Andrew Lansdown

Fremantle Press has just published a book of Brian Simmonds’ paintings of the Swan River. The painter has chosen two of Andrew’s poems to accompany two of his paintings.
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The poem “Fishing” accompanies the painting “Fishing below Fremantle Traffic Bridge” while the poem “The Japanese Gardener” complements the painting “Freshwater Bay looking south-east toward Bicton”.
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Six of Andrew’s poems have been included in the new 1108 page anthology, Australian Poetry Since 1788, edited by Geoffrey Lehmann and Rober Gray and published by the University of New South Wales Press.
The rationale for the antholgy is stated on the inside jacket:
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“A good poem is one that the world can’t forget or is [...]

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Calabrian artist Krisztina Szabo wrote to Andrew this week stating, “Recently I have found a beautiful poem of yours that inspired me to paint a picture. Actually I would like to post your poem on my blog”.
The poem Krisztina referred to is “Almond Blossom Haiku”. Read Andrew’s poem and view Krisztina’s paintings at: http://arteonweb.blogspot.com/2011/05/mandorlo.html
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The winner of the 2011 Fremantle Press Online Tanka Competition has been announced today.
Andrew was one of the judges. Wendy Jenkins was the other.
Andrew wrote the final Judges’ Report on behalf of both judges. The Report, which has been posted on the Fremantle Press blogsite (here), is reproduced below:
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Judges’ Report - Fremantle Press Online Tanka [...]

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Dr_Irina Webster recently interviewed Andrew for her Inspiring Author TV website. The 14 minute interview has now been posted on that website and on the YouTube website.
View the interview on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZu8v85ut0&feature=player_embedded
View the interview on the Inspiring Author TV website here: http://www.inspiringauthortv.com/watch.php?id=ONZu8v85ut0

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The Fremantle Press launch Two Poets was a great success.
The book contains Andrew’s latest collection, The Colour of Life, which consists of 97 poems, most of them previously uncollected. The other collection in the book is Songs Sul G by Kevin Gillam.
View photographs of the launching on the Fremantle Press website here.
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Fremantle Press has invited Andrew to co-judge its tanka competition. The other judge is Wendy Jenkins. Read the competition details on the Fremantle Press blogsite here: http://www.fremantlepress.blogspot.com/
To assist entrants, Fremantle Press asked Andrew to write an overview of the tanka, its history and formal requirements. Andrew’s short essay has been posted on the Fremantle Press [...]

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The Books Editor of the West Australian newspaper, William Yeoman, interviewed Andrew and three other poets whose books will be released by Fremantle Press this week.
Excerpts of the interviews appeared in an article titled “Collections of verse sung in a human key” in the West Australian on Tuesday, 5 July (”Today” section, page 7).
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Fremantle Press will launch Two Poets on Thursday 7 July.
As the title indicates, the book features the work of two poets - Andrew Lansdown and Kevin Gillam.
Each poet has contributed a 100-page collection: Andrew’s is called The Colour of Life, while Kevin’s is called Songs Sul G.

Learn more about Two Poets from the Fremantle Press [...]

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Andrew has been invited to read at the Perth Poetry Club on Saturday, 9 July. Come and hear him read poems from his latest collection, The Colour of Life in Two Poets (Fremantle Press, 2011).
The Perth Poetry Club meets at the Moon Cafe in William Street, Northbridge, on Saturdays between 2.00 - 4.00 pm.

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The City of Armadale is hosting a Getting the Word Out Poetry Evening on Tuesday 24th May, 6.30 - 8.30 pm. Andrew is one of several poets invited to read for the event. Admission is free and all are welcome.

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Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre (PCWC) is running a series of 10 Advanced Poetry Workshops throughout 2011.
Andrew is one of nine professional poets invited to be a facilitator for one of the workshops. Other facilitators include Shane McCauley, Lucy Dougan, Andrew Burke and Dennis Haskell.
The Advanced Poetry Workshops are a new initiative by PCWC aimed at [...]

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The Canadian poet, D.S. Martin has posted a brief biographical note about Andrew, accompanied by 3 of Andrew’s poems, on his site, Kingdom Poets. See it at: http://kingdompoets.blogspot.com/2011/05/andrew-lansdown.html

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Wombat Books has arranged a launching for Andrew’s new collection of children’s poetry, Allsorts: poetry tricks and treats.
The launching will take place at 6.30 pm on Saturday, 9th April in the hall of the Morley Baptist Church in Vera Street, Morley.
It’s late notice, but all who appreciate Andrew’s poetry are most welcome to attend.

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Many years ago Andrew published a selection of 18 poems by William Hart-Smith in Artlook magazine. That selection, along with Andrew’s introductory essay, has now been posted on this website. Read Hart-Smith’s superb poems here.

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