Nine Australian poets have responded to nine paintings in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery collection. Join poets Ivy Ireland, Anthony Lawrence and Mark Tredinnick as they read their poems and launch the exhibition.
Poets Paint Words II is curated by Peter Minter and Lisa Slade, in conjunction with Sydney Writers’ Festival.
ANTHONY LAWRENCE (LOCAL) ANTHONY LAWRENCE has published 12 books of poems. His most recent collection, Bark, was shortlisted for the 2008 Judith Wright Calanthe Award and The Age Book of the Year Awards. His individual poems and books have won many major awards, and his poetry has been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish and Slovenian. The Welfare of my Enemy, a verse novel, is forthcoming. He is currently completing a PhD on the poetry of Richard Hugo.
IVY IRELAND (LOCAL) IVY IRELAND is a PhD student and casual lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle. Ivy was one of the Poets' Union Australian Young Poets Fellows in 2007, which culminated in the launch of her first book, Incidental Complications. Ivy has a penchant for mysticism, cosmology and cabaret, and is often found performing as a harpist, magician's assistant, tap dancer and spoken-word artist.
MARK TREDINNICK (LOCAL) MARK TREDINNICK is a poet, essayist and writing teacher. He lives and writes in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, where he runs the Cowshed Classes. Much of Mark’s writing engages with landscape and literature - with the syntax of places and the ecology of paragraphs. Mark’s awards include the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the Blake Poetry Prize, the Calibre Essay Prize and the Wildcare Nature Writing Prize. His seven books include The Land’s Wild Music, The Little Red Writing Book, The Little Green Grammar Book, The Road South and The Blue Plateau.
marktredinnick.com.au
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