Horror, Sleaze and Trash.: The writers house anthology

Friday, July 23, 2010

The writers house anthology

Poetry has the power of prayer and is that place in language where we are most human. –Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate

Picaro Press, the Byron Bay Writers Festival, Varuna – The Writers' House and the poets of Australia are doing something special. A national anthology of poems, The Green Fuse, edited by Carmel Williams, and four 28-page collections of poems will be launched at Poetry Night at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, Friday 6^th August in the SCU Room, Byron Bay Community Centre, at 7.30 pm.

When faced with a group of 326 poems from some 76 writers, its worth considering what you believe to be the potential of poetry. New voices and new poems are that potential. The only task more difficult than choosing poems for an anthology is to choose one winner from amongst such a selection, so, thanks to Varuna and Picaro Press, a much greater number of excellent voices can be acknowledged.

The following writers have had poems selected for the Anthology but it must be said that the standard of entries was very high and a number of poets missed out by a sliver. It is an exciting collection of poems for all to enjoy.

The 46 poets included in this inaugural Byron Bay Writers Festival anthology are:

Ursula Beaumont (SA), Kathryn Boorman (NSW), Catherine Camden-Pratt (NSW), Monica Carroll (ACT), Anne Carson (Vic), Louise Carter (NSW), Emilie Collyer (Vic), Koraly Dimitriades (Vic), Rebecca Edwards (SA), Susan Fealy (Vic), SJ Finn (Vic), Stephanie Green (Qld), Kathy Hale (NSW), Peter Hall (NSW), Diana Harley (NSW), Barbara Hatten (NSW), Susan Hawthorne (Qld), Noelle Janaczewska (NSW), Leah Kaminsky (Vic), Karen Knight (Tas), Rasata Knight (NSW), Christopher Konrad (WA), Jeri Kroll (SA), Marjorie Lewis-Jones (NSW), Debbie Lim (NSW), Radhiks Mecredy (NSW), Peter Mitchell (NSW), Meg Mooney (NT), Bob Morrow (Vic), Trudie Murrell (Qld), Paul Nolan (NSW), Colleen Reddy (Qld), Kathryn Riding (NSW), Kristen Roberts (ACT), Matt Roberts (ACT), Max Ryan (NSW), Megan Schaffner (Tas), Leni Shilton (NT), Laura Jan Shore (NSW), Benjamin Smith (Vic), Diana Solomon (Qld), Garth Tohmas (NSW), Ray Tyndale (SA), Kelly Watson (NSW), Gemma White (Vic), Jessica Wilkinson (Vic).

Anthology and chapbooks will be on sale at the Byron Bay Writers Festival for the very special price of $35. Individual copies of the anthology will be available for $15, and each chapbook is $5. Copies of any or all may be ordered at these prices from Picaro Press: info@picaropress.com
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HORROR SLEAZE TRASH

Two years in the making, Ben John Smith's second hard cover collection of poetry, and predecessor to Air a Boire, is finally here, and ready to be flogged! Featuring the extremely brilliant composition work and inlay design of German trash artist THS (www.ths.nu).

My horrible typos and silly word slinging has been painstakingly edited by my good friend and fellow writer for HST, Ian Shearer; with special thanks to Mike Daily for being such a dude. This is not the collection of artists featured in HST over the past few months, this is a book i started long before the HST was even thought about.

108 pages; 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, cream interior paper (50# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink. Jacket Wrap and gold embossing on cloth spine.

While i have tried to keep the price as absolutely low as possible (I'm making about 1 dollar from each book) i know it's still scrapped in a little steep but with out pissing in my pocket - it really is worth the money spent, not only for my poetry but for the entire feel and complete package only a hard cover like this can embody.

Obviously for adults only, i am very pleased to send this sucker out into the world and hope for a wide reception of feedback in any form, from any one! Please DO NOT buy this book if you are easily offended, have any shred of respect for me at all, don't want to hear stories about my penis, fear you may be exposed in one of these poems, are a family member of mine of D'Arnes,if you drink soy latte's or enjoy poetry about flowers and rivers. Any one else, please check it out with a grain of salt and a giggle and i thank you in advance for your support and on going communication.

Lets all get pissed and say silly things!

Double Peneteration

Double Penetration is Horror Sleaze And Trash's first publication; featuring the poetry of Ryan Quinn Flanagan and Ben Smith. A collection of 70 off-beat and low brow poems you imagine the pair to come up with in this mix of madness. 10 Aussie bucks will get this sucker to your door. A5 in size, about 80 pages, soft card cover with black and white insides. Buy it now, or don't, and wish you hadda, 25 limited copies. Great gift idea for your Grandmothers!