Dennis is attending Government House Lesser Hall on Thursday 20th of August at 5.30pm to 7pm to launch his new book And Yet …
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And Yet…
New poetry collection
Dennis’s new book of poetry, titled And Yet…, is due to be published in May 2020. The book is divided into four sections, the first a follow up to his previous book, Ahead of Us (2016). Characteristically, the collection includes love poems, elegies, comic poetry, and ekphrastic poems. Some derive from travel to Hong Kong, Malta, Singapore, The Philippines, The Netherlands, and Taiwan. They aspire to a combination of intellect and emotion that appeal to a fulness of being.
Tribute to Les Murray
Dennis Haskell has organised a tribute to Les Murray, to be held at the Centre for Stories, 100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge from 6-7pm on Friday 10 May.
Poetry reading, China
Dennis has been invited to read his poetry in Hangzhou, China from 5-8 April. The visit is prompted by scholars and poets at Zhejiang University translating some of his poems.
Poetry workshop
Dennis is conducting a poetry workshop for emerging writers on behalf of WA Poets Inc from 10.30am-1.30pm on 16 February at the OUT in Perth Office in Northbridge. The subject is:
The music and texture of poetic language
Poetry is the richest use of language that we ever achieve; that, I believe, is what makes it poetry, although the richness can vary according to subject and the poet’s stance. Language has its own music and, although it is abstract and this fact is rarely recognised, has its own texture. Through the accidents of history, English is the richest language in the world and this workshop is intended to make you more aware of its possibilities, particularly through a focus on sound patterning, rhythm and extended syntax.
