at the 2019 Flying Islands' Poets' Picnic

deep in the drought

there were eight new books in the Flying Islands' Pocket Poets' Series this year... and we (soft) launched three of them at the picnic

sadly, because of the fires, Canberra, and some others, couldn't come

here was the lineup for the day

THE PICNIC RUNDOWN

2pm to 3pm – at the Music Box

M/C – Greg McLaren

Welcome by Kit

Acknowledgement of Country by Kerri Shying

Kerri Shying’s Knitting Mangrove Roots to be launched by Gail Hennessy

Also reading/performing in this bracket will be:

Stephen Macdonald

Judy Johnson

Linda Adair

David Musgrave

Daniel Ionita

Jill McKeown

Dael Allison

3pm to 4pm – at the Music Box

M/C – Dael Allison

Clark Gormley’s Not What You Think to be launched by Rob Edmonds

Also reading/performing in this bracket will be:

The Markwell Hi-Cats

Brian Purcell

Alan Jefferies

Janette Hoppe

Greg McLaren

Gail Hennessy

4pm to 5pm – at the Music Box

M/C – Brian Purcell

Gillian Swain’s My skin its own sky to be launched by Steve Armstrong

Also reading/performing in this bracket will be:

Jean Kent

Mark Roberts

Steve Armstrong

Rob Edmonds

Irina Frolova

Harold Legaspi

AND BEST OF ALL
IT RAINED
(just a little, but still!)