News
National Award
for View from the Lucky Hotel
The Fellowship of Australian Writers has announced that View from the Lucky Hotel is a winner of the FAW Anne Elder Award, for the "best first collection of poetry published in Australia in 2008".
"innovative poetics" — judges Connie Barber and Jennifer Harrison
Five Islands Press — Press Release 2 May 2009
Read the press release here >>
VftLH Press Release; Five Islands Press 090502
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Reviews of View from the Lucky Hotel
Reviews in Australian Studies
Diane Fahey in Reviews in Australian Studies 2008
Australian Book Review
Lyn McCredden in the Australian Book Review Dec 08/ Jan 09
Famous Reporter
Brendan Ryan in Famous Reporter #38, December 08
Five Bells
Tim Metcalf in Five Bells Vol. 15 No.4 & Vol 16 No.1, 2008/2009
To read the full text of these reviews and more, go to >>The Book
2010 reprint of View from the Lucky Hotel
The first edition of View from the Lucky Hotel is almost sold out. Plans are underway for a reprint by publishers Five Islands Press during 2010.
Launch of anthology of Australian poetry, Melbourne, September 2009
Sandy Fitts participated in the celebratory launch of Motherlode: Australian Women's Poetry 1986-2008, edited by Jennifer Harrison & Kate Waterhouse (Puncher & Wattmann 2009). Fitts read her poem 'Crossing the Intersection', which appears in the anthology. About Jennifer Harrison
About Puncher & Wattman, publishers of the anthologyPoetry Reading in Melbourne
Sandy Fitts & Tric O'Heare
'Meet the Poets'
A Yarra Libraries Event
18 May 2009 North Fitzroy Library
To read more, go to >> Meet the PoetsArt into Poetry Now
a workshop with Sandy Fitts
Advanced Poetry Workshop at Castlemaine Art Gallery
Castlemaine State Festival, Australia, April 2009
To read more, go to >> 'Art into Poetry Now' (workshop 09)
Poetry Reading in London
Katherine Gallagher & Sandy Fitts
Alexandra Park Library, 27 January 2009 www.katherine-gallagher.com
Launch of View from the Lucky Hotel
To read about the book launch in Melbourne,
go to >> Book Launch 2008