Author: Lynette Arden
Tasmania State Library – graphics exhibition
News just to hand of the Go Graphic exhibition which will feature manga by Madeleine Rosca and also haiku and haibun by Ron Moss.
It starts on July 30 and we hope to have a report about it very soon.
Ginko with Lysenko #5
Host: Myron Lysenko
Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Flinder St. Station Intersection
Street: cnr Flinders St. & Swanston St.
City/Town: Melbourne, Australia
Contact Info Phone: 93874323
Email: myronpoet@hotmail.com
Description:
Meet in the public bar of Young & Jackson’s at 10.45am.
Write haiku in the street, at the station and in the cathedral, following specified techniques.
Feedback can be given on all haiku written.
Bring notebook and biro.
Cost $15.
OVERLOAD POETRY FESTIVAL – HAIKU READING
Haiku, Erotiku, Rooku & Footyku
Sunday August 10th 2008, 5-7pm. At DANTES, Gertrude Street Fitzroy.
Featured Readers: Paul Skec, Michael de Valle, Emilie Zoe Baker, Lia Hills, Michelle Leber, Rob Scott, Sue Stanford, Matt Hetherington, Carla Sari, Maurice McNamara, Kevin Brophy, Myron Lysenko. Plus Open Section.Its back! The big hit from previous Overload festivals. Short bubble bursts from a contemporary Basho heaven. Come along and soothe your busy mind by listening to a mesmerising variety of short form poetry.Enquiries: Myron Lysenko 03-9387 4323
Featured Readers: Paul Skec, Michael de Valle, Emilie Zoe Baker, Lia Hills, Michelle Leber, Rob Scott, Sue Stanford, Matt Hetherington, Carla Sari, Maurice McNamara, Kevin Brophy, Myron Lysenko. Plus Open Section.Its back! The big hit from previous Overload festivals. Short bubble bursts from a contemporary Basho heaven. Come along and soothe your busy mind by listening to a mesmerising variety of short form poetry.Enquiries: Myron Lysenko 03-9387 4323
Members’ Publications: Lorin Ford
a wattle seedpod – published by Post Pressed 2008
109 haiku by Lorin Ford, original cover art by Ron Moss
ISBN 978-1921214-34-9, 36pp, AU$10.00 + p&p
Mini-review by Jane Reichhold :
My copy of a wattle seedpod just arrived yesterday and though I will be reviewing it in the October issue of Lynx I wanted you to have my first impressions.
Haiku – Three Questions
Beverley George shares her response to Haiku – Three Questions with us this week. Click on one of the following links to view Beverley’s answers.
Book Launch – a wattle seedpod
Haiku Events: Book Launch – a wattle seedpod
Lorin Ford’s first collection of haiku, a wattle seedpod, will be launched on Friday, 25th July 2008 by Kris Hemensley, receiver of The Christopher Brennan Award for poetry, at Melbourne’s best-loved poetry bookshop, Collected Works.
Launch details:
http://laryalee.users.sunwave.net/lorinposter.htm
Book cover, a sample page and mini-reviews by Ferris Gilli, Beverley George and Lyn Reeves are available for viewing at:
http://www.postpressed.com.au/
a wattle seedpod is available from Post Pressed or contact Lorin at lorinmford@bigpond.com
Haiku events – Victoria August 6
THE NEON CITY
Sue Stanford’s English language haiku
launched by Myron Lysenko
MC Lia Hills
with Guy Harris on guitar
Auditorium of the Japanese Studies Centre
(Bld 54, the grey building west of the bus loop)
Clayton Campus, Monash University
1:00 for 1:10
Wednesday 6th August
Plus Hiroshima Day Commemoration
with Hideko Nakamura
Australian Haiku Society 