Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Sydney Writers Festival News




Something Lyrical In The Everyday - Poetry On Cleaning Trucks

This year Sydney Writers’ Festival is presenting poetry somewhere rather unusual – on City of Sydney street cleaning trucks.
People going about their business might suddenly come across poetry where they least expect it, bringing a bit of lyricism to the everyday.
There are 11 trucks in total with 19 poems and extracts, ranging from Rilke, Yeats, Judith Wright, Martin Harrison and Joanne Burns.
The poetry has been curated by Luke Davies, the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning poet who will be at this year’s Festival. Luke chose poems ‘that stop you in your tracks, and are utterly unlike the advertising copy that litters the verbal landscape’.
More widely this year at Sydney Writers’ Festival, there’s lots of great poetry. We have two of the world’s greatest performance poets Kate Tempest and Anis Modjani, a range of extraordinary Australian poets, and the wonderful Dermot Healy speaks with Luke Davies. 
On Twitter? Snap a photo of a poem on the cleansing trucks that has inspired your day and hashtag #SWFPoetrytrucks

Women On The Run

Australian authors Michael Robotham (Say You’re Sorry) and Tara Moss (Assassin), and South Africa's Lauren Beukes (The Shining Girls) all have one thing in common: they have put their female protagonists in grave danger. Do these feisty femmes manage to outwit their pursuers and escape from their novels alive? Find out in this compelling session with Matthew Condon, speaking to three of the best thriller writers in the business.
When: Friday, May 24 2013 4-5pm
Where: Pier 2/3 Main Stage, Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Cost: $20/$14
Bookings: 9250 1988 or BOOK NOW





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