newsflash

"one never knows"
radio Ö1 of the austrian broadcasting corporation (ORF) in association with the vienna poetry school
119 radio plays were entered, online-voting from 20 january until 10 february.
presentation of the winners at ö1 radio play gala on 24 february 2017!

vienna poetry school get-together
wed., 25 january 2017, 7 p.m.
venue: gasthaus stemann, 1060 vienna
beforehand, at 6 p.m.: exhibition-talk on the topic with maria muhar at sfd, 1070 vienna

super gala. with ann cotten, hanno millesi, writers of their class & guests!
tues., 29 november 2016, 7 p.m.; free admission
venue: au, brunnengasse 76, 1160 vienna

performance lecture jörg piringer "data poetry" & exhibition opening maria muhar "KETTE & SCHUSS" (warp & weft);
tues., 22 november 2016, 7 p.m.; free admission
venue: vienna poetry school, mariahilfer straße 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna

mon, november 21, 2016, 7 p.m.
venue: sfd – vienna poetry school, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege – stairs III/7, 1070 wien; free admission
anne waldman, who has had a long history with sfd since its conception and was close to the founders, will be in conversation with bernhard widder and presenting recent work with some accompaniment of soundscapes, composed by her son ambrose bye.

fri., 18 november 2016, 7 p.m.: class presentation; free admission
venue: zum gschupften ferdl, windmühlgasse 20, 1060 vienna
afterwards, hans peter falkner, die tanzhausgeiger, cpt. schneider play some music

23 poems created during the online poetry-under-construction class "against smoothness" were visualized by students of fh joanneum. take a look here: >> http://sfd.at/widerdasglatte

“manipjulääschen”
12 & 14 september, 28 november, class presentation on 29 nov. 2016
subversive writing with slang as code and weapon, and targeted launching of language "drones"
already fully booked!

from 6 october 2016!
the author and playwright sibylle berg holds sfd's online class "hitler was afraid of cats" (in german)

"gstanzln": ditties – we want to write and sing them
class in vienna
14, 16 and 17 november, class presentation on 18 november 2016

"not so bad, as to make it good again, but also not so good that one could not feel sick with it"
11 november 2016, 8:30 p.m.; free admission with valid exhibition ticket
venue: bank austria kunstforum, freyung 8, 1010 wien
an evening about "aesthetics of failure" with ann cotten, fritz ostermayer and a surprise guest.

fritz ostermayer talks with authors about music and text production.
music/text/talk with antonio fian
thurs., 3 november 2016, 7 p.m., free admission
venue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna

at "schamrock – festival der dichterinnen" (festival of women poets)
fri., 21 october 2016, 6 p.m.
venue: literaturhaus, zieglergasse 26a, 1070 vienna

"what’s the matter? take the word apart and perform a poem."
performance writing. short class in vienna
19 and 20 october, class presentation on 21 october 2016 during the schamrock festival
now open for registration!

"– if catharsis doesn't work, emotion always does"
two-day festival
14 and 15 october 2016, every day from 6 p.m.
with jochen distelmeyer, andrea grill, wolfgang hermann, zuzana husárová, anneliese mackintosh, klaus nüchtern, daniela strigl, johannes ullmaier, oliver welter, sfd-students and fritz ostermayer
welcome: robert huez (literaturhaus wien), andreas mailath-pokorny (city councillor for culture and science, vienna), thomas drozda (federal minister for art and culture)
vienna poetry school in association with literaturhaus wien

"sad sad song – we are writing melancholy texts for saddest melodies."
10, 11, 13 october, class presentation on 14 october 2016 during sfd's festival "1,000 tears deep" at literaturhaus
(few places still available!)

we are happy to host julya rabinowich and kayo chingonyi with an event organised by British Council Austria on thursday, 22 september, 7 pm!
these two writers will be discussing themes based around shakespeare’s play measure for measure, which is set in vienna.

"wolpertingerauflauf: mischwesen transmedial aufgetischt" – a transmedia serving of  hybrid creatures. from the book "kuhu, löwels, mangoldhamster: die 4 jahreszeiten der wolpertinger" (sonderzahl 2015) by markus köhle (aut) & sabine freitag (gre/aut). until 16 sept. 2016 at sfd's, 1070 vienna

hillary keel/nyc, karin seidner, daniela beuren (former sfd students) & guest readers. two or more languages.
date: wed., 27 july 2016, 7:30 p.m.; free admission
venue: sfd, mariahilfer str. 88a/stiege III/7, 1070 vienna

for a cooperation of sfd with the retailer dm drogerie markt claudia bitter, michael köhler, sacrydecs and sian aris wrote poems.