OUT OF THE BOX: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Poets

– Sydney launch was on 26 February 2010 at the Seymour Centre, cnr City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale.

Puncher and Wattmann published the collection strong>OUT OF THE BOX: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Poets, edited by Jill Jones and Michael Farrell.

At the Seymour Centre launch there was a huge line-up* featuring readings by Joanne Burns, Kate Lilley, Martin Harrison, Chris Edwards, Denis Gallagher, Andy Quan, Kerry Leves, Paul Knobel, Tricia Dearborn, Keri Glastonbury, Tim Denoon, Jenni Nixon, Louise Wakeling, Carolyn Gerrish, Jill Jones and Michael Farrell.

The event was part of New Mardi Gras, Sydney's annual gay and lesbian festival.

OUT OF THE BOX is the first contemporary Australian gay and lesbian poetry anthology. These are poems of the 21st century: sexy, sassy, innovative, and real.

Poets in the anthology include David Malouf, Dorothy Porter, Pam Brown, Chris Edwards, Lee Cataldi, Martin Harrison, joanne burns, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Tricia Dearborn, Kate Lilley, and many others.

Poems of love, violence, sex and experiment, with just enough everyday life to keep you grounded.

Copies may be ordered from Puncher and Wattmann.