• Chair of Australian Poetry Chris Wallace-Crabbe (pictured) received an Order of Australia on Monday "for services to the arts as a leading poet and educator".
• Michelle Cahill posts about her upcoming book Vishvarūpa (has now posted here too)
• Johanna Featherstone reflects on the Red Room Company's Carved Trees project (on the Spunc blog)
• Jonathan Shaw comments on Judith Brett's piece 'Fair Share Country and city in Au... (Quarterly Essay 42).
• Justin Lowe's Bloomsday post
• Australian Poetry Slam heats are under way from June. The NSW State Final is on in November.
• Stand aside! the Rhymer of Ryde is having a crack at the Sydney City Poet gig (you should all still have a really good go too).
• Meanwhile, Auburn is looking for a Poet Laureate
• Going Down Swinging launched a new digital presence with GDS #31. 'Digital' means a website, an app, a CD and a book! All your fingers will have something to do!
• Emily Zoey Baker discusses slams in the Age.
• DailyPoetics is a visual poetry group on DeviantArt (image below from member ~pinxi-tinxi)

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REVIEWS

• Sandra Burr reviews Claire Potter's Swallow
• Jay Daniel Thompson reviews Robyn Rowland's Seasons of Doubt and Burning: New and Selected Poems
• Amelia Walker reviews David McCooey and Cameron Lowe