Books and Snacks (Image by Matt Bialostocki)

On Thursday at VicBooks Sarah Jane Barnett and Hue and Cry celebrated the launch of Sarah’s new collection of poetry Work

I’m talking with Sarah in the next episode about Anne Kennedy’s The Time of the Giants 

In the meantime please enjoy this episode with some of the highlights from the launch.

Here’s some photos taken by Matt Bialostocki

You can see more and read more about Sarah and her work on her website The Red Room

Hinemoana Baker Rachel O’Neill reading a short welcome from Hue & Cry Press publisher Chloe Lane who is currently based in Florida. (Image by Matt Bialostocki)

Reading from ‘Ghosts,’ a long-form poem set in 2035 in Norway’s northernmost town Longyearbyen, which houses one of the world’s doomsday seed vaults. The poem includes dialogue between the characters Diane and Fowler which was read by Matt Bialostocki and Therese Lloyd (Image by Matt Bialostocki)

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Episode 26:  The Launch of Work by Sarah Jane Barnett