News: Café Poet Program

The Australian Poetry Centre is seeking poets, in each Australian State or Territory, interested to sit as ‘poet-in-residence’ in a café in their capital city for a period of six months, getting free tea or coffee while you write!

Please apply by emailing admin@australianpoetrycentre.org.au with an expression of interest stating the following:

• all your contact details
• what you would get out of being the poet in residence
• a clear personal objective focusing on what you would like to achieve with your poetry in the six months
• a measurable public objective to benefit others, such as being prepared to give a reading at the end of it, or providing the cafe with a poem to display.

Deadlines for applications are Feb 20th, 2009.

For more details see the Australian Poetry Centre website or call the office on (03) 9527 4063.

Source: Paul Kooperman, Australian Poetry Centre