In Canberra POETRY AT THE GODS with guest poets Mark O'Connor, Adrian Caesar and Dennis Wild.

The next reading features Mark O'Connor, Adrian Caesar and Dennis Wild

The next reading will be on Tues July 13 and features two well-known Canberra poets, Mark O'Connor and Adrian Caesar, as well as the Adelaide (ex-Canberra) poet and storyteller, Dennis Wild. (Details below). All are outstanding readers of their own work.

Dennis Wild has recently moved from Canberra to Adelaide. He is a well-known storyteller who has recently published a chapbook of poetry, Just North of Bewilderment, (Picaro Press, 2009)

Mark O’Connor’s latest collection, Pilbara, was released this year from John Leonard Press. Mark is also well-known as an environmentalist and is a qualified marriage-celebrant. His collected poems, The Olive Tree, was published by Hale & Iremonger in 2000.

Adrian Caesar has published several books of non-fiction as well as four volumes of verse. His latest poetry publications are High Wire (Pandanus Press, 2006) and Take Five (Shoestring Press, UK, 2008)

Event : Poetry at The Gods poetry reading and optional dinner
Date: Tuesday 13 July
Time: 6pm for 6.30 Dinner and or
8 pm for Readings.

Venue: The Gods Café/Bar,
Address: ANU Arts Centre, Canberra - The Gods Café/Bar is in the ANU Arts Centre (across the quadrangle from the Student Union near Sullivans Creek).

Light meals are available from 6pm.
Please book at The Gods on 6248 5538.
Entry fee: $5.

Patrons intending to eat are asked to arrive by 6.30 to ensure that the readings can begin at 8pm. Seating is limited to 80 people. To be sure of hearing a particular poet it is advisable to eat at the venue beforehand but ‘listening only’ 'non-eating' seats can also be booked.

Let Geoff Page know gpage40@bigpond.net.au if you'd like to join his table/s. Bookings on 6248 45538. Let me know if you'd like to join my table/s up the front.
Dinner at 6.30. Reading at 8. Non-eating seats can also be booked.

Poetry at The Gods schedule of guest poets for 2010:

Tues Feb 9 Les Murray (Bunyah, N.S.W)
Tues Mar 9 Ali Cobby Eckermann ( Koolunga, S.A.)Petra White (Melbourne)
Tues Apr 6 Steve Evans (Adelaide),Carol Jenkins (Sydney)
Tues May 11 Andy Kissane (Sydney,Paul Cliff (Canberra)
Tues Jun 8 L.K. Holt (Melbourne),90th Birthday Tribute to Rosemary Dobson (Canberra)
Tues Jul 13 Dennis Wild (Adelaide), Mark O'Connor (Canberra), Adrian Caesar (Canberra)
Tues Jul 27 Dead Poets’ Dinner
Tues Aug 10 Andrew Lansdown (Perth), Michele Cahill (Sydney)
Tues Sep 14 Alan Wearne (Wollongong), Kate Llewellyn (Adelaide)
Tues Oct 12 Elizabeth Lawson (Canberra), Leon Trainor (Canberra), Jeremy Nelson (Braidwood)
Tues Nov 9 Andy Jackson (Melbourne), Harry Laing (Braidwood)
Tues Dec 14 joanne burns (Sydney), Robyn Rowland (Torquay, Victoria)