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Sightings a collection of Poetry

白潔蓮 Gillian Bickley

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US $12.56

2007/05

9789888167579

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In Sightings: a collection of poetry with an Essay, "Communicating Poems", supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, academic turned full-time writer and editor Gillian Bickley invites the reader to share her enjoyment of city and country, simple and complex ideas and events, and her empathy with the largely innocent people she has come across. In her trademark transparent style, she draws on events, happenings, creatures, artefacts and objects she has seen, and on places and people she has experienced in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa, as well as on stimulating and memorable books she has read. In strongly contrasting mood, a final sequence of poems, taken from a long novel in progress, sketches a chronological narrative, alive with complex emotions, concluding in a form of quiet acceptance. In "Communicating Poems", she considers the practicalities of addressing both local and global audiences in a single edition of poetry, taking as examples her first two poetry collections, Moving House and other Poems from Hong Kong and For the Record and Other Poems of Hong Kong. She has expanded and revised this essay from a talk she gave at a University Seminar and now invites feedback from readers on the ideas presented in it.

作者簡介

白潔蓮 Gillian Bickley

GILLIAN BICKLEY has lived mainly in Hong Kong since 1970 and has had a full career as a University academic. She is a well-published and prize-winning poet, translated into many languages. With her husband, Verner Bickley, she is founder of the two annual international Proverse Hong Kong Literary Prizes.

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Proverse publishes internationally from Hong Kong mainly high quality literary and general titles (novels, novellas, single author short story and poetry collections, poetry anthologies, biography and autobiography), also some travel, sport, young author, mixed genre, educational and academic works, and edited historical source materials. Proverse authors include local and international authors, native speakers of English as well as non-native speakers. Topics and settings vary between local and international. Publication modes are paperback, hardback, ebook and audiobook. Most books are in the English language, including translations into English. A number are in Chinese, and a couple in Italian, a few are bilingual (English/Chinese; English/Italian). Several titles received publication support from Hong Kong Arts Development Council and other cultural bodies in Hong Kong and elsewhere.In 2008, Proverse established theannual international Proverse Prize for unpublished book-length non-fiction, fiction or poetry submitted in English. In 2016, Proverse launched theannual international Proverse Poetry Prize for a single poem submitted in English. Both prizes open for entries no later than 7 May each year (closing date 30 June). Entries to both prizes are invited from anywhere in the world and are open to all over eighteen years old, whatever their nationality, residence or citizenship. Writers and poets from Hong Kong and many countries in the world participate. Winners have been both local and international.Beginning in 2009 and continuing, Proverse organises in central Hong Kong a Spring and an Autumn literary event, open to the public. In recent years, a parallel event, available internationally, is shown on Youtube.Of the titles published by Proverse, several have attracted a Preface or advance appreciation from figures of international reputation. Two Proverse authors have been best sellers, one (Peter Gregoire) in Hong Kong and the other (Nicholas Binge) in Spain.Further informationWebsite: htt[s://www.proversepublishing.comGillian Bickley, ‘The Proverse Prize, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Vol 59, 2023 Issue 1. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TKVG8HZSZWX6R4CUJUKM/full?target=10.1080/17449855.2022.2101653Proverse titles page:https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/ProversehkProverse Autumn Reception 2022 video (3rd edit): https://youtu.be/9L0L0AY6NGQProverse Youtube channel: youtube.com/@ProversePublishing