

If you feel like a country drive — and the weather is perfect for it — join us at Café on Queen, Queen Street, Binalong. You’ll find us in The Hive out the back but go through the café itself and order your coffee, wine, snacks first. They will be quietly delivered to you during the reading. It’s an open mike and everyone is welcome to share a poem or two. You’ll hear an array of poetry voices and styles. Music and song also welcome. Coordinator Robyn Sykes is in demand on the festival scene and this weekend is performing at Folk by the Sea (Kiama) so we’ll be celebrating twelve years of Brush without her … maybe we can keep it going until the next one (end November).  A Brush with Poetry is a Binalong Arts Group event. Free event but donations welcome.

Well known ACT weekly event That Poetry Thing That Is On At Smith’s Every Monday sees the launch of a new anthology of poems celebrating birds. Edited by Canberra’s Penelope Layland and Lesley Lebkowicz and illustrated by Canberra artist Fenja T Ringi, The Book of Birds will be launched tomorrow night from 7 pm with readings by some of the Canberra and national contributors. 

This month’s Manning Clark House Poetry night is on Thursday 28th at 7 pm. Award winning Barkindji poet Paul Collis is the feature. His latest book (and first poetry collection) Nightmares Run like Mercury was published by Recent Work Press in 2021. Book and pay ($10) at http://www.trybookings.com/CLLHI — you can pay cash at the door ($10/5 concession).

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Taken near Binalong from moving vehicle — had to crop mirrors and thumbs. Enjoying wide open spaces after high-hedged wriggly roads in rural Ireland. Both beautiful. Apparently Paul Collis was in Ireland earlier.