Fashionable Poetics
As part of their latest exhibition On Sale! the Library of NSW is opening its doors next Tuesday night for a rare little bargain. Fashion After Hours, the first of weekly events surrounding the show, will kick off next week so that you can enjoy a glass or two as you meander through the 250 vintage treats that have been dug up from the archives for the display.
On Sale! Shops and Shopping, Exhibition Galleries, The Library of New South Wales
Open now until 30 November
And speaking of libraries…
Make sure you head on down to one of these City of Sydney Libraries in the next month to express that little bit of poetic genius that you’ve been keeping bundled up inside.
From the 1st of August, these libraries have been immersed in 40 days of Poetry as part of the Stacks project put on by the Red Room Company. The aim of this literary treasure hunt is to find the pretty little cards the red room had produced for their poems to share series that are scattered throughout the rows of shelves. Each card has a poem or excerpt from a selection of our best Australian poets while the other side prompts you to be creative and write down your own musings.
All writing collected over the 40 days will be collated on the red room website and the top poems of the bunch published in the Sun-Herald. Now well into it’s second week, you can see the massive responses from Sydney poets here.
So quick, don that beret if you must, and unleash your creative.
Liz de Fegely
liz_defegely@hotmail.com