It's been a long time coming, through many twists and turns of life (continents have been crossed, I tell you), but finally Cherry Tree is ready to present the iconic Robyn Rowland this Saturday. Am I exited? You're darn tootin' I am! Robyn is an incredible poet and a joy to spend an afternoon with. Blessed, yes we are. Copies of Robyn's latest book 'Steep Curve' (Five Islands Press) will be available on the day, and you could even get yours signed.
Plus of course our always joyfully eclectic open mic, sign up from 1.30pm and the show kicks off at 2pm.
BIO
ROBYN ROWLAND, an Australian-Irish citizen, has been living between Ireland and Australia for over 30 years, and working, teaching and reading in Turkey since 2009. From December 2019 until late 2022 she lived back in Australia, caring for her father, who died, aged 102. She has twelve poetry books (Australia, Ireland and Turkey), including Steep Curve (Five Islands Press 2024), Mosaics From The Map (Doire, Ireland 2018) and two bilingual, Turkish translations, Mehmet Ali Çelikel: Under This Saffron Sun—Safran Güneşin Altında (Knocknareone, Ireland 2019) and This Intimate War Gallipoli/Çanakkale 1915—İçli Dışlı Bir Savaş: Gelibolu/Çanakkale 1915 (Five Islands Press, Australia and Bilge Kültür Sanat, Türkiye, 2015. Repub. Spinifex, 2018)).
She has been awarded Australia Council and Copyright Agency grants, and various writing residencies. Robyn has won or been listed for many prizes e.g shortlisted for the ACU Poetry Prize, Newcastle Poetry Prize, Peter Porter Poetry Prize, Lane Cove Poetry Prize, Society of Women Writers National Poetry Prize, Antipodes: Journal of Australian and New Zealand Literature International Poetry prize, Liquid Amber Poetry Prize.
Robyn has published multiple book reviews, journals articles, book chapters on literature and poetry. Her poetry appears in national/international journals in nine countries, fifty anthologies, and eight editions of Best Australian Poems. She has read at major literary festivals in India, Portugal, Ireland, UK, USA, Greece, Austria, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey and Italy, and is published in translation in a number of these. She is filmed reading for the National Irish Poetry Reading Archive, James Joyce Library, UCD, on YouTube.
COST: Free
ACCESSIBILITY: Step up to access to venue. Staff can assist with entry for wheelchair users. Toilets may be too narrow for wheelchair access.