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May is shaping up to be a very exciting month for Traverse Poetry!

First up:

Getting Published: Secrets from the Writers & Editors!
Free Q&A panel featuring: Paul Magee, Jack Heath, Rachel Longhurst, Julia Winterflood, George Poulakis and Emily Stewart
16 May 2009 2:00-3:30pm
The Hub @ Civic Library
London Circuit, Civic

Then, at the end of the month:

‘Girls Own’ Poetry Slam
Ladies only performers – open audience!
Featuring music from Julia from the Deep Sea Sirens
29 May 2009 7:30-11:30pm
The Front Café and Gallery
Wattle St, Lyneham

A few weeks ago I had a request to publish the winners of the April slam, so here they are:

1. Seung Baek
2. Farida
3. Michael Klapdor

Stay tuned for some more interesting posts soon – I’ve got a bunch of cool things in my notes to let you know about.

Sorry about the late notice. I’ve been completely flat out trying to get my first ever zine ready for the fair this weekend. The night before the fair, this Friday, is a special poetry slam happening as part of the ACT Writers Centre’s SCRIBBLE: Young Writers, Young Readers festival.

There’s no cover charge for this slam so if you’ve got friends who you want to introduce to poetry slams, this is the night to drag them along!

We will have a smorgsbord of wonderful prizes, including copies of Block and First creative writing journals, Voiceworks magazines, novels from the ACT Writers Centre and a copy of your favourite poem printed on high-quality art stock paper by The Artworks… and that’s just to begin with!

Here’re the details for both of this weekend’s events:

Scribble Poetry Slam
Friday 6 February
7.30pm – 9.30pm
Bogong Theatre, Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Ave, Braddon

Canberra Zine Fair
Saturday 7 February
10.00am – 5.00pm
QL2 Foyer, Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Ave, Braddon

See you there!