ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Who's going to Tamworth.

Terry

Me is ...

Me's not...

Well, if you can't get to Tamworth, think about coming to Newstead. It's essentially a folk/acoustic music festival but Andrew Pattison, the festival director, also has a strong commitment to spoken word, and he's asked me to coordinate the spoken word program for this year's festival. It takes place on the Australia Day weekend. Newstead is about a twenty minute drive from Castlemaine in central Victoria.

I'm starting to put together a C. J. Dennis show, similar to the one we had at Kallista (the Sunnyside Festival), but with different personnel. I'm hoping to have a special guest. All should be revealed soon!

You can find the Newstead Live! web-site here:
http://www.newsteadlive.com/

Tempting Stephen. It's a LOT closer than Tamworth...

good fishing at newstead in the jim crowe river and cain curren I lived at Marybough for Ten years

bill the old battler

I'm fishing for poets - or at least lovers of poetry!

Sounds like I'd better take a fly rod and forget the poetry Bill.

What fly are you using Stephen?

Terry

Just a few big baited hooks, Terry.

Rory McLeod will be there - fantastic singer/songwriter from the UK. Also Margaret Roadknight. Roger Montgomery, Martin Pearson - both amazing performers. Many others.

Here are some more of the Newstead performers:

Andrew McKenna (fantastic Celtic storyteller)
Danny Spooner (singer of sea shanties; encyclopaedic knowledge of history and folk music)
Nick Charles (superlative blues guitarist)
Monique Brumby (great singer/songwriter)
Geoffrey Graham (needs no introduction...)
Maria Forde (wonderful singer of Irish songs)