26 Nov 2011: the quiet & the loud: ROSE VAN SON + 'OFA BENNESS

Submitted by Perth Poetry Club on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 00:35

On 26 November Perth Poetry Club entertains you with the measured and evocative phrases of ROSE VAN SON and the powerful lines of local slam favourite 'OFA BENNESS. Plus open mike. Professional sound. Listeners, poets, songwriters and curious drop-ins welcome. 2-4pm at The Moon Cafe, 323 William Street Northbridge.

Rose van Son loves where language takes her. She is a poet and prose writer and has been widely published. In 2011 she won the Fremantle Press Tanka Prize. She has also won prizes for Haiku, essay writing and short fiction, including the KSP Short Fiction Prize. In 2010 she judged the Julie Lewis Poetry Prize. Her poetry was commended in the Karen W. Treanor Award and Spilt Ink prize. Her collection of work with Sunline Press will be launched soon!

Next week 3 December at Perth Poetry Club: DOTDOTDASH introduce issue 8: Gambit, with Siobhan Hodge, Carol Milner, Carolyn Abbs and Julie Watts.

 

Other poetry events coming up in Perth:

On Friday 2 December get yourself (and some carless friends) to Willagee for SATURNALIA: The Fringe Gallery Annual Poetry Wind-Up Party featuring... get this... Antipoet + Enforcer (Allan Boyd + Maitland Schnaars), Kevin Gillam, Amanda Joy, and muso Neil Preston. Plus open mike. From 7:30pm at Fringe Gallery, 94 Bawdan Street Willagee. If you're worried about getting there, bum a lift with a random poet. More details

Monday 5 December Voicebox celebrates International Human Rights Day (10 Dec) with Afeif Ismail plus Sudanese music and author and Noongar elder Dr Rosemary van den Berg. Plus limited open mike. From 7:30pm at Clancy's Fish Pub, 51 Cantonment Street, Fremantle. $5/$3.

Every Thursday: ‘RawHyde’ variety night at Hyde Park Hotel, cnr Bulwer & Fitzgerald Sts, West Perth. MC Tomás Ford. Music, comedy & spoken word features, plus open mike. Show starts around 9, arrive before that to sign up for open mike. Presented by JumpClimb.