Speakeasy: The Readers on June 8

The last on-campus event in June introduced us to some lovely new readers, along with the ole' regulars. Let us reflect upon our fine line-up:

Mel Manson first enrolled in a Bachelor of Environmental Management here at Flinders, where she met some lovely people, and wrote essays on demographics and politics - until she realised that other people at the university were having fun
and were in significantly less danger of ever becoming politicians. Mel is now a 3rd year BA-English major.

Benjamin Westaway grew up in Adelaide and became interested in writing in year 10 when a friend introduced him to a book called Ice Station by Matthew Reilly. Benjamin writes historic poems in his spare time and is working on a novel titled Soul Weaver.

Charles Chiam is an Creative Writing Honours Student from Malaysia. He is a believer of fairy-tales and lover of happy endings and miracles. He sees fantasy and sci-fi as a holiday away from reality, and has recently got interested in acrostic poems.

Cara Ferguson is a reclusive being, who tends to forget that the outside world exists. But when she does venture outdoors, she finds that sunlight is really quite palatable.

Sean Stockham has overcome great obstacles in his life - the stigma of good looks, getting stranded in a strip club... accidentally - and he is now on his way to achieving an admirable modesty.

Carmel Williams didn't provide a bio. (But we still love her.)

Peter Beaglehole is taking Honours at Flinders University, he also performs as a musical comedian.

Luke Bartholomew loves art, and Miranda. In no particular order.

Luke Bartholomew doesn't love needles, and the act of inserting one into one's skin. He does however, have a great story about it!

Miranda Richardson is a third year BCA: Creative Writing student who loves art and people. She is currently on a lame diet free of all semblance of flavour so that she can stop feeling sick all the time. She misses chocolate. Oh, so much.

Chris Williss did not provide a bio. (But we still love him too.)

Justina Ashman is a second year creative writing student. Her notable achievements include getting out of bed this morning and bathing regularly. Her life consists primarily of sleep, two minute noodles and poor decisions. She aspires to be the kind of person who finishes the things she starts.

Alicia Carter is nearing the end. She can see the light a mere semester away. When she's finished her undergraduate in Creative Writing she plans to return to the real world, having come to the chrysalis of university as a bookworm dabbling part-time in the construction of stories, and left as a beautiful butterfly.

Jack McEntee is a mythical being. Or at least he would have been considered as such, until the advent of the scientific method; either way he is a hulking mass, known, colloquially and scientifically, as a giant. Luckily his kind heart and honeyed words eased his passage in a superficial world.

In her spare time, Dominiek Neall enjoys a fierce game of croquet. Currently, there are 157 registered croquet players in Australia, and Dominiek is ranked as the #156th. She sits one place above Squiggles the dog from Wollongong who is frankly, more interested in chasing after the balls than actually hitting them. However, with the right training he is sure to improve. But Dominiek is not deterred by this, and is in fact thinking of taking her talent someplace bigger. Watch out “Australia’s Got Mallets”! Dominiek is on her way.

Tamara Milne aka Tami is a pretty rad and super modest third year creative writing student in the Bachelor of Media. Being short, red-haired and of Irish-Scottish decent she has a lot of opinions, and, occasionally, these opinions creep down from her brain onto the page. As this will be Tami's last speakeasy event before she jets off on exchange to Scotland, she wanted, in lieu of her impending absence, and in light of operation 'infiltrate the world', to entrust just a few of these opinions with you today.

Samuel Williams didn't provide a bio. (We may not love him anymore.)

Lauren Fuge is a tiny collection of organic molecules, living on a speck of dust caught in a sunbeam, in a quaint corner of an average galaxy. To navigate this strange mess of existence, she writes.

Piri Eddy is currently studying honours in creative writing at Flinders University. As well as writing, Piri is a musician, actor and sometimes-comedian. You can see him perform alongside his band Chapman Street at the Cavern Club on June 15th. For other Piri related things, check his infrequently updated blog at tumblr.com/canilickthis.