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                                Jan McKemmish, writer and academic                                           1950 - 2007 Only four weeks aft...

     That's the spirit !

This snap of an oniomaniac, (that is the word, isn't it Melissa?) shopaholic, (well, the trolleys must have been full once), alcoholic,...

   I heart UbuWeb   http://www.ubu.com There is so much on UbuWeb and it's entirely free. You just need to make the time. Factor it i...

A museum in a town called Mount Victoria - it's kind of Victorian Stuffed, embarrassed or bashful, fauna click on the images to enlarge ...

Adelaide, the Athens of the South, has been hosting an international guitar festival that wraps up this weekend. If you stay on in town unt...

Steve Evans has published the 2007 Attention Span - responses to his annual invitation for listings of what poets are reading. To visit th...

GALATEA RESURRECTS (A POETRY ENGAGEMENT) November 30, 2007 Edited by By Eileen Tabios Galatea Resurrects (A Poetry Engagement) is pleased ...

What she say? The lying rodent is cactus ? Really ? Great !

  Bert Flugelman's Pyramid Tower a.k.a. The Silver Shish Kebab   (from 'Sydney' magazine) Yes, that’s right - that’s Bert Flugel...

Interesting articles and discussions of the marginalisation of women poets can be found in the latest issue of the US-based magazine Chicago...

To view more of Trish Davies' photos of Kurt Brereton's exhibition opening at Hat Hill Gallery on November 3rd click here art ope...

meanwhile, more from the manicured, topiaried town of leura - just a day or two ago

You know summer is on the way in Sydney when there are suddenly so many events to choose from that you just feel like lying down on your out...

Dry tropics every minute counts four lines a day snap frozen * Lorine Niedecker, what would she have to say (‘pick up that bucket’) * my bri...

Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso of the ngoni (West African lute), approximating the larger kora (West African harp) in sound but with a toug...

Starting this coming Thursday, La Mama Poetica presents Voiceprints as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival La Mama Poetica:...

Last week I visited Melbourne again, staying with family in Rose Street, Fitzroy. Wandering down to the busy strip-shopping precincts of Bru...