WORDSMITHS OF MELBOURNE INVITE YOU TO

THEIR NEXT BOX HILL LIBRARY READING at

1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill

FRIDAY 1’st MAY 2015 6.30-7.30pm

featuring Steven Smithyman & Carol Poustie

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL CONTACT the Box Hill Library on: 9896 4300

or book online at www.eventbrite.com.au/org There will be limited open reading.

The flyer for the event can be found here.

Stephen Smithyman is the son of two New Zealand poets, Kendrick Smithyman and Mary Stanley. He is married to the actress, Joy Dunstan, and they have two grown up children, Mia and Pablo. They live in West Preston. Stephen has taught secondary English and Drama for many years, mostly at Melton Secondary College. He began writing comparatively late. He has won awards for both short story writing and poetry. His poems, in particular, have been published in a range of anthologies and magazines. He won the Cancer Council of Victoria award for Outstanding Poem in 2011 and the Poetica Christi Poetry Prize in 2013.

Carole Poustie’s work has appeared in numerous journals, including Swamp, Poetrix, Divan, Writer and Verandah. She convenes the spoken word event ‘Stopping all Stations’ in the eastern suburbs and is a past winner of the Page Seventeen Poetry Competition. Carole reviews for Magpies, has published a children’s novel, Dog Gone, just finished its sequel, and is working on a picture book. She has recently completed her Masters in Writing and Literature and teaches creative writing in several community houses. She works part-time in a listening role for the WellSpring Centre.