ANNE ELVEY AND PHILLIP HALL: If you’re thinking birds, trees and butterflies, take a seat. Join Anne Elvey, our Black Cockatoo Editor Phillip Hall and Managing Editor Michele Seminara as …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 3: PS Cottier
PS COTTIER: Podcast Producer Alice Allan and Managing Editor Michele Seminara get straight into it with Canberra-based poet PS Cottier. Does entering and judging literary competitions put you on a special …
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 1: Phillip Hall
PHILLIP HALL: Each month, the Verity La Poetry Podcast talks with a member of our poetic community. We discuss a poem they’ve published in the journal, as well as hear about a poet they admire. …
Discoursing Diaspora
It’s International Diversity Day and at Verity La we’re taking this opportunity to announce our Discoursing Diaspora writing and arts project. International Diversity Day (also known as World Day for Cultural Diversity, Dialogue …
A Review of the 2016 Sydney International Women’s Poetry & Arts Festival
by Michele Seminara One of the major feminist festivals in Sydney, the third annual International Women’s Poetry and Arts Festival took place at NSW Parliament House on March 16. The …
Behind the Scenes at Verity La
Six months ago, one of my poems, ‘Grand Mont’, was published in Verity La—I was chuffed. While checking out the site I noticed the journal was calling for volunteers to …
SUCCESS SMOKE AND JOY BOATS: an interview with David Stavanger
After winning the prestigious 2013 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Prize, poet David Stavanger has just launched his resulting collection, The Special, to an appreciative audience at the 2014 Queensland Poetry …
COMINGS AND GOINGS AND CHALLENGES AND FUTURES AND NEW WORLDS AND THINGS
As they say, it’s always better to leave at the time of your choosing than be pushed, so, with that in mind, I’m here to report that Verity La-la-land is …
Grand Mont (Michele Seminara)
A cat scrambles in the cave of my sex my heart is infested by desire; Jupiter has been with Leda and this typewriter is guilty with love. Electrified with memories …