Exiles Bookshop
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Susumu Hirayanagi, Nicholas Pounder |
| Headquarters | 207 Oxford Street, Taylor Square, Sydney |
Exiles Bookshop was a Sydney bookshop which hosted many poetry readings, and was something of a centre for the local poetry scene in the early 1980s. It was established, at 207 Oxford Street, Taylor Square, by Susumu Hirayanagi and Nicholas Pounder in February 1979,[1] and it closed in late 1982.[2]
Poetry readings were held there frequently, where local poets such as
Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, first read in public there as a 19-year-old in 1981. Poets from other countries, including Hans Magnus Enzensberger,[3] also visited the bookshop. Gary Snyder read there on 17 September 1981.[2]
References
- ^ "A Bookseller's Memoir". ABC Sydney. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b Laurie Duggan's diary
- ^ "John Tranter's poem 'Enzensberger at Exiles Bookshop'". Archived from the original on 9 February 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
- Excerpt from Laurie Duggan's diary — there are frequent references to Exiles
External links
- Essay on John Forbes by Philip Mead, mentioning "that lively group of younger writers associated with New Poetry magazine, Exiles bookshop and Watters Gallery"