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My Fair Lady
Opera Australia and producer John Frost have recruited a stellar cast for the August production of Lerner and Loewe's masterpiece 'My Fair Lady', to be directed by Julie Andrews, the original Eliza Doolittle. Eliza will be performed by Anna O'Byrne. Alex Jennings – thrice an Olivier Award winner, and fresh from playing Alan Bennett in The Lady in the Van – will play the insuffera ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Jill Jones reads two poems, 'Memory Lapses and Clues, or Don't Forget to Remember' and 'Bent', which both feature in the 2016 South Australian anthology.
Memory Lapses and Clues, or Don't Forget to Remember
Amongst discarded data, twigs,plastic containers, fingernails –'The unconscious, at all events,knows ... (read more)
In this episode of the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Elizabeth Allen introduces the 2016 New South Wales poets: Fiona Wright, David Malouf, Kate Middleton, Pam Brown, Susie Anderson, and Toby Fitch.
You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here. ... (read more)
States of Poetry 2016 Podcast | State editor Lucy Dougan introduces the Western Australian anthology
In this episode of the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Lucy Dougan introduces the 2016 Western Australian poets: Barbara Temperton, Charmaine Papertalk Green, Carolyn Abbs, Graham Kershaw, JP Quinton, and Kia Groom.
You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here. ... (read more)
In this episode of the Australian Book Review's States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Felicity Plunkett introduces the 2016 Queensland poets: Nathan Shepherdson, Ellen van Neerven, Lionel Forgarty, MTC Cronin, Sarah Holland-Batt, and Stuart Barnes.
You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here. ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Francesca Sasnaitis introduces Kate Llewellyn who reads her poem 'Oxytocin' which features in the 2016 South Australian anthology.
Oxytocin
On this bright morninga cruel wind is up.I don't care –last night I strode among the stars.Black swan shelter in the sandhills' lee,while pelicans stand preeningon the ... (read more)
In this episode of 'Poem of the Week' Ali Alizadeh reads 'I ♥ (this) Life?'. ABR Editor, Peter Rose, introduces Ali who then reads and discusses his poem.
I ♥ this life (?)
For every $10 &n ... (read more)
Vale David Page
Arts Update was saddened to hear of the death of Bangarra Dance Theatre's award-winning music director David Page, brother of artistic director Stephen Page, earlier this week at the age of fifty-five. Page began his career at Bangarra in 1991 and over the next twenty-five years created the music for twenty-seven of their pieces. Among his many achievements, Page received two He ... (read more)
ABR'S NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MONASH UNIVERSITY
Australian Book Review is delighted to announce a major new partnership with Monash University.
This alliance between ABR and the internationally renowned Group of Eight university augurs well for students, scholars, writers, and readers. The magazine will be active on campus, leading workshops, commissioning new writers (academics and students), and ... (read more)