PoetiCas has been hosting regular poetry gatherings in Castlemaine since 2015, following on the tradition of Ross Donlon's poetry readings in the decade prior. It has grown into a wonderful community and their monthly events are beloved by many. Lockdowns and uncertainty put their activities on pause for much of 2020 and 2021, and they are now thrilled to announce a new chapter at a fine new venue.
The usual format brings a featured reader to share their work, as well as an open section for the community to share their own original poems in a warm and supportive space, MC'd by local poet and publisher Tegan Gigante. All are welcome to attend, to read or just to listen.
FEATURED POETS:ANN DE HUGARD AND ROB WALLIS
This month we have two feature readers: Ann de Hugard and Rob Wallis, to celebrate the release of their new co-authored collection after the cabaret.
Ann de Hugard lives in Chewton, Central Victoria. She started writing poetry at seven, little rhymes about fairies. Since then she has continued to write. Her themes and styles have broadened considerably and her poems explore (among many subjects) family secrets, childhood experiences, feminism, dead lovers and ageing. Her first collection, A Question of Translation, was chosen by Chris Wallace-Crabbe as one of the best books of 2010.
Rob Wallis’s sixth collection of poetry, Down Rainbow Road, was published by Clouds of Magellan Press in 2021. His poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies in Australia and overseas. He has won the John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award, the W.B.Yeats Poetry Prize and twice won the Melbourne Poet’s Union Martin Downey Urban Realist Award. He has been shortlisted for the Fish Publishing International Poetry competition, Ireland, the Bridport Prize, UK, and the Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry. He lives in country Victoria where he has become a table tennis tragic.
Copies of 'after the cabaret' will be available on the day.
Saturday September 28th
2pm for a 2.30 start
in The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel
359 Barker St, Castlemaine.
Open Section as usual,
3 minutes per reader.
$5 donation on the door much appreciated.
All Welcome!
So buy a drink from the bar and join us at The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel, the new home for PoetiCas.
Contact Tegan: poeticaspoeticas@outlook.com
COST: $5 donation at door appreciated