The Launch of Ring the Bells – a new poetry collection by Colleen Keating
Cathedral bells chimed as Libby Hathorn held high my new poetry collection Ring the Bells and declared it launched.
It is a delightful feeling to have your new work officially out in the world.
Thank you to the award-winning author and poet Libby Hathorn for the launch and for our conversation,
poet to poet, about our passion for poetry, its efficacy and inimitable power.
I spoke of the four pathways into which my collection of poetry is divided:
embracing light, embracing dark, embracing life, embracing love.
Also how poetry writing is my creative energy, my passion and daily sunrise.
Thank you to all who attended. It was affirming to have a full house at our Society of Women Writers monthly meeting .
Thank-you to Debbie Lee and Ginninderra Press as publishers. Thanks to Rita Shaw for the chiming bells
at late notice and thanks to my daughter Sarah Little for her help in the creative power point presentation .
Our conversation finished with a word of advocacy for poetry. Speaking mainly to writers
I quoted the American poet Mary Oliver, who inspires us with her mantra:
“Pay attention, be amazed and write about it.”
Colleen Keating
“Bells tolling and poetry on the air– a wonderful launch of Colleen Keating unique poetry collection Ring the Bells (Ginninderra Press , The Society of of Women Writers NSW Inc at State Library NSW – a tintintabulation Australian Colleen Keating 2025” Libby Hathorn
A lovely catch up at the Society of Women Writers NSW Meeting at State Library NSW
Tolling Cathedral bells in the background.