Platform launch and next edition

News from Bruno:

Youth, VCE and Community Education

VU College
Victoria University

publishers of

PLATFORM “Age to Youth/Youth to Age”

Wish to let you know that:

*Edition 7 PLATFORM will be launched
THURSDAY 14th October
3.30pm

At the new restaurant at FOOTSCRAY NICHOLSON

Wine and finger food

RSVP(essential): bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au
0422 29 86 43

Pieces and poems by:
Michael McGirr
Robert Pascoe
Hannie Rayson
Paul Mitchell
Alice Pung
Michael Hyde
Sherryl Clark
VCAL students
Work Ed Students
Paul Kinna
Christine Kowal
Tom Petsinis
Barry Garner
Brian Doyle
PWE students and more

*Platform edition 7 will be launched in the new restaurant at Footscray Nicholson

*CALL for new writing/new photographs/new artwork for edition 8 (due out LATE in term 4)
Happy to come talk to your students and classes too about Platform. Give me a call.
Especially keen to get some song lyrics-more on that soon.
Email: bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au
0422 29 86 43

Go on! Write me a note, send good news down the line

Cheers

Bruno Lettieri on behalf of Maree Wheelens, Martina Michael, Megan Green, Susanna Bryceson (editorial team)


The Essence of Platform

Platform’s theme is Age to Youth/Youth to Age. The publication initially grew from a desire to give a voice to young folk—many whom rarely had their voice heard—who are entering post-secondary education and TAFE

Platform also reaches a wider audience—those who would read its youth offerings—and tells stories ‘back to youth’ of the insight and wisdom gained through experience. Platform promotes the worthiness of persisting with education.

Platform aims to create an interesting ‘orchestra’ if one-third of its writers were those who made writing their life and livelihood: Hannie Rayson; Helen Garner; Michael McGirr; Paul Mitchell; Martin Flanagan, and many more. Those who love to write, and predominantly do for the sheer love of it encompass another ‘orchestral’ third The remaining third are the first-timers and, perhaps, those ‘raw’ to it. The third-third-third formula gives Platform a unique voice.

Platform distributes itself through wide corridors of Melbourne’s west and jumps into all kinds of other quadrants too. It likes border crossing.

Platform 6 launch

Youth,VCE and Community Education

VU College

Invites

you and your students (AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS)
and Your community FRIENDS

To

Launch of PLATFORM 6

(Age to Youth/Youth to Age)

-wine and finger food

-guest presenters:

Sherryl Clark
Robert Corbet
Michael Hyde
John Weldon (if available)
...

"Theme: Writing for young folk"

with a bold new cover

THURSDAY 22nd July
3.30pm
Cafeteria
Building 9
St.Albans Campus (Victoria University)

Bruno Lettieri

on behalf of Maree Wheelens, Megan Green and Martina Michael

RSVP: bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au 0422 29 86 43

Platform launch

Platform isn't actually a PWE venture, but Bruno who runs the show is one of our teachers, and two of our students last year did placements with Platform, while another two worked as editors, so we have a close association with this magazine. (And that's before we consider our staff and students who have been published in Platform! If you're not one of them yet, what are you waiting for? We know Bruno loves receiving submissions from our students.)

Youth, VCE and Community Education
Victoria University
Invites

teachers, VU students, secondary students, staff, welfare folk, and our community friends interested in writing
to
LAUNCH of PLATFORM (Edition 5)

Writers include: John Marsden, Michael Hyde,

Lisa Gorton, Julie Bourne, Clare Boyd-Macrae,

VCAL students and much more

Special Guest: John Marsden

Thursday 18th March
3.30pm (drinks and nibbles)

Auditorium T134 (Telford Building)
Footscray Nicholson Campus
Victoria University

Come and hear John Marsden launch Platform 5 and take questions too.
Come collect your personal and class copies of Platform.

RSVP(essential): bruno.lettieri@vu.edu.au 0422298643