Poetry Month Calendar
Run a regular poetry reading or slam? Want to host a poetry panel, workshop or talk? Bush poetry or haiku breakfast?
Eight events from across the continent - one from each state and territory - submitted before Monday 3 July will be selected from our Poetry Month Calendar open callout to receive a $500 micro grant. Note: events submitted after July 3 will still be included in the calendar.
Submit your event here to be considered for inclusion in the calendar.
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Climbing through a hole in the sky - Online eco-poetry therapy workshop
1 Aug 2023 at 07:20 pm
Online
A 2-hour poetry as therapy workshop with a focus on solastalgia and eco-anxiety/rage. A selection of poetry is read and… -
Ngatha Wangga (I Talk) / Nyinda Wangga (You Talk)
2 Aug 2023 / 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
Online via Zoom
A workshop on decolonising the cento with Red Room Poetry Fellow Charmaine Papertalk Green -
N E W S : Poets from the NORTH . EAST . WEST . SOUTH
3 Aug 2023 at 07:00 pm
Finding new directions: Staged at a live streaming venue the media poetry event includes performance, video poetry and … -
VoiceBox
4 Aug 2023 at 08:00 pm
Mixed Creative, 32 Nile St, Port Adelaide
VoiceBox is a brand new spoken word open mic event launching in Poetry Month in Port Adelaide. We welcome all forms of … -
National Poetry Month Gala
4 Aug 2023 / 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Celebrate 20 years of Red Room Poetry at this gala event showcasing Australian poets and poetry in all of its forms as … -
Melton – Australian Poetry Slam Heat
4 Aug 2023 at 06:00 pm
Melton Library & Learning Hub
Australian Poetry Slam takes over Melton Library. Everyone is welcome to flex their vocal cords, from aspiring poe… -
VOLTA AUGUST: Rory Hawkins, Laura Bibby & Haytham Harbus
4 Aug 2023 at 06:00 pm
Brisbane Square Library & Instagram Livestream
⚡VOLTA is co-presented monthly by Queensland Poetry and Brisbane Square Library, bringing you electric poetry, spoken w… -
NANGAMAY MANA DJURALI: First Nations LGBTQIA+ Poetry
5 Aug 2023 at 02:00 pm
Idea Space, Level 1, Darling Square Library
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ACT Poetry Month Showcase
5 Aug 2023 at 02:00 pm
James Fairfax Theatre
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A Portal to Poetry: Poetry and Writing at the Word Level with Sara M. Saleh
5 Aug 2023 at 10:00 am
Online via the Writers Victoria Zoom
In this generative workshop, run by Sara M. Saleh for Writers Victoria, we will find the writing prompt in everything. … -
Fans 4Eva with Madison Godfrey
7 Aug 2023 at 07:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Poems can be sites of obsession: they can sparkle and shout, like glitter glue on a handmade sign. This is a workshop s… -
Remotely Funny online spoken word open mic
8 Aug 2023 at 07:30 pm
online
Can't get to an in-person event? Share your work at our zoom open mic! You can read for up to five minutes. No spec… -
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Libby Hathorn & Elizabeth Cummings present Coastal Poetry
8 Aug 2023 at 06:30 pm
Waverley Library, Bondi Junction
Celebrate Australian Poetry Month with, Libby Hathorn and Elizabeth Cummings. In this special talk, both writers will s… -
Shellharbour City Libraries Poetry Open Mic
8 Aug 2023 at 06:00 pm
Shellharbour City Library
Pick up the mic and share your words with us and/or just sit back and listen as performers tell their stories. The Shel… -
Book launch: Chinese Fish by Grace Yee
9 Aug 2023 at 06:30 pm
The Alderman
Join us to celebrate Chinese Fish (Giramondo, June 2023), a brilliant and original new collection of prose poems by Gra…
