A successful launch of The Illustrator by Jill Barclay at the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine.
The Illustrator, which I edited, designed and published with Sevenpens, is available for purchase from https://jillbarclaybooks.

The Illustrator is based on Jill Barclay’s real grandmother, a woman who just disappears. All her life Eileen is sure of one thing – her love of drawing and the desire to be a commercial artist. In the 1920s, Eileen’s talents are well recognised in the Goulburn Valley where she is a farmer’s daughter, but this is a place and time when women can only be wives, mothers and homemakers. A woman choosing a career over her husband and baby is unheard of.

‘Written with an acute eye for the period and a sympathy for the distressing choices a woman might be forced to make The Illustrator offers an alternative history for being female and not ordinary in the first half of last century.’ Helen Elliott

‘Time and place are brilliantly evoked in Jill Barclay’sThe Illustrator, which opens in rural Victoria and moves on to Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. The novel traces the unpredictable life journey of a young woman who resists conventional expectations. Deftly shaped and written with imaginative power, this haunting novel confronts us with the mystery of a self-driven personality.’ Brenda Niall

‘Jill Barclay’s The Illustrator demonstrates such richness of imagination, the writing is evocative and full of charm, and the story crackles with unforgettable moments – I was immediately transported.’ Louise Swinn

‘The Illustrator could well reflect Miles Franklin’s character Sybylla Melvyn who turns her back on an offer of a marriage in order to travel and write.‘ Dianne Demspey

November 24, 2016

‘Love & Death in Castlemaine’ Launch Photos

Katherine E Seppings with her latest poetry collection Love & Death in Castlemaine.

The launch of Love & Death in Castlemaine at the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine.

Sue King-Smith (right), editor of Love & Death in Castlemaine, launched the chapbook, published by Mark Time Books.

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October 4, 2016

Love & Death in Castlemaine – Poetry Book Launch

Love and Death in Castlemaine
is a collection of my poems about my life in and around Castlemaine since the early 1980s, in a tribute to the goldfields and to those I have loved, and lost.
Sue King-Smith, poet, writer, and previous chief editor at Melbourne Poets Union,
will launch my chapbook – during the inaugural Castlemaine Poetry Festival.
The event is also a celebration of Mark Time Books, the publisher of the chapbook series, and there will be readings from central Victorian Mark Time poets – Ross Donlon, Tru S Dowling, Sue Gillett, Ann de Hugard, Rob Wallis, and Sue King-Smith.

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July 8, 2016

When Embers Dance Launch Photos

My poetry collection launch – When Embers Dance published by Melbourne Poets Union – the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine, Nov 2015

MPU President Steve Smart (emcee)
Ross Donlon launching When Embers Dance

John Hannah (musician), Katherine Seppings, John Romeril (playwright) and David Wallace (craftsman)

Poets – Wendy Fleming, Anne Elvey (editor), Tru Dowling, Ross Donlon, Rob Wallis, Mark Slattery and Ann de Hugard

Katherine Seppings and cousin, artist, Janine Tanzer

MPU officials Christina Spry and Wendy Fleming with Katherine Seppings.
The garden of the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine.

Photos by Maya

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March 6, 2016

‘Nothing to Cry About’ launch

A joyous celebration for Joan Atherton Hooper’s memoir
Nothing to Cry About
edited and published by Katherine Seppings. Launched by Dr Paul Monk, PhD essayist and poet; emcee author Dr Lynne Kelly, at the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine.
Available at Stonemans Bookroom, Castlemaine, and from http://joanathertonhooper.com/

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November 27, 2015

‘When Embers Dance’ – Poetry Collection Launch

‘Poetry that compels – that challenges, and demands to be read.’ Peter Hay

Katherine E Seppings’ first poetry collection, When Embers Dance, has been called
‘a fearless first collection.’
Published by Melbourne Poets Union, edited by Anne Elvey, Katherine’s chapbook will be launched by Ross Donlon at The Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine, 2.30pm Sunday 29 November.

When Embers Dance is ‘an empathetic and hard hitting rendering of life in contemporary Australia,’ writes Sue King-Smith.
Poems of debilitating drought, bush fires, animal exploitation and family violence are interspersed with ‘hope and quiet joy—a bar in Seville… the birth of faith in a spring garden and poetic musings over a blank page.’

‘The constant note sounded in Katherine E. Seppings’ poems is one of compassion,’ says Ross Donlon. ‘She is able to express her feelings in precise, unsentimental language and through arresting imagery.’

Order When Embers Dance Here

October 5, 2012

Poetry and Music

Castlemaine Word Mine poets

Ann de Hugard, Katherine Seppings, John Flaus, Rob Wallis and Ross Donlon

will read their poetry to the accompaniment of

Atmos Ensemble

The Maurocco Bar

3pm Sunday 7 October 2012

http://castlemainewordmine.wordpress.com

4 Templeton St. Castlemaine (Opposite Castlemaine Train Station)

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March 16, 2012

Australian Poetry Slam

In the first round of the Australia Poetry Slam, October 2011, I read my poem ‘A Woman’s Work,’ at the Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine.

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February 9, 2012

Cafe Poet

As part of Australian Poetry’s Café Poet program, I am poet-in-residence at The Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine. For the next six months I will be at The Maurocco Bar every Friday afternoon, writing, and aim to be workshopping with poets – from Castlemaine, Bendigo and Melbourne – and discussing ideas about sharing creative work with the community. I am keen to organize more opportunities for local poets to be heard at this inspiring venue.

Please drop into The Maurocco Bar, the wine bar and coffee shop at 4 Templeton Street, Castlemaine, any Friday afternoon, to share your poems and ideas about poetry with me.

http://www.mauroccobar.com.au/

http://www.australianpoetry.org/cafe-poet-program/