Members News March to May 2021
Presentation of a workshop for the Eastwood Branch of the U3A
in collaboration with Michael Keating on the poet and poetry of Joy Harjo
A blurb for the back cover of the new book Envoi Ted Rutter Selected Poems 1990-2017 by Pip Griffin
Members News for Colleen Keating May 2021 sent to SWW and FAW
Soft gaze by Colleen & Michael Keating. A Picaro Poets Collection,
March 2021 published by Ginninderra Press SA
Final edit of new verse novel , Olive Muriel Pink, her radical and idealististic life,
A poetic journey. to be published by Ginninderra Press SA.
Presentation given on writing my verse novel, Hildegard of Bingen:
A poetic journey to the Moocooboola FAW convened by John Egan.
Haiku accepted for Echidna Tracks #7 Light and Colour
Poem, Australia Day in journal The Crow ed Joan Fenney publ. Ginninderra Press. SA
Two poems in the new journal Oxygen Vol 1 ed Cheryl Howard Autumn 2021
Poem in The Mozzie When I could do Nothing Vol 29 2021
My verse novel Hildegard of Bingen, A poetic journey, accepted to be serialised
and read by Jo Van Kool for radio station RPH
Two tanka accepted for Eucalypt No 30
One haiku accepted for Windfall No. 10
Blurb written for the back cover of poetry collection – Strands and Ripples
by David Atkinson
Advance review of book Forbidden Grace by Rev. Shannon Sterringer,
PageMill Press, Alameda, CA
Members News Dec. 2020 – February 2021
Members News
Colleen Keating Sydney June 2020 – December 2020
Blurb written for back cover of the poetry Collection Now and Then by Joanna Van Kool : www.ginninderrapress.com.au
December 2020
Accepted for INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH LES WICKS FEBRUARY 2021
Book Review Hildegard of bingen – A poetic journey reviewed by Beatriz Copello Women’s Ink March 2020
A poem and short story in Society of Women Writers, NSW Inc 95th anniversary anthology Splash, Splish, Squawk
Poem Sydney to Melbourne in Mozzie Volume 27 Issue 10 May 2020
Poem Ritual in Mozzie Volume 28 Issue 2 July 2020
Poem Pandemic accepted by SWW for publication July.
Poem In search of Hildegard translated into German and made into a video as part of the Pilgrimage in honour of Hildegard of Bingen Germany in September 2020.
Poem Gardeners of Hope published in Holy Shenanigans Podcast of Pastor tara Eastman Central New York
Chapbook – Picaro Poets accepted for publication Brush of Birds for January 2021
Chapbook – Ginninderra Press Chapbook Mists of Time co edited with Decima Wraxall
New collection of poetry working title Salty Beachcomber accepted for publication in mid 2021 by Ginninderra Press
Tanka published in Eucalypt 29 A tanka journal
Haiku accepted for new Windfall 9 : Australian Haiku
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Members News
Colleen Keating Sydney October 2019 – May 2020
A verse novel Finding Olive? A poetic journey with Olive Pink, has been accepted by Ginninderra Press for publication in mid 2021.
A Silver Nautilus Award for Hildegard of Bingen: A poetic journey. May 2020. Nautilus Book Awards – Better Books for a Better World, Seattle, Washington State, USA
Poem Rock a bye Baby published in Anthology, I Protest! Poems of Dissent, ed. Stephen Matthews, Ginninderra Press May 2020
A new collection of poetry Desert Patterns, Ginninderra Press February 2020. A virtual launch at the Olive Pink Botanical Garden Alice Springs March 17th 2020 .
Mood Indigo in collaboration with poet Pip Griffin, published by Picaro Poets, December 2019.
Shared Footprints in collaboration with Michael Keating published Picaro Poets, February 2020.
Poem the gully published in Anthology, Mountain Secrets, Ginninderra Press ed. Joan Fenney 2019
Poem the gully read at launch of Anthology 2nd November 2019
Panel member of Ginninderra Press Blackheath Celebrations giving a talk on A sense of Place in our Writing.
Poem Code Red, in Eureka Street Journal 13th January 2020
Tanka in Eucalypt Issue 29 ed. by Julie Thorndyke.
The Landscapes of the Heart in collaboration with John Egan published by Picaro Poets, 2018
Haiku in Windfall Issue 8 ed. Beverley George
Workshop given in partnership with Michael Keating for U3A Searching for T.S. Eliot in his Four Quartets
Poems Bells and Morning Glory in Anthology, Love’s Footprint ed. by Maree Silver & Leigh Hay , Poetica Christie Press 2019
Poem, struggle in exile in The Good Oil Journal , December 2019.
Hildegard of Bingen: A poetic journey launched by award winning poet and writer
Dr. Gisela Nittel 13th October 2019.
Workshop given in partnership with Michael for U3A morning on Gwen Harwood the poet.
November 2019
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Members News 2018 –2019
Proof reading of manuscript, Hildegard of Bingen: A Poetic Journey Ginninderra Press for publication mid year 2019
Collection of poetry Desert Patterns accepted by Ginninderra Press for publication late 2019
Haiku published in Windfall Issue 7 2019
Poem fractured moonlight chosen for Christmas copy The Good Old SGS December 2018
Poem friendship in Mozzie Vol 26 Issue 10 December 2018
Poem horizon in Tamba issue No. 63 December 2018
Review of Fire on Water Poetry Collection 2017 in Tamba issue No. 63 December 2018
by Helene Castles
Tanka (2) in Eucalypt Summer No. 25
Poetry Masterclass Grant with Vanessa Kirkpatrick at Varuna National Writers House, 3rd – 9th December 2018
Poems after the massacre and grandma’s recipe book in Mozzie Vol 26 Issue 9 October 2018
Haiku (2) in Echidna Track 2 Landscape December to March.
A Review of a member’s book One Woman’s Journey in Summer Women’s Ink 2108
Poetry Chapbook Landscapes of the Heart by John Egan and Colleen keating published Ginninderra Press 2018
Poem horizon with acknowledge Chapbook Landscape of the Heart in Mozzie Vol 26 Issue 8 2018
Poem not narcissus in Valley Micropress Vol 21 Issue 7 by invitation (First prize in open section of Mozzie Poetry Comp.)
Poem Resignation Syndrome in Eureka Journal 23rd October
Poems (3) kunanyi ,country bumpkin, and blank page in Positive Word October Issue 2018
Workshop for SWW on the topic, Poetry making our Writing Shimmer
Poetry Reading Shared Poetry with a Local Poet for the Probus Club Wahroonga East 3rd September 2018
Fire on Water Highly Commended in the SWW Poetry Book Award 2018
A Poetry Reading Morning, Mount St. Benedicts Library, Pennant Hills 26th July 2018
Haiku in Echidna Tracks on line September 20th 2018
Halibun in FreeXpresSion September 2018
Haiku in FreeXpresSion August 2018
Poem caged in the Ginniniderra Poetry Anthology Wild ed. by Joan Fenney Ginninderra Press
Poem a beautiful world 2nd place in Poetry Competition Poetry Matters August 2018
Achievements June 2019 – August 2019
Pulblication of Hildegard of Bingen: A Poetic Journey by Ginninderra Press to be launched at The Writers Centre Rozelle Sunday 13th October 2.30 – 4.30 . All welcome.
Ongoing research and writing for new project Verse novel on an Australian woman.
Two poems all the birds and the nest, in Mozzie Vol 27 issue 5 June 2019
A suite of three poems After the Massacre, Searching History, Shared History. in Eureka Street 3rd June 2019.
Research for new writing on the history of The Gully Katoomba July 2019
Poem leitmotif in Poetry Matters Issue 36 July 2019
Haiku (1) in Windfall Australian Haiku Issue 7 2019
Workshop for U3A on the Indigenous Australian Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann
Guest Speaker for July Probus Wahroonga Group on Enjoying Australian Poetry
Haiku (2) in Echnida Tracks on line July 2019
Achievements February 2019 – May 2019
Poem Christchurch in Mozzie Vol 27, issue 3 April 2019
Tanka in Eucalypt No 26
Launched the poetry book, Bloom by Decima Wraxall at The NSW Writers Centre 10th May 2019
Final Edit of Hildegard of Bingen: A Poetic Journey and steps taken towards publication late 2019
Haiku (2) in Echnida Tracks on line March 2019
Workshop for U3A Poetry and life of Dylan Thomas Poetry Appreciation. April 2019
Review for White Pebbles of Ginko ( Seasonal Walk) held at Edogawa Japanese gardens and Art Gallery East Gosford
Bowerbird Tanka Group Pearl Beach, reading on a tanka 30th March 2019
Poem we are sorry in Our Hands in Eureka Street Journal18th March 2019
Research for new writing project February 29th -March 2nd 2019 AIATSIS Canberra
At Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies Canberra
And my Research Assistant and friend, Michael
