The Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology Sydney launch will be taking place this Sunday 14th April at Kirribilli. For full details, please see the post of 22nd March. Please be aware that there will be Trackwork impacting Milsons Point station on Sunday (buses replace trains between Hornsby and Wynyard on the T1 North Shore line), so allow sufficient time to arrive at the venue for 2.30pm. If you need to use the small lift at the Kirribilli Centre to access the first floor, please enter the centre via Bligh Street.
San Francisco International Haibun Contest 2024
Haiku Poets of Northern California
Deadline: May 1st, 2024
Entry Fee: US$5 for 1-3 haibun
For full contest details and all submission guidelines for the San Francisco International Haibun Contest for 2024 , scroll to the bottom of the HPNC Contest Guidelines page.
Continue reading “San Francisco International Haibun Contest 2024”Outgoing President’s Message
Dear Poets,
It has been an honour to serve as president of the Australian Haiku Society over the past 4 years.
‘Through the horizon’ book launch in Blacktown, Sydney, 4th May 2024
Subashini Jayatilake, a Sydney-based Sri Lankan-Australian poet, will launch her bilingual chapbook through the horizon on Saturday 4th May, 2024, at Blacktown’s Max Webber Library, 2-5pm. If you’d like to attend, please use this link to RSVP.
Announcing a new committee for the Australian Haiku Society
A new six-member executive committee came into effect on 1st April.
Office Bearers:
President: Leanne Mumford
Vice-President: Rob Scott
Secretary: Alison Rogers
Web Manager: Lynette Arden
Committee Members:
Maureen Sexton
Wanda Amos
See the Committee Page for profiles.
Fringe Myrtles at Chamber Poets
Saturday 13th April, 2024, at Woodend, Victoria
In celebration of International Haiku Day, the FRINGE MYRTLES HAIKU GROUP will be the featured readers at CHAMBER POETS, a monthly spoken word event organised by Myron Lysenko since 2013. It takes place on the second Saturday of each month between 1pm- 4pm at the Woodend RSL (32 Anslow Street Woodend). The date for this haiku celebration/reading is 13th April. There will also be an OPEN SECTION and resident band BLACK FOREST SMOKE will perform haiku set to music. All welcome. Entry by donation $10/$5.
Next Gadigal Ginko in Sydney: 2pm, 16th April, 2024
The next Gadigal Ginko in Sydney – number 5 – has been organised to mark International Haiku Poetry Day on 17th April. It will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday 16th April, from 2pm, in The Domain, Sydney. Contemporary haiku poets of all levels of experience are invited to join the gathering. To register and receive details of the exact meeting point, please visit the Gadigal Ginko web page.
Leanne Mumford
Convenor, Gadigal Ginko
Fringe Myrtles Meeting March 2024
There was much chuckling, guffawing and general merriment at the first Fringe Myrtles meeting for 2024. The meeting was held on Sunday 17 March at our new home, the beautiful Atheneum Library, Melbourne’s only membership library, which celebrates its 185th birthday this year.
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