From Poetry and Poetics Centre

2008 Poetry and Poetics Symposium

Theme: Poetry publishing today

UniSA's Poetry and Poetics Centre hosted their 2nd annual Poetry and Poetics Symposium in April 2008. The symposium presented keynote speeches by the acclaimed poet Kate Llewellyn and Lythrum Press editor Michael Deves, and showcased the work of established and emerging SA poets David Ades, Janine Baker, Courtney Black, Robert Bloomfield, Steve Brock, Belinda Broughton, Roger Higgins, Ivan Rehorek, Alice Sladdin, and Amelia Walker. Professor Kerry Green also launched the book Vibrant, a collection of poems and papers presented at the 2007 Symposium. The Symposium was organised by the Poetry and Poetics Centre in conjunction with Friendly Street Poets and is supported by Arts SA.

Photographs of the symposium are available here.

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2007 Poetry and Poetics Symposium

UniSA's Poetry and Poetics Centre hosted a Poetry and Poetics symposium to celebrate poetry's important contribution to South Australia's vibrant literary culture. Held on April 27-28 at the SA Writers' Centre, the symposium showcased the work of established and emerging SA poets Gaetano Aiello, Jude Aquilina, Robert Bloomfield, Cameron Fuller, Patricia Irvine, Erica Jolly, Mike Ladd, Stephen Lawrence, Ioana Petrescu, Bridget Ransome, and Graham Rowlands, as well as a workshop by internationally acclaimed writer Peter Goldsworthy, and a presentation by Professor Drew Dawson on the poet Max Harris. The Symposium was organised by the Poetry and Poetics Centre in conjunction with Friendly Street Poets and was supported by Arts SA.