Events
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National Poetry Month Gala
12 Aug 2022 / 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Join us for a special gala event to celebrate Australian poets and poetry as part of Poetry Month 2022. -
Victorian Poetry Month Gala
4 Aug 2022 / 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
The Wheeler Centre
A blazing line-up of talent comes together for the second annual Victorian Poetry Month Gala -
Nauru Narratives - Writing in Resistance
22 Jun 2022 / 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Art Gallery of New South Wales
For the first time, a new generation share poetry and reveal their experiences of life inside Australia’s asylum regime…
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World Environment Day Workshop (Primary)
31 May 2022 / 01:30 pm to 02:15 pm
Online via Zoom
Celebrate World Environment Day in a free digital workshop with poet, illustrator and educator Brenna Quinlan -
How to Write a River, a Sky, a Seed… at SWF
21 May 2022 / 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm
Carriageworks
What does it take to weave words over water? How do you collaborate across cultures? Where do you write a forest? -
POEM FOREST Workshop and Eco-Slam with Isabella Luna
2 Apr 2022 / 10:30 am to 02:00 pm
We're partnering with the Powerhouse Museums Discovery Centre in Castle Hill for an eco-poetry workshop and slam for yo… -
LGBTQIA+ Poets Workshop with Joelle Taylor
16 Mar 2022 / 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm
Online via Zoom
This session unpacks the research and writing methods Joelle Taylor used to write her T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collecti… -
POEM FOREST Winners Announcement
23 Nov 2021 / 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm
After reading over 5,000 nature poems, we invite you to help us celebrate the 2021 POEM FOREST Prize Winners! -
MAD Poetry Online Workshop
5 Oct at 07:00 pm - 26 Oct 2021 at 07:00 pm
This special 4-part workshop series will be led by four facilitators who are practicing poets with their own lived ment… -
MAD Poetry In-Patient Workshop with Alise Blayney
1 - 31 Oct 2021
We will be hosting our first pilot in-patient closed workshop to be held at the Wollongong Acute Adult Mental Health Wa… -
Threatened Species Day workshop with Dakota Feirer
6 - 7 Sep 2021
This free digital workshop celebrates Threatened Species Day with Bundjalung-Gumbayngirr poet Dakota Feirer. -
Poetry Month calendar
31 Aug 2021
Our Poetry Month Calendar is your one-stop-shop for all things happening in August. Check out what's on or add your own… -
Guwayu – For All Times Showcase [cancelled]
29 Aug 2021 at 09:00 am
NT Writers Centre
Join Wiradjuri writer, poet and editor of the Guwayu – For All Times collection at the NT Writers Festival. -
City of Sydney Poetry Showcase [cancelled]
28 Aug 2021 at 02:00 pm
Live at Green Square Library supported by City of Sydney. -
Western Australia Poetry Showcase
26 Aug 2021 at 07:00 pm
Presented in partnership with The City of Fremantle Library at Freo Social, this showcase will feature Fremantle Press … -
AUS-NZ Poetry Showcase
26 Aug 2021 at 06:00 pm
Join our online Showcase featuring leading contemporary poets from Australia and New Zealand. -
'Everything is Everything’ with Tony Birch
25 Aug 2021 at 07:00 pm
Join award-winning author and poet Tony Birch for this workshop exploring poetry, simplicity, spaces to breathe and lay… -
South Australia Poetry Showcase
20 Aug 2021 at 06:00 pm
Join us for this showcase featuring an exciting lineup of South Australian poets, presented in partnership with Writers… -
NSW Poetry Showcase [cancelled]
19 Aug 2021 at 06:30 pm
State Library of New South Wales
Join us in celebration of The State Library of NSW poetry showcase, featuring some of NSW’s finest contemporary poets. -
Srsly?! Comedy and Poetry with Vidya Rajan
18 Aug 2021 at 07:00 pm
Join comedian and multidisciplinary artist, Vidya Rajan, in exploring the intersections of comedy and poetry. -
'A Garden of Poems' poetry trail at Wollongong Botanic Garden
13 Aug - 30 Sep 2021
Wollongong Botanic Garden
Connect to nature on a trail featuring poems inspired by plants and place called 'A Garden of Poems'. -
Gran Slam! Live at HOTA [cancelled]
13 Aug 2021 at 07:00 pm
Hota home of the arts
Join us at the Gran Slam! Live event starring Special guests Matt Hsu, David Stavanger, and Tenzin Choegyal. -
The Guardian Poetry Month Book Club
13 Aug 2021 at 01:00 pm
Poetry Month Ambassador Yassmin Abdel-Magied and commissioned poets Evelyn Araluen & Omar Sakr join Guardian Australia’…
