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May 23rd 2008
Josephine's News Update!
With the year moving on it soon will be time for poets all over the country to think about the HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION. You can copy an entry form from this website with all of the details.
I have decided to publish another "Hurting Kind", a book that was published a few years ago and sold out. I will be updating it and it will be available in September / October 2008.
There are still a few libraries left in the country which do not hold copies of "FIRST TIME" so may I ask that next time you are at your local library you respectfully ask them, "Why not?". As you know they are available from my address. If The Poetry Library in London and the Poetry Society can hold them, why not your library!!!!
With the summer approaching rapidly do not let the ink dry and keep writing and submitting to -your magazine. The autumn issue is due out Sept/Oct edition 55.
One more thing "First Time" is not just for first time poets but for all poets, published or unpublished. Order a back copy and read for yourself.
Finally, the world needs poetry and never more than at present so don't let the world down and let us help keep the world sane.
Josephine Austin.
March 1st 2008
'First Time' Edition 54 Out Now!
The new edition of 'First Time' magazine, Edition 54, is now available from Josephine. Click here to contact us.
November 21st 2007
Competition Winners!
The winners of the Hastings International Poetry Competition 2007 have been announced! Head on over to 'Competition' for more details.
October 13th 2007
'First Time' and competition news
Autumn's edition of 'First Time' (Edition 53) is out now!
Also, the closing date for the competition has been extended to the 28th October due to the postal strike.
July 1st 2007
"First Time" edition 53 is Due Out during September/October 2007!
The Hastings International Poetry Competition 2007 is Now Open for Entries.
July 1st 2007
'Blue Speak' Information
 Blue Speak - Josephine Austin (First Time Publications, £6)
James Brown. Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake. These folks would be nothing without rhythm. A decent lyric is one thing, but nothing fills the floor like a toe-tappin' beat. And its a fact of life that's not lost on Hastings poet Josephine Austin.
As editor of poetry magazine 'First Time', and organiser of this winter's forthcoming Poetry Firstofall festival, this is a woman who's cast her eyes on a fair few rhymes. And, with the release of Blue Speak, her fourteenth anthology, she's not putting down the quill just yet.
Hailed as a warm and gentle journey through the decades, Josephine employs a range of rhythms to communicate a variety of speaking styles. From the conversation timbre of Hate Poems - a reflection on pet peeves - to the sing-song melody of She Saw You Sidelong, she attempts to communicate a breadth of tones into her work.
Many of her works in the collection are infused with melancholy yearning, whether for a lost love, or a far away idyllic paradise. But each work remains warm and wistful, making it a volume that will warm the cockles of your heart, rather than chill you to the core.
Blue Speak is available from First Time Publications, The Snoring Cat, 194 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ. Also on sale at Ottakar's Bookshop.
Source: The Hastings Observer
ALSO AVAILABLE: 'BEFORE THE ENCORE'
Josephine has just completed a short tour of Ireland, reading from 'Blue Speak' and 'Before The Encore'.
July 1st 2007
"First Time" - New Edition
Edition 52 of "First Time" is available from Josephine, at:
'The Snoring Cat'
194 Downs Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 2DZ
Price £4.00 inclusive of Post and Packing.
A new feature is now being published of regular 'First Time' poets being featured. Josephine will contact the poets featured in time for publication in future editions.
November 21st 2006
Competition Results are in!
See the 'competition' page for more information.
©: Copyright Josephine Austin 2003
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