Poetry Evening – Spring Series
at Rabbit Books
Booranga Writers' Centre together with Rabbit Books
invite you to attend our
Spring Poetry Evening on Friday 27 Septmeber 2019
6pm registrations/ 6:30pm readings
$5 cover charge at the door
Take a seat by the fire with a glass of wine and enjoy readings by guest poets
Jane Downing, Joan Cahill, and Connor Weightman
Hosted by Lachlan Brown (Booranga Writers' Centre)
We dare you… express yourself, and register at 6pm for our open mic section – all themes welcome.
Registration from 6:00pm – Readings to commence at 6:30pm - Open Mic 7:30pm
Enquires: Rabbit Books 6921 5391
Enquires: Rabbit Books 6921 5391
Biography- Jane Downing
Jane Downing has lived in Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Ireland, Indonesia, the (then) USSR, China, the Marshall Islands and Guam, and now calls Albury home. She is the author of two novels, The Trickster (Pandanus Books, Australian National University, 2003) and The Lost Tribe (Pandanus Books, 2005) and editor of the Albury based illustrated progressive novel Murray Time (2004) as well as the collections ReCollecting Albury Writing (2000) and New Albury Writing (2002). Hundreds of her own short stories and poems have been published in literary journals and anthologies in Australia and overseas, and her poetry collection When Figs Fly is forthcoming with Close-Up Books. She can be found at www.janedowning.wordpress.com
Biography – Joan Cahill
Joan Cahill’s poetry has been published over many years in anthologies including Charles Sturt University’s fourW, Short and Twisted and Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland’s Brio 2016. In 2012, she won the Melbourne Poets Union’s Urban Realism Award, and 2013 First Prize for Fellowship of Australian Writers Regional’s Vibrant Verse. In 2008, Joan was awarded a LitLink Residency at Varuna, the National Writers’ House, following a mentorship with Peter Bishop. She has also had a long involvement with Booranga Writers. Joan’s 2016 poetry collection Buddha's Left Foot focuses on art, language, culture and everyday life. Originally from Melbourne, she has lived and loved in Wagga Wagga for over forty years.
Biography—Connor Weightman
Connor Weightman’s poetry has been published in publications including Westerly, Cordite, Writ Review and RECOIL. He is currently based in Melbourne and is completing a PhD at Charles Sturt University in poetry and oil. Connor has been shortlisted for the Overland Poetry Prize, the Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize, and commended in the Karen W Treanor Poetry Awards.
