Come and celebrate one of Australia’s most significant poets, Francis Webb, with readings and discussion on his poetry and life.
Date & Time: Saturday, 31 August 2019 2:00 – 5:00pm
Address: Chatswood Library on The Concourse, Lower Ground, 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood
Cost: Free
Hosted by MC Toby Davidson (editor of Webb’s Collected Poems), with:
- Michael Griffith (Webb’s biographer)
- Robert Adamson (poet and former UTS Chair of Poetry)
- Judith Crispin (poet and photographer)
- Gareth Jenkins (poet)
- Kate Liston-Mills (short fiction writer)
- Richard Miller (long-time Webb fan)
- Oliver Miller (film-maker of a short film of Webb’s ‘Electric’)
Plus student representatives from Webb’s former high schools – St Pius X College Chatswood and Christian Brothers’ High School Lewisham.
Followed by afternoon tea.