Poetry friends, if you happen to be in Melbourne on Friday the 19th of August, stop into Collected Works bookstore for The Big Read Benefit Event to help raise money to keep Collected Works alive. It is a fantastic bookstore specialising in poetry books and run by the charming Kris Hemensley. If you can't make it, maybe give them a call next time you are looking for a specific book of poetry and help keep this wonderful store afloat.