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Monkey Mountain Road Tour Aug/Sept 2011 Friday 19 August – Great Northern, w- Dolphins + Pirates Alive Celebrating the release of their new studio album, ‘Monkey Mountain Road’, produced by Burke Reid and out now thru MAKEyourself Records, The Bungalows are ready to let the good times flow on a 14 date east coast tour [...]
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Thanks David – have a look at Fridays images : 2011 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival : Friday Bob Carr Rhonda Ayliffe Two more days of the Writers’ Festival to enjoy, visit www.byronbaywritersfestival.com.au for further information.
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Byron Bay Writers’ Festival As you would all know the festival starts Friday. I’ve got a couple early meetings – then I’ll be there. PLUS Local photographer David Young, who shot some great images of the 2010 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival will be sending us images of this years festival daily! Also, Friday night at [...]
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival Artist in Residence Rhonda Ayliffe is undertaking an ambitious multi-faceted project that encompasses ephemeral installation, bookbinding, photography, conversation and real time mobile publishing of her work and words at the dedicated blog: i-feel-the-passion.blogspot.com. Festival Director Candida Baker says Ayliffe’s work is not limited to the festival site, as some surprised residents [...]
Ground was broken this week for the creation of the World Peace Stupa at Crystal Castle. A stupa is a sacred monument built by Tibetan Buddhists to represent universal divinity. Intricate and beautiful, every part of the design is endowed with special significance. Inside is a treasury filled with sacred objects and at the heart [...]
GPY&R Sydney has created what is believed to be a digital first: links written in prose. http://www.wordslikehangoutincreepyplaces.be/ware_You_can-findthem_skulking_around_ancient_maya_temples/the_belltower_ofNotreDame/orthebelly_ofGIANTsandworms/you’llcatch_them-ina-VictorianOrphanage-filled_with-dirtyclothes+crackedsmiles/Onwild-horses+wilderwomen/WordsLOVEthe-smell-of-napalm+thetasteof-sweat-that_trickles_down-yourback_whenyou’re_kneedeep_inENEMY-territory/They’re-passionateabout-grime-slime+theSTENCHofa-thousandDEADrats/Words-haunt_the_nastiest_places/Just-like-this.html The concept, developed for the Byron Bay Writers Festival, reflects the festival’s commitment to the new digital age of literature – proving that a passion for words can live anywhere – even in an html link – which [...]
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As a huge fan of music in general and the local music festivals in particular – including Splendour in the Grass, I thought I’d post this email I just received; We write to ask you take action again and send a submission to Byron Council. Despite the fact that the majority of community submissions objected [...]
Talk and laughter, go together like a horse and carriage – you can’t have one without the other… It’s official. The Great Debate is looking great! The stellar line-up includes Bob Carr, Wendy Harmer, Underbelly screen writer Greg Haddrick, political cartoonist Bill Leak, social commentator and writer Robert Manne, artisit director Rhoda Roberts, press gallery [...]
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Movie buffs can look forward to a small but powerful film program featuring the great works of John Pilger, Louis de Bernières and Paul Cox as part of the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival offsite events line-up. Acclaimed film-making Paul Cox will participate in the In Search of Soul Festival series in the session The transformational [...]
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