A Month of Poetry

September has seen an abundance of creative verse vocalised, written, and discussed at a range of poetry themed events in the Library. Early September featured ‘Are you brave enough to be a poet’ a forum on poetry presented by local publisher Ginninderra Press. Local poets recited their works and then fielded questions from the floor in a forum discussion. Friendly Street Poets, a South Australian institution, held one of their monthly evening readings at the Library, featuring twenty poets reciting works, from deep and thought provoking verse, to humorous poems, limericks and haiku. North Eastern Writers’ Inc launched their first poetry anthology, NEW Voices at a special event at the Library at the end of the month. Published poet and SA Writer’s centre staff member and disability writer-in-residence, Jude Aquilina launched the event with ten of the NEW Inc poets reciting works that appear in the anthology. It’s great to see such a range of talented people from the local area presenting their work and also seeing it in print!

Its a fine line launch

Last night’s launch of Ray Clift’s ‘It’s a fine line’ was a major success! With a near capacity crowd, plenty of food and some great wines, a smooth evening unfolded as Ray spoke about his life as a police officer and a courts officer, the roles that supplied most of the anecdotes for his most recent book. Stephen Matthews from Ginninderra Press was on hand to sell many copies of Ray’s book!

Ray is a member of the Northeastern Writers Inc and we have been fortunate to have a great relationship with this group and act as one of their favourite book launch locations! Keep an eye on the blog for information about fellow NEW Inc writer’s Ken Vincent and Sharon Kernot who will both be launching books later this year.