The launch of WomanSpeak by Louise Nicholas and Jude Aquilina will be held at Wirra Wirra Vineyards, McMurtrie Rd, McLaren Vale, SA, on Sunday 13th September as part of the SA Writers’ Festival (a free event from 11am at the winery).
WomanSpeak will be launched by Professor Margaret Davy (she’s a leading gyneacologist) at 4pm, and it’s the final event for the festival.
Just to give you a taste of the wicked, sassy and uncanny truth expressed by these two poets here is a poem by Louise Nicholas called The Gift You give Yourself
The gift you give yourself
At the end of another Christmas Day
alone at last, secluded,
may all your Christmases come at once –
may batteries be included.
Louise Nicholas
Louise Nicholas is an Adelaide poet. She has been widely published and she is active in many poetry groups including Friendly Street Poets.
Woman Speak is published by Wakefield Press. Copies can be purchased through the publisher’s website:
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