Please join PULP for the launch of Ruin the new poetry collection by Roberta Lowing, to be launched by Meanjin Poetry Editor, Judith Beveridge.

Roberta Lowing is the former film reviewer for The Sun-Herald newspaper and a Sunday Age contributor.

Since 2006 Roberta has hosted PoetryUnLimitedPress’s readings. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, Blue Dog and Overland. Her first novel, Notorious, has just been published.

PoetryUnLimitedPress is test-running a new venue for PULP’s regular monthly Readings.
Please join us for drinks and the launch of Roberta Lowing’s Ruin, a sequence on the Iraq War, to be launched by Meanjin Poetry Editor Judith Beveridge, and followed by an abbreviated Open Mic Competition:

MONDAY NOVEMBER 15
...6 – 8pm
Upstairs at The Harold Park Hotel
corner Ross and Wigram Streets Glebe

DRINKS from 6pm
OPEN MIC READING LIST list opens at 6.15pm until filled
LAUNCH 6.30pm
OPEN MIC COMPETITION 7.30pm
* * * FREE ENTRY

NO RSVP NEEDED BUT YOU CAN PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF RUIN
BY RETURN EMAIL for $20, to be collected on the night.
(Books on sale on the night for $24.95).

FURTHER DETAILS:
6 for 6.30pm: DRINKS AND POETRY LAUNCH
Meanjin Journal Poetry Editor Judith Beveridge will launch Ruin, the new collection of poetry from Roberta Lowing. Roberta is the former film reviewer for Fairfax Media’s The Sun-Herald newspaper and a Sunday Age contributor. Since 2006, Roberta has hosted Sydney's PoetryUnLimitedPress poetry readings. Her work has appeared in Meanjin, Blue Dog and Overland. Her first novel, Notorious, has just been published by Allen & Unwin.

7PM: DRINKS
7.30PM: OPEN MIC POETRY COMPETITION (maximum two minute limit per reader, FREE ENTRY). The Open Mic reading list will be open from 6.15pm.
8PM: CLOSE

* * * You can also enjoy the Hotel's two-for-one special meal offer that night. Parking in surrounding streets, especially Wigram Road. Buses (370, 433) stop near Hotel. Or walk down from Glebe Point Road (alight at the Library) or from Parramatta Road (alight Officeworks/Sydney Uni gate). Hotel has good disabled access (lift and toilet); ground floor bar staff will direct you to the lift. For details on the hotel’s food/wine menu, etc, please see: www.haroldparkhotel.com.au