Queensland Poetry Festival (from Melbourne)

Hi Folks,

Well after the 'Map of the Lost' weirdness I find myself in Melbourne, already thinking about Brisbane.

I really love Melbourne. At present I am sitting in a massive warehouse, the front half of which is the practice space for a very excellent circus troupe. They are practicing as I type, which is fun to watch.

In the back half of the space our friend Joe has parked a nice big caravan (where we are staying tonight) next to his recording studio. Joe is a great musician and sound engineer, and will be 'doing the sound' for Kate's gig at The Artery tonight.

But the real reason for this post is to let all you folks in the blogosphere know about my gigs in Queensland next week, at the Queensland Poetry Festival

Check out the program and if you happen to be in Brisbane late next week, come along to what promises to be a great festival and a lot of fun.

Bye for now!

Map of Lostness

Feeling A Little Lost Lately?

Me too. There's just too much going on, and sometimes I feel the whole world is becoming more and more lost by the day.

But it's comforting to know that other people feel the same way, and, indeed, someone is doing something about it.

I recently stumbled across the Map of Lostness, courtesy of the US International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention.

You can use this site to find out 'Where can I go?' to be a missionary.

"Step 1: Determine... Where are the lost?"

According to the Map of Lostness, Australians are "88-95% Lost", which makes total sense to me.

But at least we are the fourth least lost.

Here's the Map itself.

Notice that the White areas are OK, but the Black areas, it seems, are almost totally Lost...

Map of Lostness

The map shows the percentage of lost in each region. The black-colored regions are areas of the world where there are few if any believers in Christ. The white regions show a high percentage of people who profess Christianity. The United States represents one of the few areas of the world where the majority of the population professes Christianity.




(from 'Where Can I Go?', International Mission Board )

Melbourne Launch and Reading August 22

I will be in Melbourne on August 22 to ‘launch’ and read from my new book of poetry, ‘blue grass’.

The launch will be presented by David McCooey at Readings Bookstore, Lygon St. Carlton from about 6:15pm on Tuesday 22nd August.

It would be great to see you there and catch up if you’re around!

Also, for those of you who enjoy acoustic folk music, my partner Kate Fagan and her band are playing on Thursday 17th in Fitzroy:

The Artery, Melbourne @ 87-89 Moor St, Fitzroy 8pm.

http://www.theartery.com.au/page/fagan.html