Poets Union
1977 - 2010

Live Poets @ Don Bank 24 Nov with guest poets Jim Low and Brian Bell + open mic. Theme: Poems of Your Blood's Country

Date: 
24 Nov 2010 - 19:30 - 22:00


This month - in our last LIVE POETS show for the year - THE COUNTRY COMES TO THE CITY!

Live Poets @ Don Bank (Wed. 24th November) will host reading and guest poets Jim Low and Brian Bell

Event: guest poets Jim Low and Brian Bell and Open Section
Date: Wednesday 24th November
Venue for Live Poets: @ Don Bank Museum
Address: 6 Napier Street
North Sydney
Time:Doors open 7.30 pm.
Entry fee: $7 entry includes supper and drinks.
There will also be the (annual) announcement of the UnDarwin Awards.
Alternatively: anyone is welcome to recite, sing, tell a story or play an instrument.

This month - in our last show for the year - THE COUNTRY COMES TO THE CITY!

During the evening there will be scenes from the life of HENRY LAWSON IN NORTH SYDNEY courtesy of the North Sydney Heritage Centre Walk and Talk Series.
The loose theme this month will be: Poems of Your Blood's Country. There will be several reflections on the Australian way of expression throughout the evening.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Jim Low and Brian Bell
The Open Section features : Poems of Your Blood's Country.

About Jim Low and Brian Bell...
JIM LOW from the Blue Mountains will launch his new folk CD: Above the Creek Bed.
Warren Fahey has said of Jim's music: 'it is an important link to the country and its unique
culture'.
+ After supper...
bush poet, storyteller and social satirist: BRIAN BELL - past winner of the Gulgong Henry Lawson Award and the Will Ogilvie Prize - will regale us with his country take on contemporary issues. In his (in)famous poem: EFTPOS Brian presented 18 definitions of the term.
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As always there is an Open Section for writers and musicians. The loose theme this month will be: Poems of Your Blood's Country.
There will be several reflections on the Australian way of expression throughout the evening.

Further info: Danny Gardner (Convenor) (02) 9896 6956 Mobile: 0422 263 373 or at dannylivepoets@yahoo.com.au