Torquay (VIC) Froth and Bubble Festival
On Australia Day 2006, The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee was formed
to promote Australia’s first poet of note. The poetry of Adam Lindsay Gordon became popular after his
death to the extent that The Australian Literature Society was formed at an evening discussing his poems.
The foundations were also laid for the poet such as Paterson and Lawson to follow. The Impressionist painters
used themes from his poems for their paintings and they went on to form The Heidelberg School.
The famous line “Life is mostly froth and bubble” has been used by the committee for their annual literary festival.
Where: Held at Torquay College 45-55 Grossmans Road Torquay Victoria
When: Saturday and Sunday June 16th and 17th, 2012
Who: In 2012 TBA
Festival Website: http://www.torquayfrothandbubbleliteraryfestival.com
Past Festivals:
2008 - ARVOS Jim Brown and Ken Prato, Diane Fahey, Gabrielle Williams, Geelong Scribes Writers,
Gillian Turner, Janet Brown, Jean Bohuslav ,Michael Bohuslav, Pasqua Lysenko, Paul Morgan,
Theresa Fitzmaurice, Torquay Theatre Troupe, Wordsmiths of Melbourne, Zia Grace
2009-Adriana Gargiulo ,Alan Bishop, Brendan Ryan, Bruce Bodman, Ceridwyn Gordon,
,Debbie Meaney, Don Duffield, Geelong Scribes Writers, Jack Finlay,
Jennifer Bishop, John Bartlett, Jordan Mavros, Jura Reilly, Karlo and Jenny Bole,
Katarina Steele, Marisa Manes, Martin Hooper, Marumi Smith, Matthew Baird, Miranda Lutz,
Norman Stanley, Paul Kooperman, ,Renee Otmar, Robin Stewart, Sarah Carroll,
Sean Doherty, Sophia Shen, Torquay Theatre Troupe-Elaine Mitchell,
Travis M Sellers, Wendy Grose and Len Vorster, Wordsmiths of Melbourne
Presenters 2010
Anne Phelan, Arnold Zable, Bill Williams, Bryan Humphrey, Ceridwyn Gordon, Chae Paterson,
Claire Halliday, George Ivanoff. Hans Colla, Jean Bohuslav, Jim Brown, John Bartlett,
John Henderson, Jude McCudden, Julie Dyer, K J Sheerin, Luciana De Sanctis,
Marisa Manes, Martin Hooper, Marumi Smith, Michael Bohuslav, Michelle Dabrowski, Miranda Lutz,
Nathan Hale, Nathanael O'Reilly, Nick Gadd, Pam Jelleff, Peter Caddy, Peter Klein, Phil Gray & Colac Primary School,Richard Everist, Roberto De Sanctis, Rosemary Featherston, Serbian Dance Group "Shumadija", Serge Liberman,Simone Bawden & Grove dale Secondary College, Torquay Library, Virginia Lowe, Viviana Golding, Vivienne Worthington.
Presenters 2011
Acabellas, Andy Griffiths, Ceridwyn Gordon, Channel 31, Claire Halliday, Claire Saxby,
Claudio Panté, Debbie Meaney, Edward Reilly, Ernest Brough, Geelong Regional Library,Graeme Kinross-Smith,
Hans Colla, Jackie Kerin, Jan McNess, Jim Brown, John Henderson, Ken Sheerin,
Len Vorster, Leopold Primary School, Marc McBride, Marisa Manes, Peter Caddy, Petra White,
Robert Hillman, Robert Lukins, Rosemary Blake, Sandra Thibodeaux, Sophia Shen,
St.Therese Primary School, Suzanne Yanko, Torquay College, Torquay Library, Torquay Theatre Troupe,
Trina Ebeling, Viviana Golding, Wendy Grose.