LE MADONNE POETRY READING

LE MADONNE
POETRY READING
SUNDAY 16 JULY, 2006 2PM-4PM

A STELLAR LINE UP OF ITALO/AUSTRALIAN WOMEN
     Each presenter is bilingual, and will be able to engage with the        
     audience in both English and Italian.

Laura Ancilli, academic and broadcaster at SBS Radio will offer a  visual presentation  titled: Italian print advertising: how the language has  changed over the last 35 years to accommodate “globalization”

Josephine Eberhard, actress, writer and playwright will offer poetry in English and Italian by Emily Dickinson.

Marisa Fazio, poet, singer, and teacher will present her own unique poetry in English and in Sicilian.

Josephine Gargano – Carey, is a Dante enthusiast and a poet, will present her own thought provoking poetry in English and in Italian.

Gabriella G-Hubbard, journalist and actress will give voice to the poetry of Eugenio Montale.

At Rinaldi Gallery 334 Victoria Street Brunswick
Tel: 9380 4624
Cost: $7/$10 at door

Bulayt bulayt: World Poetry’s first book

Just six months after “In Other Words”, its inaugural festival of poetry in translation, World Poetry proudly presented another first: an anthology of poetry from four poets writing in languages other than English. Two of the poets, Bruce Pascoe and Vanessa Fisher, are indigenous Australians who write in their respective languages and in English. Of the other two poets, Cristina Neesham is Romanian and Hidayet Ceylan comes from Turkey. Read the rest of this entry »