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23.01.2022 Dear Authora Australis Members,

22.01.2022 Mark this one in your diary!

20.01.2022 This is the Barham Balladeers program, as amended due to covid. cluBarham did a great job under trying conditions. Thank you!

19.01.2022 The fabulous line up continues with Tidal Moon! "Acoustic ripples upon a sea of imagination - Classical/Celtic meet Folk/Country. ... Barbara Jeffrey and Jose Garcia combine a hybrid Celtic/Paraguayan harp and soaring soprano vocals with the timbre of baritone vocals, guitar, flute and bodhran. Beautiful traditional, original and contemporary music.

19.01.2022 A most excellent afternoon Sunday gone with Binalong folk and friends in our first painting at the pub workshop. Beautiful creations and a beautiful atmosphere ...with the afternoon sun drying all the artworks! Well done all. Thanks to Binalong arts group workshop people: Lizz Murphy and Julie Weymouth. Thanks also to Julie Patterson and family from the pub. Thomas Duffy for always lending a hand. Xx See more

19.01.2022 Was it really only last weekend I enjoyed my final concert for what seems as if it will be a very long time? It seems as if the world has turned on a five cent piece. The Concert for Cobargo was a wonderful community event - a great memory to carry into this time of social distancing and self-isolation. So, we will grit our teeth and remind ourselves that, eventually, we'll reach the other side. Sending love and good thoughts to all my poetry buddies who are doing it tough xxx

13.01.2022 Really looking forward to this concert. It's got the trifecta... great music, poetry and an excellent cause.

13.01.2022 Blackened Billy presentations, including video of the reading of the winning poem (in part)... Congratulations to dynamo Janine Keating, who made it all happen in a very short time frame. Also congratulations to Catherine Lee (winner), Shelley Hansen (2nd and 3rd) and all the HCs and C. And well done to Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival 2020, who saw the potential and embraced this iconic competition.

11.01.2022 Another local artist, Robyn Sykes, will be joining us at the Concert for Cobargo! Robyn Sykes sculpts words using metaphors, metre, similes, rhyme and more. Co...me with the Australian Champion Bush Poet on a tantalising trip through versatile verse. Laughs galore! Authentic Aussie entertainment <3

11.01.2022 Of course this applies to poetry too!

11.01.2022 What a great Poets’ Breakfast we had at Barham Balladeers. Lots of laughs and audience participation. We missed our Victorian friends who were locked down and couldn’t get to our lovely brekky. Our hearts go out to you Hopefully next time!

10.01.2022 I’m delighted with my results in the Nandewar Poetry Competition. Thank you to organisers including Max Pringle and judge John Peel. This is one of the few comps where previously published poems are accepted. "From waltz to rock'n'roll was previously published in Not Very Quiet Issue 5.

09.01.2022 Don't forget . . . Submissions for our 2021 festival are now open! The festival will run from Friday June 18 to Sunday June 20 and will include creative worksho...ps, a Family Fun Day, and over thirty events celebrating storytelling in all its forms. In addition, the Schools Program runs in the week leading up to the main festival from Tuesday June 15 to Friday June 18. StoryFest welcomes submissions from artists, filmmakers, storytellers, writers, musicians, and performers of all kinds. We are also interested in talking to people with proven skills in facilitating events, MC-ing, or similar in the festival environment. So go on, surprise us! Pitch us an event idea, spruik your credentials, open our eyes to the limitless possibilities of storytelling. True stories, made-up ones, perhaps a light shone on little known or seldom explored facts about our world; we welcome all suggestions.

09.01.2022 It isn't long until the Concert for Cobargo - have you got your tickets yet?? If not, head on down to Comur House to secure your seats! We have a great line up ...of artists, including local singer/songwriter, Daniel Kelly. Daniel writes and plays ballads from the Irish, Scottish and English traditions along with original material in the folk ballad style. Daniel’s fourth album was a set of original ballads written about the Yass Valley region, with some of the songs focusing on the strong connection Yass has to Ireland. Check out his Facebook / social media pages for more info! Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ozfolklounge/ ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/danielkelly8/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/folklounge

08.01.2022 The 30th Annual Blackened Billy Verse Competition Awards were announced in a ceremony this morning at Duntryleague Orange. Congratulations to all Award Winners.... MC Carol Heuchan led proceedings with a message about the importance of writing competitions, and the merit of the use of rank order and judging panels. A reflection of past winners over the 29 year history concluded with Carol's vibrant recital of Milton Taylor's 1st Blackened Billy Award Winning poem 'The Saga of Cecil'. 2020 entrant Caroline Tuohey delighted the audience with her recital of 'I've Never Won a Raffle'. Robyn Sykes read Catherine Lee's 2020 Blackened Billy winner 'The Wanderers' with superb characterisation and emotion. This is Catherine's 3rd Blackened Billy win. Robyn later recited her Commended entry in this year's competition, after echoing Carol's call for quality Australian bush poetry writing competitions. Robyn stated that great poetry performance relies on quality writing. Like so many in the bush poetry family of Australia, Robyn expressed sincere gratitude to Duntryleague for supporting this year's competition, and ensuring it continues as an annual event. Attendees enjoyed lovely refreshments and each other's company as they took time to interact after the event. Congratulations to all Award winners, and thanks to all entrants who supported this prestigious Competition. A sincere thank you also to our panel of 3 adjudicators. Results of the 2020 Blackened Billy Verse Competition 1st Place Catherine Lee. The Wanderers 2nd Place Shelley Hansen. Lawson's Legacy 3rd Place Shelley Hansen. My Singing Garden Highly Commended Jim Kennedy. One Silent Night Peter O'Shaughnessy. The Last Mob Down the Canning David Campbell. Judgement Day Shelley Hansen. The Trial of Harry Redford Jim Kennedy. George - Anzac Day, 1955 Commended David Judge. The Miner and his Mates Jim Kennedy. No Known Grave Robyn Sykes. When the Stretcher Bearers Died David Campbell. Reach for the Sky David Judge. Settlers' Dreams Adjudicators - Noel Stallard OAM, Brenda Joy Pritchard, Tom McIlveen Entries for the 31st Annual Blackened Billy Verse Competition will open on 1 September 2020.

06.01.2022 Another fabulous performer who will be sharing his talents with us at the Concert for Cobargo is Jeff Brown - harmonica player extraordinaire! Jeff began playi...ng harmonica in his early teens. Since 1979 he has regularly played in bush and folk bands, as well as classical groups, duos and with some country bands. Jeff has a passion for Celtic music, playing regularly at the Celtic sessions at the Goulburn Bush Traditions and at many festivals. He has taught beginner and advanced harmonica courses at colleges, schools and TAFE for over 20 years.

04.01.2022 This is one of my climate change poems, From waltz to rock'n'roll. Performed at Smith's Alternative, Canberra, last night.

03.01.2022 Here's poem four for my poetry marathon #PeetMeNotLeave... The challenge is: 8 days, 8 poems, 8 invites. Selected poems will be translated and included in The R...ussian Almanac anthology. Thanks to Lizz Murphy and Sarah St Vincent Welch for inviting me to the challenge, and to Joan Radford for requesting some humorous poems. I invite Sue Pearce to the challenge (if you would like to...). As you can see in the photo, the canola is spectacular at the moment - and so is the Paterson's Curse. Cinderella Paddocks By Robyn Sykes A warm breeze wafts the winter out and breathes away the cold. The Cinderella paddocks dance in frocks of fairy gold. But their perfume clogs my sinus, smells like cabbage on the boil, so I sneeze and curse canola and switch to olive oil. Robyn Sykes 2014 See more

02.01.2022 We are so excited for this fabulous concert! We promise to post again about it when it’s not just past midnight on a week day! Until then - please be excited wi...th us!!! Wonderful cause with fabulous musicians in a magical space!!! Please buy your tickets to support this worthy cause See more

01.01.2022 Wednesday's Poa Tree event was blessed with beautiful weather and delightful musical entertainment by Chloe & Jason Roweth. Guests enjoyed tasty platters of lo...cal cheese, meat and fruit, with bar service including Orange region wines. Hosts Duntryleague Golf Course provided an awesome venue for poets to let loose in the great outdoors. Great raffle prizes included an annual subscription to R.M.Williams OUTBACK magazine, which features poetry in every issue. Other prizes included wonderful books by Akubra Hats, R.M. Williams Publishing, Irish Joe Lynch and Caroline Tuohey, along with CDs from Irish Joe and Carol Heuchan. A wonderful afternoon was enjoyed by all. Odds are the first Poa Tree event will not be the last See more