Lunar New Year Calendar 2025 The Poetry Oceania Yearbook 2025 participants have been announced. The following twelve poets aged between 12 – 16 years of age, whose poetry embody the spirit of the Year of the Dragon will be featured:Evaluna Cuddihy (Australia)Tiger Han (Australia)Isabelle Hu (Australia)Jonathan Ji (Australia)Isla Rose Skerten…
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…
Now screening onDemand We are thrilled to roll out the poetry carpet for our Headliners, over two weeks!Two screen nights of the performance night of the Contains Strong Language showcase that features Sydney-based poets exploring new directions of engagement and performance in celebration of Red Room’s Poetry Month. Featuring Rico Craig, Willo Drummond, Gareth…
ORATURE.wav~ is an oral archive that facilitates the textual preservation and presentation of poets and poetry. Presented by Angela Stretch and published by Eastside FM. Take a listen > https://eastsidefm.org/series/orature-wav/
We are thrilled to launch two monthly exhibition programs and you are invited: 5-6pm Saturday 31 August Poetry Gallery [PG] Poem Phone [PP] The Knox Street Bar extends their committed support to poets and poetry in providing a platform for media poetry: video poetry, sound poetry, aural recordings of poetry…
Mohsen Sultany Zand is an Iranian poet and refugee. He arrived in Australia in 1999 and spent four years in an immigration detention centre. After his release, Mohsen was able to focus more fully on his writing. He also began to collaborate with Iranian and Australian musicians to create experimental,…
Rob Riel A piece of us all is missing. Farewell to Rob Riel. Kerri Shying We generally notice light when it is absent’ Rob Riel, Still Life For as Long as You Burn, Five Islands Press (new poets 6) 1999 Rob Riel’s moustache was a wonder, his poetry even more.…
This is the tenth annual Poetry Sydney Shakespeare event that celebrates his life and work with performances, poetry and open readings. It is an inclusive community event and welcoming to all who share a passion for Shakespeare and would enjoy either participating, being in the audience and being entertained. Celebrating…
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…
April 9th is the birthday of Charles Baudelaire, one of the most influential writers of the modern era. To mark the occasion we will be hosting a tribute event at the El Rocco Bar.This year we introduce the artistic direction of Michael Aiken for a project series on Transformation in…