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I woke up with the words ‘a vision splendid’ - I had been dreaming of stars - and it took me a while for the words to find a place:
‘In the murmur of the breezes and the river on its bars,
And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended,
And at night the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars.’ (Clancy of the Overflow)
And I wondered, do they still teach poetry in Australian schools? Australian colonial poetry?
Training deepseek R1 to write a poem in the style of Ariel Riveros, including critical notes. Click image for full text #AustralianPoetry #medicalhumanities
My latest enews includes some upcoming events in Warrane/Sydney, my latest governance article out from behind its paywall, some thoughts on the possibilities and responsibilities of building an online profile, and on solidarity and advocacy as humanity and care.
Read/subscribe at https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/sydney-events-this-week-online-profiles.
#AustralianPoetry #PublicOpenSpace #ArtistBrand #AuthorBrand #Governance #ArtsGovernance #RethinkingArtsGovernance #Advocacy #Ceasefire
Sydney pals. It feels surreal and uncomfortable to even speak of things like book launches when the state of the world is breaking so many hearts. I hope you're all navigating this time as gently as you can. And if you're free, I'd love to see you on 19 November at Better Read Than Dead. Link in bio (or https://www.betterreadevents.com/events/public-open-space-launch-with-kate-larsen).
Clictivist from #PublicOpenSpace. Feeling this all over again this week.
Complicit:
witness
cannot be
enough.
#TinyLittlePoem #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #Clicktivist #Clictivism
My October enews includes tips for having difficult conversations and a call to arts boards to consider their duty of care, as well as my report on the national reading symposium and some of my own writing updates. Read/subscribe at link in bio (or https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/having-difficult-conversations-arts).
#VoiceToParliament #Yes23 #ArtWashing #GreenWashing #ArtsGovernance #ArtsBoards #DutyOfCare #NationalReadingSymposium #DigitalPoetry #AustralianPoetry #PublicOpenSpace
I can’t believe people are saying such lovely things about #PublicOpenSpace. Thanks, drawingonthecreativeprocess. 😍
#Bookshop #BookShopping #PublicOpenSpace #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry
Finding my book in my favourite bookshops is never not going to be a thrill. THANKS, Boffin Books. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNR9KMY7/
#Bookshop #BookShopping #PublicOpenSpace #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry @FremantlePress
Save me… a #TinyLittlePoem from #PublicOpenSpace, out now from @FremantlePress. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNdWx7eD/
In honour of Rupert Murdoch’s retirement this week, here’s an extract from Freedumb from #PublicOpenSpace. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNe7o2U6/
#RupertMurdoch #FoxNews #NewsCorps #FalseNews #Poetry #AustralianPoetry
“Thought-provoking, insightful, heartfelt … this is poetry at its best. A cultural commentary that gives back to the reader in spades. Laughter, tears, a-ha moments galore. A must-read book for 2023.”
Oh my goodness, you guys. It still blows my little mind that people are reading my book. That some of you are writing such lovely things about it? Wow. Just wow. Thank you. So, so grateful.
#AustralianPoetry
#DigitalPoetry #BookReview #Goodreads #AWW2023
#PublicOpenSpace
My words, thoughts and ponderings for September include a link to my latest governance discussion, thoughts on why poetry has bad PR (and why you read more of it than you think), my recent interview with the Fremantle Shipping News and a rant about employers needing to read the room. Read/subscribe https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com.
#ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership #AustralianPoetry #PublicOpenSpace #TheSealeyChallenge #LessIsNecessary #RethinkingArtsLeadership #TimGurner #FutureOfWork #Burnout
Eep. What a thrill! Yep, thats my little green book in BookPeople’s latest reading guide. SQUEE. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLTHdnsd/
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry
#AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #AWW2023
#KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
“Larsen offers a distinctive perspective on topics rooted in feminism yet extending to broader political and interpersonal concerns. Her work guides readers through the complex landscapes of our modern world, urging us to engage in the critical dialogues of our time.”
Huge thanks to Jess and WritingWA for this kind and thoughtful review of #PublicOpenSpace. https://www.writingwa.org/for-readers/book-reviews/public-open-space/
New favourite game: going into bookshops AND FINDING MY OWN BOOK! Hello, Dymocks Hay Street in Boorloo/Perth. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLWUJojV/
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry
#AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #AWW2023
#KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace @fremantlepress
Read with me as i catch up on days 17-20 of #TheSealeyChallenge, which are all by First Nations poets from what we now know as Australia. https://www.tiktok.com/@katelarsenkeys/video/7269913506458193153
#Poetry #AustralianPoetry #PoetryBook #BookReview #BookRecommendation #AWW2023 #WeNeedDiverseBooks
DREAM COME TRUE! Did you know that #PublicOpenSpace is now available in print or ebook form at your local library? Here it is on the front page of Libraries SA’s Libby App. *swoon*
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
Oh, the glamour of published poetdom. In spite of the less-than-fancy setting, I hugely enjoyed my recent chat with Michael at Fremantle Shipping News. You can catch our conversation at https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/2023/07/28/interview-with-kate-larsen-public-open-space.
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
Nothing like bookmail from Fremantle Press. Get 15% when you use the code GIFT2023 at the checkout. https://www.tiktok.com/@katelarsenkeys/video/7268547997284306178
#BookMail #BookHaul #Poetry #AusPoetry #AustralianPoetry #AustraliaPoet #AWW2023 #WeNeedDiverseBooks #PublicOpenSpace
Day 5-10 of #TheSealeyChallenge are all books by Australian poets and publishers (including Maar Bidi from Magabala Books, Sarah Holland-Batt, Scott-Patrick Mitchell and Shastra Deo). https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLgMSPLA/
#Poetry #AusPoetry #AustralianPoetry #AustraliaPoet #AWW2023 #WeNeedDiverseBooks
My (massive) August enews includes loveliness from my #PublicOpenSpace book launches, one last poetry workshop plan, a rant about Zoom fatigue, and a whole lot more. Read/subscribe at link in bio (or https://katelarsenkeys.substack.com/p/the-sealey-challenge-zoom-fatigue).
#Writing #WritingLife #ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership #AustralianPoetry #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace #Poetry #TheSealeyChallenge #RemoteWork #OurHybridFuture
Part 4 of my short video series for teachers, librarians and workshop leaders is full of #creativewriting ideas that combine poetry and technology activities. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLbn9TbS/
#Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #PublicOpenSpace
A few fave pics from Sunday’s #PublicOpenSpace launch at Goodwood Books in Tarntanya/Adelaide, including my very first window display, the amazing #DominicGuerrera and extraordinary @millsjenjen. So grateful.
#Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #AWW2023
Woke up feeling grateful for yesterday’s extraordinary home-town book launch at Goodwood Books in Tarntanya/Adelaide, where I was humbled to share a stage with Sarah Tooth, Dominic Guerrera and @millsjenjen, and was completely overwhelmed by the support of amazing pals and South Aussie poetry lovers. Thank you, thank you, thank you, all. And with that: #PublicOpenSpace is officially and very thoroughly LAUNCHED!
https://www.tiktok.com/@katelarsenkeys/video/7266944195158396162
“Formally clever, politically charged and very moving work” - SWOON! Not only is incredible author (and bestie) @millsjenjen launching my book on Sunday, but she wrote lovely things about it on her blog (https://jennifermills.net.au/2023/08/11/other-books/). Thanks, JM. 😍
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
Days 5-8 of #TheSealeyChallenge are all books by fellow Aussie poets published by Fremantle Press: Andrew Sutherland, Bron Bateman, Nadia Rhook and Barbara Temperton. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLVtKUfF/
#Poetry #PoetryBook #AusPoetry #AustralianPoetry #AustraliaPoet #Reading #AmReading #MyReadingYear #BookReview #BookRecommendation
A hardcopy of the book I did cover and layout for earlier this year has arrived!
As always I don't like to look too closely when things first come back from the printers but the poet is super happy.
#BookDesign #Bookdesigner #BookCover #Poetry #HarryLaing #AustralianPoetry #GraphicDesign
Wow, Melbourne. Way to make a gal feel loved. With double-thanks to the amazing Esther Anatolitis for publishing her extraordinarily thoughtful and generous launch speech on ArtsHub today (https://www.artshub.com.au/news/article/radically-rehumanising-kate-larsens-public-open-space-2652000/).
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
HUGE THANKS to everyone sending me pics of my little book on actual bookshop shelves. Here it is at New Edition Bookshop in Walyalup/Fremantle. Mind BLOWN! 🤯
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
The words we use… a #TinyLittlePoem from #PublicOpenSpace - out now from Fremantle Press (link in bio).
#Writing #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry
Join me and Esther Anatolitis to celebrate the Naarm/Melbourne launch of #PublicOpenSpace at Readings Emporium on Thursday 27/07, with a special guest reading by Bebe Backhouse (link in bio or https://www.readings.com.au/events/poetry-launch-public-open-space).
#Writing #AmWriting #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen #FremantlePress
HAPPY BOOK BIRTH DAY, #PublicOpenSpace! I can’t believe you’re finally out in the world.
Ask for it at your local bookshop or library, or order a copy from the wonderful team at Fremantle Press (https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/public-open-space/).
#Writing #AmWriting #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen #FremantlePress #PublicOpenSpace
This connection does not exist… thrilled to share a #TinyLittlePoem from #PublicOpenSpace, which Fremantle Press will release into the world in LESS THAN A WEEK (EEP!).
#Writing #AmWriting #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #DigitalPoetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen
With ONE MONTH TO GO until Fremantle Press releases my debut poetry collection into the world, you can now pre-order your copy of #PublicOpenSpace at https://larsenkeys.com.au/2023/06/01/public-open-space-pre-orders-now-open.
LOOK AT MY LITTLE POETRY BOOK in the middle of this stack of phenomenal reads from a phenomenal reader. *swoon*
Posted @withregram from Astrid Edwards: BOOKS READ IN MAY: 13. The PhD is f*%king with my reading and I now have glasses. 🫠 A few thoughts.
I am so glad I have started to engage properly with poetry. Omar Sakr and Kate Larsen, thank you! I’ve interviewed both of you for Garret Podcast.
#AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen #PublicOpenSpace
What’s my book about? So glad you asked. 😉 #PublicOpenSpace is out soon from #FremantlePress. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZSL1N9PvY/?t=1
#Writing #AmWriting #AustralianPoetry #AustralianPoet #Poetry #AWW2023 #KateLarsen
What's everyone up to today?
For me, it's dog park, then book design day. Am working with a client I have had for about 15 years. He's a poet and every few years he tracks me down and I get a book ready for print for him. This time he travelled across the country to meet in person. Should have it finalised today!
Images soon.
#GraphicDesign #GraphicDesigners #BookDesign #Poetry #Publishing #AustralianPoetry #DogsOfMastodon #GoldenRetriever
International Haiku Day Event —
Woodend, Victoria, Australia.
Chamber Poets #87
Saturday 15 April 1pm—4pm
Woodend RSL, 32 Anslow Street, Woodend, Victoria
Entry $10/$5
Featuring:
FRINGE MYRTLES HAIKU GROUP
BLACK FOREST SMOKE
OPEN SECTION
After the success of last month’s public celebration of International Women’s Day featuring the famous Castlemaine writer Cate Kennedy, the April Chamber Poets event will celebrate International Haiku Day by featuring the work of Melbourne haiku group Fringe Myrtles. Fringe Myrtles, formed in October 2019 consists of some of the best published haiku poets in Victoria and is led by the president of the Australian Haiku Society, Rob Scott.
#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #FreeHaiku @freehaiku #FringeMyrtles #RobScott #ChamberPoets #AustralianPoetry #Woodend
https://australianhaikusociety.org/2023/04/03/international-haiku-day-in-woodend/
Entries are open to Australian poets for the 2023 Val Vallis Award for unpublished poetry, until Sunday 26 February 2023.
wildlife park
the echidna
paces its cage
~ Lyn Reeves
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #LynReeves #AIArt #Craiyon #Echidna #EchidnaHaiku @freehaiku
Slightly more solid
than the twilight, kangaroos
crossing the firebreak.
~ Andrew Lansdown
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #Kangaroos
Here is a link to another #Haibun * I wrote
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It is about a short bushwalk I took in an area of #GreyBox forest at a place call #Eynesbury, about an hour drive west of #Naarm (#Melbourne, Australia), back in August 2020
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* A haibun could be thought of as a short personal essay that includes a #haiku
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#AustralianHaiku #AustralianPoetry #TheBush #Snakes #BoxWood #Bushwalking
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https://clembyard.com/2020/08/23/eynesbury-grey-box-forest/
Reminder!
(Last days)
Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology – Call for Submissions
Deadline: 1st December 2022
(Please share!)
Further details: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/09/21/fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-call-for-submissions/#more-16376
#Haiku #AustralianHaiku #HaikuOz #AustralianPoetry #AusPoetry
My debut poetry collection #PublicOpenSpace is still more than six months away from publication, but the awkward author promo has already begun.
#Writing #AmWriting #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #fremantlepress
I like to write “haibun”, a Japanese literary form that usually includes a haiku poem with a very short personal essay in prose.
If you’re interested to read an example here is one I wrote in October last year, about #TawnyFrogmouth:
https://clembyard.com/2021/10/08/frogmouth/
#Haiku #Haibun #AustralianHaiku #Poetry #AustralianPoetry #Birds #AustralianBirds #UrbanBirds #NotAnOwl #StrangeBirdsIndeed #HaikuOz
Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology – Call for Submissions
The Australian Haiku Society is excited to announce a call for submissions for the Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology (4AHA) that will showcase the work of poets who are writing haiku in this country today.
Submissions are welcomed by poets who are Australian by nationality or who currently reside here. There are no constraints with respect to form or the inclusion of seasonal references; both haiku and senryu are welcomed and may be published or unpublished.
Submit up to five of your best haiku and/or senryu.
The deadline for submissions is 1st December 2022.
More info on how to submit here: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/09/21/fourth-australian-haiku-anthology-call-for-submissions/
(Please boost so writers of #AustralianHaiku will see and submit)
Australian Haiku Society #HaikuOz announcement:
John Bird Dreaming Award for Haiku 2022
(Please boost for maximum visibility to #haiku lovers!)
Deadline: 1st March 2023
Entry Fee: None
Prizes: The first three place getters will receive an original ink painting featuring their winning haiku by renowned Australian artist and poet, Ron C. Moss. The prize-winning haiku plus those awarded Honourable Mentions will be announced on the Australian Haiku Society website on 1st May 2023.
Submissions details here: https://australianhaikusociety.org/2022/10/31/john-bird-dreaming-award-for-haiku-2022/
Background: The award has special meaning this year in the wake of the sad passing of John Bird earlier this year. John was a highly respected haiku poet who instigated and developed the Australian Haiku Society, bringing together haiku poets from around the country with the mission to encourage and promote the enjoyment of haiku.
Hi Mastodon,
I’m a #CancerNurse and I write #Haiku and #Haibun here in #Naarm (#Melbourne, #Australia).
I write a #blog about #AustralianHaiku at ClemByard.com and I’m the Assistant Secretary of #HaikuOz
Other interests:
#aiart
#poetry
#australianpoetry
#australianhistory
#australianfilm
#psychedelicmusic
#oncology
#nursing
#supportivecare
#GothicFiction
#DetectiveFiction
#surrealism
#psychotherapy
#AFL
#SuperCoach
#AFLSuperCoach
#recipes