Today would have been Francis Webb’s hundredth birthday.
Toby Davidson, the brilliantly enthusiastic Webb fan and scholar, is ensuring that the centenary year is well celebrated. He has already published an essay in the ABR (which sadly we can’t read without a subscription) and appeared on two podcasts.
Toby organises the annual Francis Webb poetry readings, and he promises that this year’s will be an All Star Event.
You can read some of my own effusions about this wonderful poet and events inspired by him: here, here, here, here, here and here.
Maybe the two excellent episodes of the ABC’s now defunct Poetica on the subject of Webb’s poetry and lertters will be resurrected. Their tombstones are here and here
UWAP has a page dedicated to the centenary, at this link. It includes a brief introduction by Toby Davidson and links to his essays and podcast appearances. Other links will be added as the year progresses
Me fail? I fly! 