Thursday, 22 December 2022

souvenir of the FIFTH ANNUAL POETS' PICNIC - smallest yet! (i.e. manageable)

 

5th Annual Poets’ Picnic at Markwell

 

from 1 pm on Sunday 18th December, 2022

at 878 Markwell Rd, Markwell, 2423

 

followed by dinner at the Bowlo in Bulahdelah

 

we are ‘soft launching’ eight new books:

 


 

Getting there:

 

Follow Stroud St (the main street) out of Bulahdelah … it becomes Markwell Rd… stay on the tar for 8.78 kms (i.e. do not go on the Back Road, it’s the wrong side of the river). Our driveway is the first on the right after the Markwell sign… the little brown dairy fading into the bushes is the closest building to the road for a long way, so hard to miss. Please park at the top of the block or on the side of the road, allowing others access in and out.

 

 



 

BRING

picknickables (soda pop, water cress, blanket and bears)

mozzie repellant, sunblock, hat, towel, toga, togs

sturdy footwear, brolly, camping chair (as appropriate)

 

People who are staying at Markwell know who they are and know to bring their own sheets and towels, etc.


the Picnic Launch Rundown

 

1 – 2pm – picnic time

 

2 – 2.45 – First Launch Session

 

M/C: Kit Kelen

Welcome and acknowledgement of country

Maggie Ball launches Sophia Wilson’s Sea Skins

Brian Purcell launches D.G. Lloyd’s Alive in Dubbo

 

a brief musical interlude – Nikki and Michael

 

3 – 4 – Second Launch Session

M/C Maggie Ball

Jean Kent launches Jill McKeowen’s Sunday Morning Here

Steve Armstrong launches Kevin Smith’s Another Day

Kit Kelen launches Yannis Rentzos’ Divertente

 

a brief musical interlude – the Markwell Hi-Cats

 

4.15 – 5 – Third launch session

M/C: Gillian Swain

Chris Mansell launches Angie Contini’s Fierce

Josh Stenberg launches Richard James Allen’s Text Messages from the Universe

 

perhaps a little jamming after five?

 

Note that the bell may be rung to summon the punters

 

Dinner at the Bowlo in town after, for the willing

 

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and some pictures from the picnic (mainly by Yannis Dramitinos, 

but some by Martin Kent, Sophia Wilson and me)


  

















































































 



remembering Jill McKeowen 




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