09/06/2006
> Book Launch - Wooli Reflections (Jean Ensbey)
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Book
Launch - Chris Mansell 'Mortification & Lies'
26/08/2004 > Book
Launch - Anthony J Bennett 'beyond the gorilla's roar'
24/06/2004
> Book
Launch - Kaye Mill 'A Practised Escapologist'
27/05/2004 > Writers
Reading - Julian Croft
22/04/2004 > Book
Launch - Matthew Karpins 'The Thesis'
09/06/2006 > Book Launch - Wooli Reflections (Jean Ensbey)
This book is a recount of the life and times of the Ensbey Family during their many decades connected with the Wooli (North Coast NSW) community.
It contains antecedotes and factual information about life in Wooli - schooling, the fishing idustry, volunteer organisations such as the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Volunteer Rescue Association (VRA), local sporting and recreational activities, natural disasters - essentially giving an overview of the practical hardships of working, living and raising a family in a small coastal village.
Included are numerous photographs depicting facets of the Wooli community , and in particular those places that reflect uponand provide a link to the lifestyle of the Ensbey Family, and indeed the general lifestyle consistent with life in a small coastal fishing village.
26/08/2004 > Book Launch - Chris Mansell 'Mortification & Lies'
Mortifications & Lies is a book long-awaited for those who have heard these poems read or performed. The poem 'Lies' (under its earlier name 'Yarmul') was first performed in the Queensland Art Gallery after winning the Premier's Award; '&' was first performed in Tasmania and later was runner up for the Sub Versive prize in Queensland and was later performed in venues all around the country. While 'Lies' talks about dispossession and the nature of belonging to country, '&' is an anti-war poem for our times. Both of these poems deal with imperialism – cultural and otherwise, with wars past and present, and with the nature of truth. The poem 'country' was written last (though it appears first in the collection) and talks explicitly about the conundrum of place and heritage in Australia. These three poems make up this powerful collection.
As the blurb says, 'Ambitious, outrageous, formal in overall structure, often wild and argumentative by the line, the three poems in this book talk about a person's physical and ethical place in the world: truth and country.'
Of the three poems, '&' is the most directly challenging. The long lines and the cumulative images are demanding of the reader. Everyone is examined, no one escapes in this attempt to illuminate the source of the unethical and shameful situation the world finds itself in. It's powerful, abrasive but at its heart, passionate and formal. The poem is in seven movements each with its own defining formal shape and discipline.
'country' and 'Lies' directly consider the question of country and identity. The poem 'country' introduces the voice of the book and lays out the contradictions of being human and wanting country when your heritage is mixed. 'Lies' closes the book with a long meditation as Mansell experiences the country where her father was born: the encounters she has there and the dislocation of a person who has no ground, no place, where their roots extend deep and long.
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26/08/2004 > Book Launch - Anthony J Bennett 'beyond the gorilla's roar'
Anthony
J Bennett will celebrate entering his 55th year with readings from the
long awaited collection beyond the gorilla's roar.
The title poem explores the historical and innate futility of war, other poems
such as ' A Middling Man Ponders A Missed Opportunity' tackle personal and
social concerns with humour.
24/06/2004 > Book Launch - Kaye Mill 'A Practised Escapologist'
Kaye Mill will read from her newest collection of poems, A Practised Escapologist. After many years as a teacher and/or librarian in Australia, England, Canada and Alaska, Kaye now devotes her time to writing, drawing and societal activism. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies and her last book, Between the Pillow and the Road was critically well received.
Fourth Thursday
of the month at Caffiends on Marsh Street, Armidale
Entry $10 includes a light meal.
Bookings on (02) 6771 3178 are highly recommended if you don't
want to be disappointed.
Julian
Croft, poet, novelist, reviewer and editor/collator of Australian literature.
Julian will read his new and familiar poems and poems from his
recent book After
a War (any war).
There will also
be readings by Susan McMichael from the recent New England Writers' Centre
literary supplement to the New
England Review.
22/04/2004 > Book Launch - Matthew Karpins 'The Thesis'
Kardoorair Press in conjuction with The New England Writers Centre, cordially invites you the launch of Matthew Karpins 'The Thesis' at Caffiends on Marsh Street on Thursday 22nd April 2004 at 7:00pm.
Bookings can
be made on 6771 3178.
Entry $10, includes light meal and wine/juice.
A 33% Discount is available at the Launch.