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As well as taking part in events at the Sydney Writers Festival next week, I'll also be doing a quite different gig in Sydney on Saturday 22 May, at the Carriageworks. I will be part of some readings organised by The Red Room , at an event called TEDx, which is taking place in Sydney at CarriageWorks on Saturday 22 May 2010 and featuring, as the website claims, a selection of Australia's leading visionaries and storytellers showcasing their Ideas Worth Spreading LIVE to a group of thinkers ... as well as ONLINE to the world at large"." It's part of something called TED which is described as "a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design" . As for the poetry part it will include Johanna Featherstone from the Red Room making a presentation about the role of poetry in Australian society. To complement Johanna's talk will be rea...

The end of The Red Room Company's Sea Things odyssey - a round-the-country journey by sea, collecting original maritime poems by commissioned poets and members of the public at various ports - will be celebrated in Sydney this month. Pity I can't get there, the boat is leaking, the mast has split - but some of you easterners should get along. Sea Things 26th November 2009 6.00-7.30pm The Royal Australian Naval Sailing Association, Sir David Martin Reserve New Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney Join the Red Room crew as they open the travelling duffle bags and their poetic cargo, direct from their final destination on Thursday Island! You'll get to see the screening of documentary footage from the project, and live performances by commissioned poets Petra White (VIC), Luke Beesley (QLD), Sandra Thibodeaux (NT), Graeme Miles (TAS) plus a guest from the Thursday Island community.