Catalyst Open Mic feat. Raven Chronicles vol. 25 poetry reading
Wednesday 7th March, 7pm
Space Academy, 371 St Asaph St
Raven Chronicles is a journal of art, literature and spoken word, published in Seattle, USA. With a very similar focus to Catalyst, it seemed a natural pair to collaborate under the Sister Cities programme between Christchurch and Seattle.
A launch event was held last month in Seattle for volume 25 of Raven Chronicles 'Balancing Acts' - this follows the launch of Catalyst volume 13 'Instant Chemistry' in November last year, the first leg of the collaboration.
The next Catalyst Open Mic Night will feature a
reading from the selection of Christchurch poets published in the Raven
Chronicles Volume 25, 'Balancing Acts' feature. Come celebrate this unique
cultural exchange that included a selection of Seattle poets and writers
published in Catalyst Volume 13 'Instant Chemistry'. With readings from their selection of work: Frankie
McMillan, Erik Kennedy, Heather McQuillan, Doc
Drumheller, and
Fiona Farrell.
Raven Chronicles Journal Vol.
25: writers and artists examine
the theme “Balancing Acts,” how we live our life, fully, and maintain our
relationship with the earth/planet and the diversity of life on it.
Biodiversity is balance in the dance of nature. Edited by: Anna Bálint, Phoebe
Bosché, Matt Briggs, Paul Hunter, Doug Johnson. The U.S. contributors in this
Balancing Acts-themed Journal live in seventeen states—Washington, Nebraska,
Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, Illinois, New Jersey, , Virginia, Idaho, New
York, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, Florida, Washington,
D.C.; and 52% are from Washington State. Contributors, particularly visual
artists, also hail from ten countries—U.S., Germany, Colombia, Russia,
Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Canada, Chile, Singapore. There are 58
illustrations/artworks in Vol. 25.
We are pleased to present the work of a
selection of established and emerging writers from New Zealand as part of the
Sister Cities Program, a collaboration between Seattle and Christchurch, New
Zealand.
The editors of Raven Chronicles, A Journal
of Art, Literature & The Spoken Word, are pleased to announce their
nominations for the 2018 Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, the
prize chosen by Pushcart Press that anthologizes the best of the small presses
publishing this year. The editors of Raven Chronicles nominate the
following writers for their work published in Vol. 24 and Vol. 25, in 2017.
1. Fiona Farrell, “Decline and Fall on
Savage Street”— Novel Excerpt, pgs. 57-68. Novel excerpt from Decline and
Fall on Savage Street, Penguin Random House, New Zealand, 2017.
2. Edward Harkness “Neighborhood Crows”—
poem, pgs. 22-23.
3. Nic Low, “Ear to the Ground”— essay,
pgs 77-90. “Ear to the Ground,” first published in longer form in Griffith
Review 35: Surviving, January, 2012
(https://griffithreview.com/articles/ear-to-the-ground/).
For more information: Raven Chronicles
