Tag: Nathan Curnow

• September 30, 2012

  They came in their thousands (Week 12: 23-29 September)

  Or maybe just a couple of handfuls. The poetry reading made for an enjoyable afternoon at The Bean Barn out of the wind and rain. As usual on AFL grand final day, the streets were deserted and I got a park right out the front of the cafe. A rock star park, some would say.…
• September 25, 2012

  Poetry reading this Saturday

  This is it. The final fling of my poetry residency. The last hoorah. My last day as Poet in Residence (note capital letters) at The Bean Barn is Saturday 29 September 2012 and to celebrate, I invite you to come along for a poetry reading from 3pm to 5pm. It won’t be just any reading.…
• September 21, 2012

  Poetry competition closing soon

  If you don’t submit a poem into this competition, then you must have rocks in your head. Closing on 15 October, the Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry prize is a thumping $1,000 for up to 40 lines of original, unpublished poetry. You are a click away from downloading the full guidelines and entry form. The judge…
• September 5, 2012

  $1,000AUD for 40 lines

  I don’t know about you but the prospect of being given $1,000 for just 40 lines of poetry makes my mind race. It races off to trawl my mental archives of poem titles and line counts, past those already published to those freshly minted (are they ready, are they really ready?). You know the ones…