I’m very proud of our State Library situated in the beautiful Perth Cultural Centre:
State Library Western Australia. (Photo: Frances Macaulay Forde @ 2005)
Years ago the staff supported me when I ran Poets Corner @ Pages Cafe for 3 years between 2005 and 2008. The Library provided a microphone and speaker, displays and advertising in the Library Book shop on the 1st floor and generally encouraged and supported our endeavors.
Poets reading at Poets Corner @ Pages Cafe
More than 80 poets from emerging to firmly established, to first time readers and writers participated for the love of words, sharing them with a new audience; other writers and importantly, the general public.
The audience included luminaries such as (L to R) Andrew Burke, Andrew Taylor and Glen Phillips. 2005
Pages Cafe allowed us to meet there on the 3rd Saturday of each month and welcomed the influx of word-smiths, considering the noise levels and while reading, helped by quietly proving excellent service to patrons.
The library and cafe continued to support myself and many others when launching many, many books (where else would you do it – seriously) over the years:
Interviewing a West Australian Living Treasure, T.A.G. Hungerford for BooksAustralia CTV during ‘An Afternoon with Tom’ at Poets Corner in 2005.
Annemaria Weldon with her book ‘The Roof Milkers’ July 2008
Sarah French was one of many writers included in the ‘Lines in the Sand’ anthology published by FAWWA in 2008. (My poem ‘desertification’ appears on page 28.)
Tracy Ryan and her book ‘Scar Revision’ from Fremantle Press. 2008
An anthology I published to thank the more than 60+ poets who participated at Poets Corner during the WA Spring Poetry Festival in 2005.
Today you’ve accepted the Film & Television Institute into your midst on the 2nd floor!
I LOVE and THANK my State Library of Western Australia.
Perth Words... exploring possibilities. 