So. When I was in my early twenties, I would never have had the chutzpah to slip my number to some woman on the other side of the fast food counter.
God knows my life might have been a lot more exciting had I done so.
That said, there’s no sense in not making up for lost time.
If you’ve got the time and I’ve got the motion (i.e. that plume cloud thing doesn’t impact on logistics), then I will be here this coming Friday.
Wanna be my date?
GDS Digital about to launch
Going Down Swinging Digital (#31) is imminent. Friday June 17, from 8.00 pm.
After 31 years of publishing, GDS celebrates the launch of its first-ever interactive digital anthology, and the first release from new editors Jessica Friedmann and Geoff Lemon. On Friday June 17, let the warm welcome of the Builders Arms hug winter away, with a cosy IRL night of storytelling, music, and spoken word. Warming drinks and food available at the venue.
Melbourne spellbinder Eleanor Jackson will debut a very special GDS performance commission. Sean M. Whelan and the Interim Lovers will team up for one night only with Chloe Jackson Wilmott, on a trip down a violin-steelstring-storytelling river, after readings from Ruby Murray, Eric Yoshiaki Dando, and Geoff Lemon.
And free delicious baked goods to take home. Because we’re good like that.
Entry free, donations welcome, download codes available for a mere five bucks.
Come along and celebrate with us.
The Builders Arms
211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Friday June 17
8 pm to 11 pm
Entry free/donation
info@goingdownswinging.org.au
Anyone who’s anyone and who is in Brisbane – however – should be coming to this:
But maybe you’re too cool for Friday nights. Maybe you know that Wednesday is the new black.
So, if you are a Vegas local, maybe you’d rather come along to the launch of the QPF.
Queensland Poetry Festival, QLD Writers Centre & Riverbend Books are proud to present the final event in the Riverbend Poetry Series for 2011. The June event will launch the program of the 2011 QLD Poetry Festival, showcasing some of the local talent that will step onto the QPF Stage during August 26-28.
Feature performers on the night include, dynamic duo, Betsy Turcot & Eleanor Jackson; Michelle Dicinoski, who will read from her debut collection, ‘Electricty for Beginners’; the rhytmically elegant, Janaka Malwatta and poetic riff-maker, Sheish Money. The QPF Committee will also read a selection of work from some of the interstate and international guests and Graham Nunn will read a selection of work from Jacob Polley, the 2011 Arts QLD Poet-in-Residence. It is going to be a big night, so make sure you are there to get a taste of what’s to come in August and help the 2011 Riverbend Poetry Series finish with a bang!
Date: Wednesday 22 June
Location: Riverbend Books, 193 Oxford St. Bulimba
Time: Doors open for the event at 6pm for a 6:30pm start
Tickets: $10 available through Riverbend Books and include sushi and complimentary wine. To purchase tickets, call Riverbend Books on (07) 3899 8555 or book online at http://www.riverbendbooks.com.au/Events/2508/Riverbend+Poetry+Series
Hope to see you. I’ll be the one with the pink carnation behind her left ear.
eleanor j jackson 