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Wednesday
8th October
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Australian Poetry
Centre
('Glenfern', 417 Inkerman Rd, East St Kilda,
Victoria, Australia)
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10am to 1pm
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Ateliers:
cross-translation
workshops for invited international guests
only
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Alliance
Française de Melbourne
(Eildon Mansion,
51 Grey Street, St Kilda)
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3pm-5pm
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APC Welcome to
international guests - "Poet-tasters" - poets taste new
wines from Sutton Grange winery and translate the
taste into words for the back labels. Hosted by
Teresa Bell (APC Director) and Chris Wallace-
Crabbe (APC Chair) with French Wine maker Gilles
Lapalus Limited
numbers - book early
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Alliance
française de Melbourne
(Eildon Mansion,
Grey Street, St Kilda)
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5pm - 6.30 pm
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Melbourne Launch by M. Patrice Pauc,
Director, Alliance Française, Melbourne
& Cr Karen Sait, Port Phillip Council of «
Poètes australiens
d'aujourd'hui / Australian Poets Today
», issue No. 26 of the Festival's review La Traductière
containing poems by Chris Andrews, Judith Bishop,
Peter Boyle, MTC Cronin, Luke Davies, Sarah Day,
Philip Hammial, Martin Harrison, Kevin Hart,
Dominique Hecq, Berni M Janssen, Catherine
Kenneally, John Mateer, Jan Owen, Claire Potter,
Judith Rodriguez, Thomas Shapcott, Vivian Smith,
Andrew Taylor, John Tranter and Chris
Wallace-Crabbe
Bilingual readings from La Traductière
French music by Fiona and John Thorn
Limited numbers - book early
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Gallery -
'Alice & Co'
(Purveyors of Language, Art and Other
Wonders)
(159 Brunswick
Street, Fitzroy)
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open every day to the public from 10 to 4
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Exhibition : "Reverberations"
Exhibition of
Prose-Sculpture
works from Paris - art and poetry created
from previously published images and texts for the
2007/8 Paris Festivals
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Thursday
9th October
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Australian Poetry
Centre
('Glenfern', 417 Inkerman Rd, East St Kilda,
Victoria)
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10am - 1pm
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Ateliers:
cross-translation
workshops for invited international guests
only
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2.30 - 4pm
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Panel and public
discussion -
"On Being
Translated": Four
poets reveal personal experiences of translating
and being translated - followed by audience
discussion. José Luis Reina
Palazon (Spain),
Jean-Pierre
Vallotton
(Switzerland), Anne
Bihan (New
Caledonia), chaired by Judith Bishop (Australia) with participation of
Marc
Orlando
(Australia) and Monash University Translation
Studies students - sponsored by AALITRA
Limited numbers - book
early
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Melbourne Athenaeum
Library
(188 Collins
Street, Melbourne)
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5pm
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Official Inauguration
of the 31st Franco-anglais Poetry Festival
in Melbourne by
Mrs Patricia Polites, Hon. French Consul of France
in Melbourne introduced by Arnold Zable, president
of Melbourne PEN
Official Inauguration
of the 31st
Festival in
Melbourne hosted by the Australian Poetry Centre
and Melbourne PEN Centre,
With invited international
guests: Anne Bihan
(New
Caledonia) - Judith
Bishop (Australia) - Philip Hammial (Australia) - Dominique Hecq (Australia/Belgium) - Hughes Labrusse (France) - Marie-Andrée Lamontagne
(Quebec) - José Luis Reina
Palazon (Spain)
- Toh Hsien Min
(Singapour) - Gerry Turcotte (Quebec/Australia) -
Jean-Pierre
Vallotton (Switzerland), Javier Jover Jaume (Spanish publisher) and
Jacques
Rancourt, poet,
director of the Festival
Supported by CAL
(Copyright Agency Limited) and the Victorian
Government through its City of Literature
initiative
Meet the poets - with
wine, cheese and bilingual readings by poets
present
Limited numbers - book
early
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Friday 10th
October
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Australian Poetry
Centre
('Glenfern', 417 Inkerman Rd, East St Kilda,
Victoria)
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10am - 1pm
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Ateliers:
cross-translation
workshops for invited international guests
only
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2.30 - 4pm
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Panel and public discussion - "Lost without Translation -
Australia, a translated and translating
country?" chaired by Rita Wilson
(Australia) with Gerry Turcotte
(Quebec/Australia), Judith Rodriguez
(Australia), Jacques Rancourt (France) with
participation of Mark Orlando (Australia) and
Monash University Translation students -
sponsored by Melbourne PEN
Limited numbers book early
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Gallery - 'Alice &
Co' (Purveyors of Language, Art and Other
Wonders)
(159 Brunswick
Street, Fitzroy)
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5 - 7pm
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Vernissage : "Reverberations"
Official opening of exhibition of Prose-Sculpture works from
Paris by Judith Rodriguez (PEN) and Chris
Wallace-Crabbe (APC)
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Saturday 11th
October
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Australian Poetry
Centre
('Glenfern', 417 Inkerman Rd, East St Kilda,
Victoria)
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10am - 4pm
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Poetry Publishers' Market all day
Poetry and Music at 11am with guest artists Tony
Gould, janssen/hullick/duo, Fiona & John Thorn
French Food available all day
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1 - 3pm
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Panel and public
discussion - Trends in Poetry Publishing in
Australia Today: The Journey from Poet to
Reader
Australian poets' Prose
Sculpture (Writing within Writing) works performed and displayed -
with the participation also of Jacqueline Dutton (Australia) and Melbourne
University French students hn Thorn
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The Atrium
(Jolimontexpres
Café,
Federation
Square : enter from Flinders Street near Art
Gallery, Melbourne)
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2 - 4pm
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World Poetry at Fed.
Square with Lella Carridi & Janna Hillbrink
Launch by Miguel Utray,
Spanish Consul in Melbourne of the English/Spanish Anthology of
Australian poetry,
edited by Luke
Davies and
translated by José Luis Reina
Palazon, in the
presence of the Spanish publisher and poet
Javier Jover
Jaumes (Ediciones
Calima). Celebrating the eve of Spanish National
day with music and words
La
Traductière -
2008 dossier 'Australian Poets Today' presented by Ms Sylvie Christophe, Cultural and
Cooperation Attaché, French Embassy in
Australia
Poetry readings in
Spanish, French and English with Spanish and French
music by Fiona and John Thorn
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ALL EVENTS FROM 8th to 11th OCTOBER
ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EXCEPT FOR THE
CROSS-TRANSLATION WORKSHOPS
www. festrad.com -
www.australianpoetrycentre.org.au
- www.melbournepen.com.au
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