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Friday, May 20, 2011

Featured Event

SWF: Harbour City Poets

May 20, 2011 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm – Bangarra Mezzanine, Pier 4/5 This reading will be dedicated to the memory of Kerry Leves & several of his poems will be read on the day.An interactive performance by the Sydney-based group Harbour City Poets featuring all-ne… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: swf, festival, reading, performance

Sydney Writers' Festival 2011

May 16, 2011 to May 22, 2011 – Sydney Just in case you were thinking of doing something else at this time of year. View the SWF Poetry Events Organized by SWF | Type: reading, performance, festival, swf
SWF: Poetry Bridge

May 20, 2011 from 10am to 11am – Bangarra Mezzanine, Pier 4/5 Is poetry at risk when it travels? Zafer Şenocak and Kei Miller read their poems and tell Susan Hayes about the journey their words make across borders of geography, culture and language.Zafer Şenoca… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: swf, festival, reading, discussion
SWF: The Lost Poetry of Francis Webb

May 20, 2011 from 1pm to 2pm – Sydney Philharmonia Choir Studio One of Australia’s foremost but often forgotten poets, whose works have been described by Les Murray as “the gold standard by which complex poetic language has been judged”, is now finally being reco… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival, discussion
SWF: Did I Say That?

May 20, 2011 from 1pm to 2pm – Sydney Theatre The ideas and stories of Amara Lakhous, Zafer Şenocak and Kader Abdolah make a long journey. Each of them writes in a language other than their mother tongue, and their books are then translated into… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival, discussion
SWF: Postcards from the Frontier

May 20, 2011 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm – Sydney Philharmonia Choir Studio Is regional arts the clumsy younger cousin of the urban cultural elite or an untapped site of cultural innovation and imagining? Poet Kelly-lee Hickey and novelist Jennifer Mills, both from Alice Spr… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival, discussion
SWF: Rocket Readings

May 20, 2011 from 6pm to 8pm – The Phoenix Theatre Poetry readings with special guests Kei Miller and Linda Godfrey plus the Rocket Readings open-mic section, hosted by Sally Evans.Presented by South Coast Writers’ Centre and supported by Arts NSW an… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival, open mic, out of town, wollongong
SWF: Ancestral Learnings - Shaping Our Identities

May 20, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm – Blacktown Arts Centre A panel of Indigenous writers examine how their identities as writers have been shaped by their ancestral links and their understanding of the past. Leanne Tobin discusses the theatre script she is d… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: swf, festival, panel, discussion
SWF: Rives

May 20, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm – Riverside Theatre Storyteller and poet Rives has amassed fans all around the world from his appearances on HBO’s ‘Def Poetry Jam’ and on TED. He works at romance, wordplay, multi-media, impromptu jokes and live perfor… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: performance
SWF: This country anytime anywhere

May 20, 2011 from 8pm to 9pm – Blacktown Arts Centre Join us for an evening of bilingual readings from the Indigenous poetry anthology, ‘This country anytime anywhere: an Anthology of New Indigenous Writing from the Northern Territory’. This anthology… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival
SWF: Late Nights at Number One - Tranter, Burns, Edwards

May 20, 2011 from 9:30pm to 11:30pm – Number One Wine Bar Enjoy a post-event drink or bite and listen to joanne burns, John Tranter and Chris Edwards read their poetry at the contemporary and relaxed Quayside wine bar, Number One (numberonewinebar.com). You… Organized by Sydney Writers Festival | Type: reading, swf, festival