Wednesday 5.00pm Union Cafe

SASRAC in the cafe at five o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon - not quite like the good old days when nearly every table was covered in empty stubbies, crushed plastic glasses, and soggy chips in puddles of vinegar. For one dollar fifty you could get three drinks and a bag of chips. But despite hard times and no chips at all a relatively good crowd turned up to be entertained by Gary McCormick and River.

Gary McCormick, together with Sam Hunt, is of course an Orientation perennial. For the past three years these two have presented a joint reading. The change of format for this year is, I feel, a good move. It gives us a chance to see and hear each poet in his own right.