Catchment- Poetry of Place will remain open for contributions until 21st November, towards release of the journal’s 5th issue on 21st December 2025.
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Meet and Greet event in Kogarah
On Wednesday 15th October, Carol Reynolds and Margaret Mahony from Illawong Haiku Group participated in a Meet and Greet event at the Clive James Library at Kogarah. The event was initiated by Vickey Foggin, Team Leader Library Programs at Georges River Council to highlight Rivers Writers, a liaison of writing groups operating within the Georges River region.
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Eight poets joined the spring ginko on 8th October 2025 in Kings Park, on a lovely sunny although chilly day. At the height of spring the park was laden with flowers. Armed with a description of the two indigenous spring seasons, and the relevance of the colour yellow, we learned we are experiencing the Noongar season of kambarang.
Continue reading “Paperbark Group Spring/Kambarang Ginko report”Catchment – Poetry of Place : fifth edition, submissions open
The Spring-time submission period for Catchment – Poetry of Place will remain open between 21st September and 21st November, towards release of the journal’s 5th issue online on 21st December, 2025.
Continue reading “Catchment – Poetry of Place : fifth edition, submissions open”Illawong Haiku Group Spring ginko
To meet outdoors or not to meet outdoors, that was the question on the morning of our Spring ginko. It was officially the first day of Spring, and after some early dark clouds it seems Nature decided perhaps it was time to make the switch after a cold and wet Winter.
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It was an honour and pleasure to lead-judge and announce the second Haiku-on-Hay Awards, a wonderful initiative by the Perth City Library, Boorloo, Perth, on 26th August, 2025.
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Monday 25th August, University of Melbourne
The Fourth Floor Linkway Event Space in the John Medley Building
5pm for 5.30pm start, 6.30pm finish
Join Grant Caldwell at the launch of his new book of haiku, the soundless sound, published by Red Moon Press, the largest and most prestigious dedicated publishing house in the genre. Rob Scott, Vice President of the Australian Haiku Society will launch the book which features 270 poems written since blue balloon was published in 2020.
This issue is a limited first printing of one hundred copies.
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Winter Ginko and Meeting June 2025
After a relaxing chat over coffee in the cafe at the Gosford/Edogawa Commemorative Gardens we broke off and wandered into the main area of the gardens for individual meditation. The day was perfectly still with not a movement in the bushes near me, only a lonely butterfly making its wobbly way through the crisp morning.
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Australian Haiku Society 