THAT POETRY THING
Jane Skelton (NSW) and S.K. Kelen (ACT) + open mic
7pm Monday 16 May (Doors open 6:30pm)
Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
Jane Skelton writes poetry, short stories and novels. 'What the River Told Me', her pocket poetry collection by Flying Island Press was launched in 2022. It follows 'Chimera', (prose and poetry) (2020) by Rochford Press. 'Lives of the Dead and Other Stories' was published in 2013 by Spineless Wonders, and her novella 'Flying Foxes' was short-listed in the Carmel Bird Award and came out as an eBook in 2015, also by Spineless Wonders. Jane Skelton’s short fiction and poetry have been widely published, including in Overland, Island Magazine, Going Down Swinging, Hecate, the Cordite Review, the Margaret River Press collection and in the 2021 Newcastle Poetry Prize anthology. 'Earth Eaters', a novel, won a Varuna LitLink award in 2010. Actors have given voice to her creative writing at Little Fictions events in Sydney, and in the 2018 Story-Fest. She has a doctorate in Creative Arts and lives in the Blue Mountains, NSW. Her website is http://janeskelton.com.au/
S. K. Kelen is an Australian poet who has been writing longer than he cares to remember. His most recent books are 'A Happening in Hades' (Waratah, NSW: Puncher & Wattmann 2020), and 'Love’s Philosophy' (Summer Hill, NSW: Gazebo Books 2020)