If you have no other pressing engagement at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on 29 October, or on 3 November, or both, you might do worse than listen to Poetica on the ABC. Poetica is broadcast every week at those times, but that particular program will include a reading of one of my poems, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Beyond that, all I know is that the program is entitled Hearing.
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YAY! How exciting Jonathan. Great news. I’ll be listening.
Your copy of Thrill Seekers will soon be wending it’s happy way to your door.
Love
Edwina
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I’ll be listening too! So excited!
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That’s fabulous news, Jonathan. Delighted for you; I shall be listening!
-Michy Godard
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Congratulations Jonathan! I look forward to hearing your poem on the show.
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I’ll look forward to that, too 🙂
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Thanks, all.
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