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Brett Whiteley Studio Reading with Rae Desmond Jones

Event Details

Time: October 24, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm
Location: Brett Whiteley Studio
Street: 2 Raper Street, (off Devonshire Street and Esther Lane)
City/Town: Surry Hills
Phone: 0434 898 578
Event Type: reading, open mic
Organized By: Angela Stretch
Latest Activity: Oct 14, 2010

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Event Description

Rae Desmond Jones was born in the mining town of Broken Hill in the far west of New South Wales. Although many of his poems and stories are concerned with urban experience, he has always felt that desert landscapes are central to his language and perception.

He was mayor of Ashfield, an inner Sydney Municipality, from 2004 to 2006, and during that period, held together a broad coalition of Labor Party, Green and Independent representatives.

His volume of poetry Blow out was published by Island Press in 2008.