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Follong the phenomenal success of last year's Poetry Brawl, Molong's Poetry Brawl will be back again this year. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Join on Zoom to discover the winners of the iconic Blackened Billy, plus enjoy tributes to previous winners and more. Hear some of the best that modern bush poetry has to offer.  More details to follow.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=161983122999456&set=a.120848763779559

A Brush with Poetry is an eclectic mix of poetry and other arts, held in the delightful ambience of Cafe on Queen, Binalong. Due to COVID it migrated online, and is currently A Room and Zoom event. Sometimes there’s music, sometimes a guest poet or MC, always a surprise because it’s open microphone.

Enjoy lunch, coffee, cake and more on the last Sunday of every odd month (sometimes January), March, May, July, September and November. All welcome.

A Brush with Poetry is a Binalong Arts Group Inc event, organised by Robyn Sykes. Lizz Murphy, one of the original co-organisers, remains a vibrant presence at the event. We are grateful to Jan and Adrian at Cafe on Queen for allowing us to use the old studio. It’s a great venue for poetry!

Poets Breakfasts Saturday and Sunday, 8-10am. Robyn performing Saturday morning only.

Robyn is performing at 9am and 6.30pm: Morning Poets and After Dinner Poets.

Folk by the Sea 2022

Join in the fun and the poetry at the famous Boorowa Wool Festival.

Pop up Brush with Poetry
Tree theme. Part of Yass Valley Arts Trail 2022

Come and salute and celebrate our trees and the essential role they play in our world. Featuring Sarah St Vincent Welsh, poet and founder of Kindred Trees http://Kindred Treeshttps://kindredtrees.com.au .

Sunday 6th Nov, 2-4pm
Open mic. All ages welcome.
Studio/Garden, Cafe on Queen.
Please note Cafe on Queen will be closed. Enter via side gate.

Light refreshments provided.
Lunch available at the Binalong P&C Spring School Fair, Dickinson St Binalong, 9-1. Coffee and light snacks at Peter Minson Art Glass.
A Binalong Arts Group Inc event presented as part of Yass Arts Trail.
More info: Robyn Sykes 0401 289 178, robynsykespoet@gmail.com

More on Sarah St Vincent Welch
Sarah St Vincent Welch is a Canberra based writer and image maker who is known for chalking her poetry on footpaths at arts festivals. Her poetry can be read in ‘chalk borders’ (Flying Islands Books) and ‘Open’ (Rochford Press) and in anthologies and magazines. She has also published short stories. She is the founder of Kindred Trees, a project that asks Canberra poets to respond to a local tree, and which encourages a love of trees through poetry (kindredtrees.com.au). St Vincent Welch has worked in film preservation, (specialising in early film), and has facilitated creative writing in the community.

Always different, always exciting! An open mic event usually at Cafe on Queen, on the banks of the Balgalal Creek. All styles and genres welcome.

Cafe on Queen is a iconic building in Binalong. Over a century in age, it formerly operated as a General Store. It is also the site of the former Binalong Tea Rooms.

Part of the character of the place is the numerous nooks and crannies where people can congregate or be alone. Fancy lunch/coffee/cakes in the garden on a warm spring day? Or a toastie around the wood heater on a frosty morning? Or some great poetry in the old studio out the back.

If it’s poetry you are after, A Brush with Poetry is not to be missed! Held the last Sunday of every 2nd month, 1.30 for 2pm. Free open mike. Donations appreciated.

See more about Cafe on Queen at https://www.facebook.com/cafeonqueenbinalong/

A Binalong Arts Group Inc event, supported by Southern Tablelands Arts. Contact BAG President and A Brush with Poetry Coordinator, Robyn Sykes, for more details.