‘Season of Brigid’ is a poem from Anne Casey’s new collection, The Light we Cannot See, and was also a cornerstone piece in the series of Irish cultural shows Anne performed in last year with the Prankqueans arts collective, which were funded by the Consulate General of Ireland.  Irish actor/performance artist, Davog Rynne recorded a reading of ‘Season of Brigid’ which will appear on his forthcoming album.

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The concept of a basic income, a regular and unconditional payment to individuals, has been a subject of debate for decades. In recent years, a specific application of this idea has gained traction: a basic income for artists.

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A Dodds poem may be as likely to be set in a classroom as on a farm paddock as on a film screen. It may take the form of couplets, stepped stanzas, a concrete poem, a list or even an erasure.

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Many of Michael Quinn’s poem deal with the personal and collective trauma in the Irish psyche.

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The Nightmare Sequence is a profound and deeply moving act of truth-telling created by poet Omar Sakr and artist Safdar Ahmed. It is bravely published by University of Queensland Press, in an almost unprecedented period of censorship in Australia’s artistic and literary scene.

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Mountain, water and cave refer to three places where Gary Shinfield’s recent work has been made – the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, and the Grampians.

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Gary Shinfield is an Australian artist specializing in relief printmaking and mixed media. He graduated with a Master’s degree in 2004 and has exhibited widely. His works explore place through intuitive mark making, featuring large scale, unframed pieces influenced by site-specific locations.

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Multi Award winning poet and photographer, John Bennett has teamed up with well-known musician and sound engineer John Laidler to produce a story of hope and beauty, celebrating endangered wetlands reclaimed after years of industrial pollution.

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Carol Archer lives on Worimi land near Bulahdelah in the Myall Lakes region of NSW. Her work spans drawing, painting and printmaking and explores her relationship with trees and forests. Such places are especially precious for an artist who spent many years based in the hyper-urban city of Hong Kong.

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