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Pardalote Poets will be involved with many events and readings over the next few months, especially during the Tasmanian Living Writers' Week celebrations.

2008 Tasmanian Book Fair

Sunday 24 August 2008, 10am - 4pm, IXL Atrium, Hunter Street, Hobart. Pardalote Press will have its many outstanding poetry titles on display and available for purchase.

A highlight of the Book Fair will be the launch by Dr Pete Hay of Karen Knight's award-winning collection, Postcards from the Asylum. 1.30 pm.

'Isle of Poets'

Karen will also be a guest on the panel 'Isle of Poets', along with James Charlton (So Much Light), Esther Ottaway and Sarah Day. Sunday 24 August 2008, 2.15 pm at the Henry Jones Art Hotel, 25 Hunter St, Hobart

Interactive talk: "The Ruin of Contemporary Poetry"

Earlier that day - Sun 24 August 2008 at 10 am, you can hear James Charlton's interactive talk, "The Ruin of Contemporary Poetry" over coffee and a light breakfast in Fullers AfterWord Café - 140 Collins Street, Hobart. Charlton's talk will begin with a look at what is perhaps the most famous Russian icon painted 500 years ago by Andrei Rublev. info@fullersbookshop.com.au

Gina Mercer at the 2008 Queensland Poetry Festival

Gina Mercer will be one of the featured guest readers at the 2008 Queensland Poetry Festival: Spoken in One Strange Word which will be held in Brisbane 22nd -24th August. Immediately after that she will fly to Sydney to take up a position as writer-in-residence at Macquarie University (Mon 25th August - Friday 12th September). While at Macquarie University she will give readings, lectures, workshops and individual consultations with creative writing students.

Ron Moss at the 2008 Queensland Poetry Festival and exhibition

Ron Moss (Watersmeet) will also be a guest at The Queensland Poetry Festival and, with the other Tasmanian haiku poets, will have work featured in a haiga collaboration with Hunter Island Press. The exhibition, Breath Marks, a display of haiga: a combination of haiku and image that captures a moment of being in words and art. Rosny Library Foyer, Bligh Street, Rosny 11th - 23rd August.

Writers' Block/Mixed Emulsion

15 - 24 August: Many of the Watersmeet poets are featured in a collaboration, Writers' Block/Mixed Emulsion between the artists from the 2008 TAFE Printmaking and Photography Studios and Eastern Shore Writers at the Schoolhouse Gallery and Barn, Rosny Farm, Rosny Hill Rd, Tasmania.

Zen Zone - a Haiga exhibition

Jodie Hawthorne (Watching Pilgrims, Watching Me) will also have a haiga exhibition during Tasmanian Living Writers' Week.
Zen Zone - a Haiga exhibition 15th-24th August
Opening Night of exhibit: 6.30-8.30pm @ Entally Estate, Hadspen

Haiku workshops

Jodie will also be giving haiku workshops at Entally Estate on Wednesday 20th August at 11am and Saturday 23rd August at 11am

Launch of facepack

15th August 5.30 pm - Colville Street Art Gallery 54 Colville Street, Battery Point, Tasmania. Sarah Day will launch Sue Moss's facepack. Pardalote Press is proud to offer Sue's facepack as a hosted title on this site.

Ian Johnston at the Poetry Discussion Group

17th September 2-4pm Ian Johnston will be the guest speaker at the Poetry Discussion Group, Adult Education, Church St North Hobart. Ian will speak about translating Chinese poetry and read from Singing of Scented Grass: verses from the Chinese, and his new work in progress - Waiting for the Owl. For more information, contact Megan Schaffner:

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