Invitation to the Launch of Fishing in the Devonian

Show Me the Treasure readers are cordially invited to the launch of my first book Fishing in the Devonian.

The book will be launched by Robin Williams from Radio National’s The Science Show on Thursday 18th September 2008 at the Mosman Community Centre, at 6.30 for 7pm. The Mosman Community Centre is on the corner of Short Street ( also called Art Gallery Way) and Myahgah Place. All the details are set out in the attached invitation.

As a pre-quel to the launch, ABC Radio National’s Poetica program will be featuring some of the science based poems as part of National Science Week. This program will be broadcast on the 16th August 2008 at 3.05 pm, and again on 21st August at 3.05 pm. If you miss it, you can listen to it later online.


yours cheerfully


carol jenkins

Poetica - Fishing in the Devonian on Radio National

Radio National are featuring my science-based poems in their Poetica program of as part National Science Week. The program went to air at 3pm Saturday 16th August 2008 and will be replayed 3.05pm Thursday 21st August. You can also listen online at Poetica.



The program is a very cool kind of pre-quel to the launch of my book Fishing in the Devonian, which will be published in September this year by Puncher and Wattmann.

My thanks and appreciation to Producer Anna Messariti , Presenter Mike Ladd, Actors Penny Hackforth-Jones, Peter Kovitz and Daniel Smith, and Sound Engineers Judy Rapley and Andrei Shabunov.

Thanks to a whole load of musicians for the sound track, in particular Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupuynu whose incredibly beautiful voice and music can be heard in the song Djarrimirri which introduces the poem Kulin Seasons.