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Tasmania - 2008/2009

James — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:35:53 +0000

Jane and I were fortunate enough to spend two weeks traveling around Tasmania over Xmas 08/09, with our first week spent with my extended family (namely our relatives from Switzerland), the rest on our own. For the second week, Jane and I were based mainly in North Western Tasmania. That’s when a cold front swept [...]

Poetry ‘Beyond text’: major research grant

James — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:21:11 +0000

Browsing through the Electronic Literature Organisation’s website today, I was stunned to find the following piece of news: British Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded a major grant (Â£440,000 over 2 years) to â€˜Poetry Beyond Text,â€™ which will include investigations into â€œdigital poetry, books of poetry and photography, artistsâ€™ books and concrete and pattern [...]

Conversions: an exhibition of poetry in translation

James — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:09:50 +0000

From March to July 2008, I was fortunate enough to be the Bookwormâ€™s first writer-in-residence, based in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu, China. This was enabled by an Asialink Literature Residency, funded jointly by Arts NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts. Apart from a number of new poems, some of which have been published [...]

What I am reading: Louise GlÃ¼ck

James — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:15:51 +0000

Jane has introduced me to the wonders of American poet Louise GlÃ¼ck through her collected First Five Books of Poems (Carcanet), which as the title suggests collects in their entirety her first five books. There is such a marvelous sense of control and understatement at play in these works, especially the earlier pieces. My favourite [...]

Shanghai May 2008

James — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:55:50 +0000

Well, here it is, the first step of a new look c-side - well same look really but with a few more bits and pieces and hopefully regular updates. Some pictures from my recent trip to China.

2008 Australian Poetry Festival - 5-7 September

James — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:21:02 +0000

The 2008 Australian Poetry Festival State of Play gets underway tonight with a cocktail party followed by a weekend of poetry seminars, discussions and readings, as well as a few book launches. You can get all the information you need at the Poets Union website. The critic and academic Peter Pierce has written â€˜this is â€” [...]

The Homeless Gods - Oriental Society of Australia - 17 December 2007

James — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:36:58 +0000

The Oriental Society, the oldest society in Australia promoting Asian Studies, is hosting a seminar by James Stuart, discussing the creative processes and historical research behind online poem-worldThe Homeless Gods. Speaker: James Stuart Presentation Title: The Homeless Gods: exploring ancient Mesopotamia Date: Monday 17th December 2007 Time: 5.30pm to 6.30pm Venue: Quadrangle Building Room S421,The University of Sydney (access via [...]

Sydney poetry readings - October 2007

James — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:43:35 +0000

There are two excellent poetry readings coming up in Sydney in the coming weeks. First, on Friday 26 October we have the long-awaited return of the Loft Readings, featuring “A Triptych of Australian Poetry Talent”, namely Samuel Wagan Watson, Judith Beveridge and Stuart Cook. Second, on Sunday 28 October we have the Brett Whitely Readings, featuring the [...]

The Homeless Gods: latest update

James — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:53:06 +0000

The Homeless Gods has been updated.

Visit the lands of The Homeless Gods

James — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:09:23 +0000

Newly opened are the gates of New Eridu, in the lands of The Homeless Gods. Here dwell the fallen gods of Mesopotamia. This poem-world takes the form of an interactive flash animation map, an interface akin to adventure games such as Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights. www.thehomelessgods.net More about The Homeless Gods The Homeless Gods is an interactive poem-world. [...]

The Material Poem: an e-anthology

James — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:28:39 +0000

THE MATERIAL POEM an e-anthology of text-based art & inter-media writing The Material Poem is a new e-anthology, edited by James Stuart and published by non-generic productions. It features the work of some 28 Australian poets, artists and critics, all of whom are engaged with poetry, and more broadly language, as a material form. This body of work [...]

Patrick White Events in 2007

James — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:19:12 +0000

2007 sees two major Patrick White symposiums take place, in Canberra and Sydney respectively. The first is a one day event at the National Library of Australia while the second is a conference held just prior the Sydney Writers Festival. NLA PATRICK WHITE DAY The National Library of Australia will hold a Patrick White Day at [...]

BOOK OF THE MONTH: Picnic by Fay Zwicky

James — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:58:19 +0000

Giramando Publishing This month on c-side we feature Picnic, the new collection from veteran poetess Fay Zwicky. Zwicky has been publishing since the 1970s and Picnic is her 6th book of poems. These are poems presented with the moral certainty and concern for humanist values for which she has been renowned. There is also the continuation [...]

ARTLINK LAUNCH THE WORD AS ART ISSUE

James — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:45:53 +0000

The stunning, newly opened State Library of Queensland will host the launch of art quarterly Artlinkâ€™s first issue for 2007, The Word As Art. The launch will be held at SLQ auditorium 1 on Wednesday 14 March â€“ 6pm. Speakers include artist Richard Bell, writer and curator Timothy Morrell and academic Professor Pat Hoffie. The flyer can [...]

TRIPTYCH â€™06 â€“ POETRY, ART, MUSIC

James — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:46:23 +0000

Wednesday 29 November sees an ambitious project come to life here in Sydney: Triptych 2006. Triptych will feature collaborations between 9 different teams of poets, artists and composers – all as part of a one-night FREE performance at UNSW. Details are as follows: 7:30pm, Wed 29th November 2006Sir John Clancy AuditoriumGate 9, High Street,University of NSW, Kensington Poets [...]

BOOK OF THE MONTH â€“ Silence & its tongues by Robyn Rowland

James — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:36:48 +0000

Five Islands Press, 2006 Following on from Luke Beesley’s Lemon Shark earlier this year, we are happy to announce Robyn Rowland’s Silence & its tongues as c-side’s book of the month for November 2006. Rowland’s book represents a return to more traditional lyric roots, where the personal becomes the driver of the poetic. Her work ranges across [...]

2006 NEWCASTLE POETRY PRIZE ANNOUNCED

James — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:21:40 +0000

Winners for Australia’s richest poetry prize were announced at a ceremony at the Newcastle Regional Gallery on Saturday 25 November. Congratulations to Nathan Sheperdson (winner - open section), Judy Johnson (winner – local poet award and highly-commended in open section) and Phillip Norton (winner – new media category)! The full list of winners, commendations and anthology [...]

2006 Australian Poetry Festival â€“ 9-10 September

James — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:02:04 +0000

The 5th Australian Poetry Festival takes place this weekend, September 9-10, at Sydney Grammar School, just opposite verdant Hyde Park. The â€œheadline poetâ€ of this biennial event is 2005 TS Eliot Prize winner George Szirtes, a Hungarian-born poet who now lives in England. Other notables include Rosemary Huisman, Jill Jones, Joanne Burns, Judith Beveridge, Robert Adamson [...]

Wanderlust: Artists Books Exhibition

James — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:58:50 +0000

Sydney-siders (or very interested parties) may wish to look at this exhibition of artists books at the Art Gallery of NSW. This exhibition examines the process of notation by two artists of their travels in Australia and overseas. There is a questioning of the forms such books may take and the many approaches to expressing [...]

IVY ALVAREZ: Postcard Poems

James — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:15:06 +0000

Ivy Alvarez, an Australian poet currently living in Wales, has created these colourful and lyrical postcards. Originally published as part of the magazine Verse in issue 2005.2 of c-side, we feature them again here for your perusal. Visit Part 1 or Part 2.