Issue #7

Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
The seventh issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and…

‘As if, Philip Tagg’ on Clan Analogue’s ‘Intone: Voice Abstractions’ compilation

  *** UPDATE: Congratulations to Clan Analogue on Intone: Voice Abstractions’ shortlisting for the Australian Art Music Awards’ Excellence in Experimental Music award. *** I have a track called As if, Philip Tagg (featuring Renee… Continue reading →

Borrowed Verse at the Junk Bar with Tom Cooney, Matt Hetherington and Alex Bell

I will be part of an evening called Borrowed Verse at the Junk Bar on Thursday 10th March from 7:30pm. Borrowed Verse brings songwriters and poets together to create original songs. I have… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure nominated for 2016 QMA Album of the year

The Stress of Leisure’s album Achievement has been nominated for 2016 Queensland Music Awards Album of the Year alongside Blank Realm (Illegals In Heaven), Last Dinosaurs (Wellness), Robert Forster (Songs To Play) and Troy Cassar-Daley  (Freedom Ride). The awards… Continue reading →

Response to Derek Beaulieu’s Erasing Warhol

After the Party by Andy Warhol Poet Derek Beaulieu (@derekbeaulieu) is erasing Andy Warhol’s a: a novel, leaving only sound effects and punctuation, and asking for sonic responses to the work. More information… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure play The Bearded Lady with Ultra Material and Figures

The Stress of Leisure will be playing the first gig of 2016 at The Bearded Lady on Thursday 11th February. We are playing with Ultra Material and Figures and will test out some… Continue reading →

Poetic Practice course for Queensland Writers Centre

I am looking forward to running a course called Poetic Practice for Queensland Writers Centre over February and March. It is essentially for new poets and will run each Wednesday night 6–8pm between February… Continue reading →

Poem in ‘BOLD: Stories from older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex people’ collection by David Hardy

“If we want to live lives of purpose, knowing the past is as important as knowing the present” ~ Graham Willett I am so thrilled to be included in BOLD: Stories from older lesbian,… Continue reading →

Issue #6

Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
The sixth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and…

24 Hour Gym to play BAD!SLAM! in Brisbane and Canberra

(photo by Almaryse Burton at Queensland Poetry Festival) 24 Hour Gym  will perform the songs of 24 Hour Gym Volume 1 at the BAD!SLAM!NO!MEMOIR! in Brisbane on Thursday 5th November and BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! in Canberra… Continue reading →

November poetry dates: Sappho, Salt, Solidarity and Speedpoets

While I haven’t made an orchestrated effort to tee up a November ‘tour’, I am about to do a bunch of poetry readings in November. I have even managed to get an updated… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure play Sydney, Brisbane and Toowoomba dates

Now that Jane has returned from her overseas adventures, The Achievement continues.  The Stress of Leisure will be playing a string of shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Dates include: Friday 16th October at… Continue reading →

24 Hour Gym to perform at Queensland Poetry Festival

Pounce on a rare opportunity to see 24 Hour Gym perform the songs of 24 Hour Gym Volume 1 at the Queensland Poetry Festival! 24 Hour Gym is an experimental musical and spoken… Continue reading →

Issue #5 of ‘Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own’

The fifth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue the theme is Light. The zine consists of the words, images and… Continue reading →

OPEN poetry collection curated for Queensland Poetry Festival

The theme for the 2015 Queensland Poetry Festival is ‘Language is a virus from outer space’. I have been curating a project for the festival that responds to this theme and the future of… Continue reading →

Quasimodo’s Dream: a David Lynch inspired night at Queensland Poetry Festival

After  the wonderful Between Two Worlds exhibition at GOMA this year, the David Lynch love keeps coming with the session Quasimodo’s Dream at the Queensland Poetry Festival at 10pm, Saturday 29th August at… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure launch album ‘Achievement’ in Brisbane and Melbourne

The Stress of Leisure will launch album number five, Achievement, on Friday 26th June. Launch dates will start with Brisbane and Melbourne: Friday 26th June at The Bearded Lady in Brisbane, playing with McKisko… Continue reading →

Poetry Reading at Judith Wright Centenary Celebrations

  Widely regarded as one of Australia’s most accomplished poets, Judith Wright, born on 31 May 1915, was a champion of the environment and a strong advocate for Indigenous rights. On the eve… Continue reading →

Every afternoon at precisely the same time (after H.G. Wells’ ‘First Men in the Moon’) in V+L-A=K Magazine Issue 5

I am delighted to have a series of work, Every afternoon at precisely the same time (after H.G. Wells’ ‘The First Men in the Moon’) in the 5th and final issue of V+L-A=K Magazine.… Continue reading →

Poetry Masterclass at Bond University/Bleach* Festival

Last year, I ran a poetry masterclass as part of the Poetry Gallery at Bleach* Festival. I will be returning to Bond again on Sunday 15th March. The masterclass will also feature a special talk by 2013… Continue reading →

‘The future is but the obsolete in reverse’ published in Cordite 49: OBSOLETE

I have a poem called The future is but the obsolete in reverse published in Cordite Poetry Review 49: OBSOLETE edited by Tracy Ryan. The title of the poem is taken from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1952… Continue reading →

‘computers consider Maya Deren’ published in Overland Journal: Photonic Overland

I have a poetic film called computers consider Maya Deren in Overland Journal’s special electronic poetry issue Photonic Overland, edited by Benjamin Laird. The poem is the final companion piece to the UN/SPOOL collaboration with Nathan Shepherdson,… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure ‘Girl On A Lilo’ video

Here is The Stress of Leisure’s  video for Girl On A Lilo, the first single off our album Achievement. It features the stunning Tessa Rose and was made by Ian Powne and I. Tessa… Continue reading →

The Stress of Leisure single launch for ‘Girl On A Lilo’ with Workshop and Tape/Off

The Stress Of Leisure will provide a taster of our upcoming album Achievement when we launch the first song off the rank, Girl On A Lilo, at Black Bear Lodge on Thursday 8th January. … Continue reading →