Writer Lizz Murphy invites you on a regional circuit of readings celebrating her PressPress chapbook ‘Six Hundred Dollars’ and recent work by other PressPress and regional poets along the way.

The circuit takes in Yass, Binalong, Boorowa & Canberra and features Jane Baker (Yass) Kathy Kituai (Canberra) Jeanine Leane (Canberra) Chris Mansell (Berry) Lizz Murphy (Binalong) Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello (Canberra) & Cecilia Pavlovic (Yass singer/songwriter).

For further details check out the YASSarts Calendar

A poetry masterclass will be held of the weekend 20-21 March at the historic Yass Valley property of ‘Blackburn’. Presented by Steve Kelen who teaches poetry and creative writing at the University of Canberra the masterclass is designed to focus the poet’s vision and find the right words. For further details click here

Blackburn’s website is www.blackburnhomestead.com

That indefatiguable group of wordsmiths known as the Yass Valley Writers have done it again! Late in 2009 they published their second outing, ‘Stray Leaves II’ and you can sample some of the verse by clicking here

Artist/illustrator Anneke Nes, known to most in the Yass Valley Shire as Anneke Saunders, will launch a new book at the National Library, Canberra, this November.

Unfortunately, this launch is limited in numbers, but despair not!

There will be a general launch on Sunday the 13th December at 3pm at the Cork Street Cafe in Gundaroo, which will feature food & wine, book signings and art for sale.