Barbara Dordi

Monday, April 4, 2011

FIRST ARTMART BY ASSOCIATION 'A' CAILHAU

Being secretary of Association 'A', I was involved in organising this event in Cailhau. Hopefully we will have better weather at the next ArtMart in June when we hope to exhibitit in the village square instead of indoors. See Association 'A' blog:
http://www.artcailhau.blogspot.com/

CAILHAU - WATERCOLOUR BY RUSSI DORDI

MUSIC COURTESY OF AUGUSTIN RAUVIER

WE HAD 9 EXHIBITORS PLUS THE MUSICIAN
It was great to have another writer exhibiting!
( Elisabeth Oddero)

THE EXHIBITION WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED MORNING AND AFTERNOON

WRITING WORKSHOP at Villegailhenc nr. Carcassonne

Monday, January 17, 2011

Sixty Poems for HAITI

'This collection comprises 60 poems from authors ranging in age from 12 to 89 and located in the West Indies, UK, Ireland and Europe. Some contributors are seasoned - even famous - poets; some beginners; the only brief we gave folk was to send us a poem for Haiti. Some have responded directly, or elliptically, to the traumatic events on and after the earthquake of January 2010; others have sent a selection from their recent work as gifts to the people of Haiti. All of them have given their work for free, the aim being to swell the fund for the reconstructive work on the island - and of course to provide a good stimulating read.'

Ian Dieffenthaller

It was such a small thing to do, donating my poem, Second Coming to this anthology for the people of Haiti. I hope the book continues to sell well to augment the funds for this, the most worthy of causes.

The book is available from:

Cane Arrow Press

PO Box 219

Royston

SG8 1AZ

ISBN978-0-9562901-3-7

£9

And the Story Isn't Over...

'Lidia Vianu's interest in English language poetry encompasses the fields of criticism, theory and translation. The translation projects she has created are ambitious, wide-ranging and enormously valuable. In this book there is collected together the work of a considerable number of British poets, each represented by a single poem, with translations as well as a CD with still more. It provides a fascinating insight into a range of poetic voices, and, by presenting the work in biligual form throughout, offers pleaseure in both languages. As someone who has worked closely with Romanian translators in the past I am delighted to see so much effort come to such fruition. As the title says, And the Story Isn't Over. May it go on for a long time'.

George Szirtes

I am proud to have my poem Moving On included in this wonderful anthology which is available from:

Anne Stewart

poetry p f

20 Clovelly Way,

Orpington, Kent

BR6 0WD £7.99 (with CD £11.99)

ISBN 978-0-9552040-0-5

http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/

Cover Artwork: Russi Dordi

Friday, December 10, 2010

AESTHETICA Creative Works Annual 2011

Discover my poem A Matter of Size in this beautiful book.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

DES TRESORS DE CAILHAU OCTOBRE 2010

As secretary of the Club du Clocher Vert, I was given the task or organising an exhibition for artist residing in Cailhau - professionals and amateurs alike. After much persuading - some people being excessively modest - we finally had enough work to fill the village hall. The exhibition which took place on the 23rd and 24th October, proved to be a great success - we had watercolours, oils, acrylics, novels, upholstery, painted furniture, flower arrangements and poetry. The mayor Monsieur Afflatet was amazed to discover just how much talent there is in his tiny hilltop village of just 240 inhabitants. We had many visitors from surrounding villages who were also pleasantly surprised to find such diverse talent in our little village.

These are a couple of photographs of my books and Russi's paintings. Russi's tryptich with 5 hanging vignettes caused quite a stir! I sold more poetry books during this weekend than I have ever sold at an exhibition in France. I think my English Conversation group were out to impress by buying my English poetry as well as my French translations.

For more photographs see http://www.clochervert.blogspot.com/