Baudelaire’s Birthday and journeys of transformation, 2025 edition / Egg / Poetry Sydney and Garden Creative Lounge partner under the artistic direction of Michael Aiken for a project series on Transformation in five partitions 2024 – 2028 with the curatorial scope to reflect the diversity of cultural, political and social perspectives that preoccupy poets in our…
joanne burns returns to the microphone after a long absence. Chris Mansell a treasure of the Sydney poetry scene across decades, and internationally reknowned Australian poet Les Wicks, and event host. joanne burns has been publishing & performing/reading her work since the early 1970s. Her first book ‘Snatch’ was published by…
Poetry in the panoramic! There are eight sides to the timber built Observatory Hill Rotunda, and we will repurpose it with poetry from all sides of the Harbour this Saturday afternoon come rain or shine. The annual event acknowledges the efforts undertaken throughout the year by the conveners of poetry in…
Participants at the launch event book signing. Vermilion Art Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney Year in ReviewNow more than ever, the world needs art to illuminate the strange, speculative spaces that help us to grapple with who we are, where we are and how we live. In 2024 we were excited to…
“There is much in the world, today, to make many people, myself included – despondent, discouraged, ready to give up. Yet, what keeps us alive, and still productive and positive, is resilience. This has many sources and manifests itself in a multitude of conditions. It is not the aim of…
Poetry Alive ends this year’s program @ SSG for 2024 and you are invited. Poetry Sydney is thrilled to have the conveners of Poetry Alive, Harry Laing & Nicola Bowery of Geemonga present their much revered poetry events for the final poetry instalment at the Stanley Street Gallery program for…
Featuring Rico Craig, Willo Drummond, Gareth Jenkins, Teena McCarthy and Pooja Mittal Biswas. This special Contains Strong Language showcase features Sydney-based poets exploring new directions of engagement and performance in celebration of the Red Room National Poetry Month.The event is presented as part of BBC’s Contains Strong Language and Poetry Month, in partnership…
A mid-afternoon Machine Assisted Street Poetry performance on Crown Street, Sydney Streets 2-5pm, Saturday 6 April 2024. The performance is presented by Poetry Sydney, sponsored by Fayroze Lutta and supported by the City of Sydney. Steven Durbach, aka Sid Sledge worked as a scientist doing genetic research on bacteria and…
This month we turn the spotlight on Michael Aiken, of Garden Lounge in celebration of the independent literary Creative Space’s second anniversary on King Street, Newtown, Sydney. A book shop where you can go to browse, read, and just soak in the ambiance of cultures and the Garden Lounge diverse…
Poetry Sydney partners with Sydney and New South Wales poets to present Vessels of Love over Valentine’s Day weekend on the Streets of Barangaroo, 13-14 February 2021. Expect new experiences through the poetry on love this Valentine’s Day weekend. Sydney and NSW poets exploring love in all its relations this…