Man From Ironbark Festival Sat 3rd April Stuart Town

Stuart Town (60kms north of Orange and 33kms south of Wellington) is the place to be on Saturday 3 April with events - Art Show, Parade, Cicrus West performance, billy boiling, food stalls and evening bush dance. A highlight will be Poetry in the Pub at 2pm where Blue the Shearer will entertain the crowds with his repertoire of Stuart Town poems. Blue has also printed a souvenir booklet, which will be available for purchase. Ben Penhall, a Stuart town talent, will entertain and special guest is Scotsman Martin Walsh - a published short story writer and Managing Ediotr of Pushing Out the Boat, the literary magazine of North-East Sctoland. He has read his work on BBC Radio. His stories are often set in remote corners of the world, especially West Africa, and sometimes involve animals (he is a zoologist after all). Among his characters are cranky cobras, telepathic flying frogs, scheming pelicans, bolshey geese, feisty humming birds, oversexed pigeons an occasionally God (although not in any religious sense). Come along and have a great time. Entry to Poetry in the Pub is by donation. For more details call 6846 8414.