ARTS ALIVE	PGM 42 -2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 22 October 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 02¡¨

This week, the Inky awards for youth literature are open for voting¡K a good-news film festival in Queensland is built on respect for the film makers¡K and a photographic exhibition, just gifted to the National Library in Canberra is the culmination of fourteen years work documenting the carved trees, rock engravings and cave painting of the Indigenous peoples of South Eastern Australia.  Our Guest is Australian novelist Peter Watt.  His latest novel, The Stone dragon, has just been published.  He wants readers of his thrillers to get a lesson in Australian history as well as a good read.  Indeed, instead of a life as varied as deck hand on a prawn trawler to undercover work with NSW police in drug intelligence, Peter thinks he should have been a professor of Australian history.  More with Peter later¡K  But first a round up of the week¡¦s news¡K

STING		NEWS:  (4.59)	

Item 1: Sting +Gerard Vaughan ( 0.25)
First words: John Brack¡K
Last words: ¡K.enjoyed by the public¡¨

The director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Gerard Vaughan, unveiling two of John Brack¡¦s most famous paintings¡K The Bar from 1954 and Collins St., 5pm from 1956¡K together again for the first time¡K courtesy of The Bar¡¦s new owner, David Walsh, who is building the Museum of Old and New Art just outside Hobart.  The two related works are on display at the NGV Federation Square gallery until June 2008.

Just up Swanston Street from Fed. Square is the State Library of Victoria. There the Centre for Youth literature has adopted a quote from Groucho Marx as its motto.  With Goon Show or Monti Python logic, Marx said¡K ¡¥Out side of a dog, a book is a man¡¦s best friend.  Inside a dog, it¡¦s too dark to read.¡¦  Now voting on the INKY awards for young people¡¦s literature opened late last month so I asked Lilly Wilkinson from the Centre for Youth Literature what the Inky awards were intended to achieve¡K

Item 2: Lilly Wilkinson - Inky Awards (3.51)
First words: We realise that although¡K
Last words: ¡Kgo out and vote.¡¨

And voting closes on 5 November and the winners of the Inky awards will be announced on November 12th.  Lilly Wilkinson from the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria¡K and the website is www.insideadog.com.au 

In the hinterland of the Sunshine coast in Queensland, in the former gold mining town of Gympie, a quite remarkable film festival has sprung up over the past few years, one that only screens films that have good vibes.  It was the creation of Toni Powell who arrived in Gympie in 2003, so who better to ask about the Heart of Gold Film Festival¡K

Item 3 Toni Powell -Heart of Gold FF (4.38)
First words: It began in¡K
 Last words: ¡K atmosphere to come to.

Toni Powell, founder of the Heart of Gold Film Festival in Gympie Queensland.  And the festival runs from 25 October to 28 October.  And their website is, predictably enough¡K http://www.heartofgold.com.au/ 

Track 1: Dance Music /Jeff Tye & Phil Geia

Item 4 Peter Watt 1 (8.33)
First words: You¡¦re listening to Arts Alive¡K
Last words: ¡K.with Peter Watt.¡¨

Track 2:  These Boots were Made for Walking¡¨ Aimee Crathern / Tutti Ensemble

END VOICE	26 min 43 sec		END OF PART ONE	29 min 56 sec

Item 5  Peter Watt 2 (7.54)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡KThanks Peter Watt.

Track 3: Cry Me a River / Ain¡¦t Misbehavin Trio/ Julie London / The Girl Can¡¦t Help It

For more than fourteen years, photographer Jon Rhodes, from the Bellingen valley of northern NSW has been photographing the carved trees, rock engravings and cave painting of the Indigenous people of South Eastern Australia.  An exhibition of his work is on at the National Library in Canberra, but such a project would seen to me to be almost never ending so I asked Jon whether the exhibition was a work in progress or the culmination of his work¡K

Item 6  Jon Rhodes (8.31)
First words:  ¡§Well, really this is¡K
Last words: ...very interested in it.¡¨

Photographer and soon-to-be author, Jon Rhodes¡K and there is a useful catalogue accompanying the exhibition and available from the National Library.  The exhibition A Cage of Ghosts closes on November 25th but deserves to travel widely. 

As anticipated on last week¡¦s program, the Federal election has been called.  As in past election years, we will made space on the program for the main players in the political contest to explain their arts policies¡K over the weeks leading up to 24 November¡K

Tr $: Kim Chalmers, Improvisation No 1
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END VOICE	52 min 34 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

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Stings: News sting;  Circus Oz sting +Location sounds Fed Square 18 Oct.2007 Track 1:  ¡§Dance Music¡¨ /Jeff Tye & Phil Geia/ditto/ CP/Bpote009/ 1.00 Track 2:  ¡§These Boots were made for Walking¡¨/Hazlewood/ Aimee Crathern /P/TR002/ 2.40 Track 3: ¡§Cry Me a River / Arthur Hamilton / Ain¡¦t Misbehavin Trio/P/ Sampler CD/ 4.05 Track 4:  ¡§Improvisation No. 1¡¨/Kim Chalmers/ditto/ CP/ sampler/ 3.20