Friendly Street is Australia’s longest running community open-poetry reading venue. Started in 1975 by Andrew Taylor, Richard Tipping and Ian Reid, Friendly Street was Adelaide’s first regular, open-to-all poetry reading. It has since achieved local and national recognition for its dedication to the nurturing, support and promotion of poetry.

It has achieved this through the regular monthly readings and, importantly, through its initially self-funded, then State assisted,

We assess, edit and prepare texts for presentation to publishers. 174 authors from the Pacific published internationally, including many award winning authors with Commonwealth Writers Prize, etc. See website for further information and free publishing advice downloads to help new writers. We offer literary translation into many languages via Global Dialogues. Order Getting Published-The Inside Story directly from our website.

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Dr. Cathie Dunsford

The Literary Centre (Singapore) is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to
• organise literary festivals, events and activities,
• promote, support and serve the literary arts in Singapore, and
• function as a resource hub for writers residing in or with an interest in Singapore.

It was founded by noted Singaporean poets Alvin Pang and Toh Hsien Min.
Incorporated in Singapore in Nov 2003, Literary Centre relies primarily on sponsorship, group