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Got a hankerin’ for live poetry? Get stuffed at Traverse’s special ‘hunger’ themed poetry slam!

Perform your best poem about ‘hunger’ for the chance to win awesome prizes and a spot on the coveted poetry slam HIGH SCORE TABLE!

Plus… special guest poet David Finnigan performs Sun Drugs!

Traverse Poetry Slam
Friday 30 April 7:30-10:30pm
The Front Gallery and Cafe Wattle Street, Lyneham
$3 (free entry for performers!)
Book a slot in the slam from 7.30pm

Why ‘hunger’ you ask? It’s all about trying to get Canberra’s young writers into print – hunger is also the theme of the next issue of Voiceworks, the fantastic young writers’ magazine published by Express Media. By giving you the same topic to write about I’m hoping that some of our young writers will go on to submit their work to Voiceworks (submissions close 27 June 2010, only for under 25 – sorry!).

What about those of us over 25 you ask? Well, we still get to write stuff about hunger for the poetry slam, which is a rather interesting theme and should make for a rather interesting night!

While we’re on the subject of Express Media, the Melbourne organisation has helped fund what looks to be an excellent new publication from Blemish Books, the organisation started by Greg (who was one of the group involved in the Write in Your Face poetry project in 2008). The book is called Caught in the Breeze and it’s 10 essays on the role of flags in contemporary Australia.

Here’s the launch info:

Caught in the Breeze launch
Thursday 29 April 6:00pm
Smiths Alternative Bookshop
76 Alinga Street, Civic

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!