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We have a new issue, you ask? We do! It’s just arrived in our offices and we’re packing it up right now. All the info about it will be online very shortly. But in the meantime, we’d love to invite you to its launch! The details of the launch are: When: Thursday March 20th, 5:30pm Where: Common Room, John Woolley Building A20, University of Sydney Map: http://sydney.edu.au/maps/campuses/?area=CAMDAR
A huge thanks to Joshua Mei-Ling Dubrau for her excellent posts, and for sharing her poetry with us. Next up, we have Anthony Lawrence blogging for us. His bio is below: Anthony Lawrence has published fourteen books of poems and a novel. His most recent collection is ‘Signal Flare’ (Puncher & Wattmann, 2013). His books and individual poems have won many major awards. In 2013 he won the Blake Poetry Prize. He teaches Creative Writing and Reading Poetry at Griffith University, Gold Coast, and lives at Cabarita Beach, on the far north coast of NSW. Photo: Lisa Joseph
We invite you all to the launch of our latest issue, Lyre/Liar. The details are below and you can find a map to the venue here (look for building A20). We look forward to seeing you for words and wine next week!
Enormous thanks to Kathryn Heyman for her excellent posts. What a wonderful way to end the year. To start 2014, we have the fabulous Joshua Mei-Ling Dubrau. Her bio is below: Joshua Mei-Ling Dubrau holds a PhD from UNSW. Her work, both critical and creative, has appeared in Poetry and the Trace (Puncher & Wattman, 2013) Southerly, Cordite, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Night Road (Newcastle Poetry Prize judges’ anthology 2009) and Computer Music Journal. Current projects include further development (in collaboration with Mark Havryliv) of the P[a]ra[pra]xis software suite, a realtime poetry and audio generator based on
It’s almost Christmas, almost the new year, and Southerly would like to welcome 2014 with sprinkles, cake, and our brand new Calendar! It’s in a tab at the top. Do you have a poetry reading, book launch, fiction night or literary rumble that you’d like us all to know about? Just enter it into the calendar form – easy! All the instructions are on the page. Please note, the calendar is moderated, so it make sure you put your event in well in advance!
Many thanks to the inimitable Walter Mason, for his exciting live blogging and though-provoking posts. This month, we have Kathryn Heyman blogging for us. Her bio is below: Kathryn Heyman is the author of five novels, the latest of which is Floodline (Allen and Unwin.) She has won numerous awards including an Arts Council of England Writers Award, the Wingate and the Southern Arts Awards, and been nominated for the Orange Prize, the Scottish Writer of the Year Award, the Edinburgh Fringe Critics’ Awards, the Kibble Prize, and the West Australian Premier’s Book Awards. She’s written several radio plays for BBC Radio
Walter Mason, our brilliant November blogger, is blogging live for us today from the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts. He will be interviewing Thomas Keneally, Claire Scobie, and others, and posting his insights directly to this blog. It begins in just a little while, and is sure to be exciting, so make sure you tune in!
We’re launching our latest issue, 73.1 The Political Imagination, and you’re invited. There’ll be food, wine, great chat, and some excellent readings from our contributors, including John Tranter, Luke Fischer, and the guest editor Ann Vickery. The details are: When: Friday October 25th, 5 for 5:30pm Where: Common Room, John Woolley Building, University of Sydney. It’s building A20 on this map. RSVP: admin [@] southerlylitmag.com.au/ (but of course, you can just turn up) We look forward to seeing you there!
The Sydney Readings is on this Saturday, October 12th, so don’t forget to buy your tickets! You can purchase them online here. See you on Saturday!
The English Association and Southerly are excited to launch a new reading Series, the Sydney Readings. Join us on Saturday, October 12 for a reading by two of Australia’s most distinguished authors: Michelle de Kretser, author of Questions of Travel, which recently won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, and John Tranter, author of 20 books including most recently Starlight: 150 Poems. Copies of their books will be available for signing after the reading. Where: The Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney, Parramatta Rd. When: Saturday October 12, 5pm Tickets can be purchased at: https://sydneyreadings.eventbrite.com.au/ ($20/$15 concession and EA members). Michelle de