$2 Book Fair
Book Fair at Newcastle Community Arts Centre
Thousands of secondhand books including modern fiction, childrens, literature, cooking and gardening, humanities etc. A great range for all readers, collectors and resellers.
All at two dollars each.
Opens Friday evening at 6pm on the 28th November 2008.
Runs Saturday and Sunday from 9-5pm
Entry is Free
Poetry Workshop - New Angles and Directions
Jan Owen, 2008 Newcastle Poetry Prize Judge, will be presenting a special
workshop at the Hunter Writers Centre in November.
New Angles and Directions: poems and prose poems with Jan Owen
We can travel further, deeper, darker with our poems. There is a place for
the irrational, the weird, and the oblique in the poetic plot. Following
intuition, the weird logic of the image and the quiet subversions of words
themselves we can create alternative realities, odd fables, surreal
scenarios, word play in free verse and traditional forms as well as in prose
poems. Taking an unusual angle on the ordinary; resisting rational closure
Literary Award Winners Announced
Local poets have taken out the major awards in the 2008 Lake Macquarie Literary Award (formerly Roland Robinson Literary Award), with Kylie Rose winning first prize for her poem Bluebottles.
Bluebottles focuses on the relationship between mother and child while something much darker simmers under the surface. In 2006, Kylie received second prize in the Roland Robinson Literary Award for her poem Shark Egg. She is currently collaborating with poets and composers on a project commissioned by the Hunter Writers Centre.
The inaugural Roland Robinson Local Poet’s prize went to Martinsville poet, Magdalena Ball, for her poem Grandpa’s Birds.
Limerick and the Civic Big Band
Limerick and the Civic Big Band
View Factory
November 28
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National Art Prize
The University of Newcastle creative arts student Hugh Doyle won the national tertiary art prize in the photography,m photomedia and electronic media catagory.
The winning photo titled Lonely Fridge was part of a series that portrayed a student's garage.
In its 16th year, the art prize is the number one art competition and is run by the Australasian Association of Campus Activities.
Kings of Leon in Newcastle
The Kings of Leon will be coming to town in March next year. They have chosen Newcastle as their only non-capitol city show for their upcoming Australian tour.
This years 'Only By The Night' has reached No1 on the Aria Charts and is close to notching up triple platinum sales.
Kings of Leon rock the Newcastle Entertainment Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Sunday March 22. Tickets available from Ticketek when they go on sale November 24.
Beach Party
BEACH PARTY
Saturday 29th November
Bar On the Hill - University of Newcastle
The Beautiful Girls
The Getaway Plan
Little Red
Murph & Plutonic
Vinyl Slinger
Funkoars
Kato
Here Come the Birds
Yogi
Girl in the Picture
and more.
Doors open 3.30pm
4pm Scavenger hunt - find a thong, win a prize
Carnivale
Summer Carnivale fever kicks off this weekend at the Brewery.
Ushering in the festival of fun are two groovy acts, Pablo Discobar and The Martini Club.
The Martini Club have been busy laying down tracks for their new EP, due for release in February next year. They hinted people could expect to hear a soul band with a "V8 engine under its hood" when the band makes its harbourside debut.
"We made our recording sessions coincide with gigs to capture our high-energy, Latino sounds"
Meanwhile, Melbourne groove masters, Pablo Discobar, will also be at hand to help you get into the swing of summer early with floor-thumping grooves and hip-swinging moves.
