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Posted on May 25, 2012 by Adam Ford — Leave a comment

You may or may not be aware that the annual Emerging Writers Festival is on again in Melbourne right now. It’s a festival that’s exciting and close to our hearts here in chez Chewton, not only because it’s a festival…

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Poetry and comics (and me) at the Melbourne Writers Festival

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Adam Ford — 2 Comments

The MWF program was launched last Friday, meaning that I can finally let you in on some exciting news that I’ve been repressing the urge to scream from the rooftops of Chewton (admittedly not very high rooftops, but still) for…

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Newstead Short Story Tattoo 2011

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Adam Ford — Leave a comment

Newstead’s premier biennial literary event returns this May with a cavalcade, a cornucopia, a veritable concupiscence of practitioners of the short form descending upon the unprepossessing hamlet between 13 and 15 May 2011. It’ll be a pretty chockers weekend, with…

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My words, their voices: Kevin the Fucked Up Goldfish

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Adam Ford — 1 Comment

Kevin the Stuffed-Up Goldfish, posted with vodpod I recently got an email heads-up from Eco-Girl of the Super Poets that one of my poems was going to feature in the Out Loud schools’ poetry slam as part of the Melbourne…

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Gig: Poetry & science

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Adam Ford — 3 Comments

Couple of weeks ago I had dinner with a bunch of poets and rocket scientists, which was a brainstorming session for the upcoming Poetry and Science reading that the Australian Poetry Centre are running as part of their National Science…

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Going Down Swinging in Hepburn

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Adam Ford — Leave a comment

Going Down Swinging is coming to a Hepburn Springs near you in early August, and I’m pretty well stoked to be part of the bill. Celebrating the loveliness that is GDS28 will be yours truly and some fellow GDS publishees,…

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A book launch story with pictures

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Adam Ford — 3 Comments

Last Sunday saw the launch of Josephine Rowe’s newest book, How a Moth Becomes a Boat, in Newstead, at the delightful Dig Cafe. Yours truly was among the performers, and I managed to take some blurry photos of the fine…

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