Readings, events and launches

POETRY READINGSMONDAY  the  1st  July  Our  LEGENDS OF LAUNCESTON  this  monthNANCY JEAN CORBETT  and TASHA CLARKE.  Don’t miss these poets; this will be momentous!Then there is the competition:  this month it is to have written a poem with the words in it...

Knox Street Bar21 Shepherd Street, ChippendaleSaturday 13 July6:00pm for 6:30pmSome food platters and drinks will be provided.Come along for a night of performance, prophecy, and vanguardist deviltry.  You are warmly invited to the launch of three new...

The Trespassers is a beguiling new novel from Melbourne writer Meg Mundell, which explores the consequences of greed, the experiences of migration and exile, and the way strangers can become the ones we hold dear.We'd love you to join us for the book...

*What's on this week? *This Thursday 13/6 (yikes, that's tomorrow!) we're holding the second edition of our Manifestos series, with longtime MFU collaborator Margaret Mayhew discussing the SCUM Manifesto. Was it Swiftean satire or a political program?...

As the program for this year's Poetry on the Move festival takes shape, we  announce the availability of our very popular poetry workshop series. This year we have 4 workshops available, one from each of our invited poets-in-residence. We hope they present...

Please join us for the Launch Event and Poetry Ready of our new exhibition Finding Our Words. The event will include an introduction from Professor Peter Otto from the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, and poetry readings...

You are invited to the Puncher & Wattmann launch ofDavid Musgrave’s Numb & NumberandAndy Kissane’s The Tomb of the Unknown ArtistAt the Performance Space (Ground Floor)The Wheeler Centre176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourneon Friday, July 19, 2019....

Mildura Writers Festival 2019 Early Bird Tickets are on Sale Now!Book your early bird festival package before 18 June and get 25% off full price. Great value for 15 sessions, three lunches and two dinners. 

June SAT 29  10:00 – 15:00June SUN 30  10:00 – 15:00July SAT 13  10:00 – 15:00July SUN14  10:00 – 15:00Space 10, 22 Tenth Ave, Palm Beach  Gran Slam is an exciting performance poetry project delivered by Feros Care and Everybody NOW. Fifteen seniors aged...

Some of Melbourne’s best improvisers will bring the work of our featured poet to life on stage – poems they’ve never heard before. While most improv comedy is created from a one-word suggestion, Impossible Machine draws on entire poems to create a performance that’s completely new, hilarious, and never to be repeated.

When: 27th June 7pmCost: Free (bookings essential- email hajer@westwords.com.au)Where: WestWords Centre for Writing, 91b Grose St North Parramatta Reclaiming the BodyEunice AndradaIn 2019, WestWords will be holding a poetry night on the last Thursday of...

Led by Lynne Griffiths (musician) & Gina Mercer (poet)Sunday 30th June   10am-4pmFern Tree Community Centre, Hobart $110/$90 (TWC members & concession)Bookings:          Lynne Griffiths:    windsongtas@hotmail.com    0407 885...

What better way to keep spirits high in the depths of winter than good company – and great writing! Get cozy with The Lifted Brow for this late night showcase of words and work to warm the heart and soul, curated by Bridget Caldwell, Manisha Anjali and...

 Melbourne Spoken Word Launch Second Melbourne Spoken Word and Poetry Festival Program

17-21 October 2019 Workshops now available.As the program for this year's Poetry on the Move festival takes shape, we  announce the availability of our very popular poetry workshop series. This year we have 4 workshops available, one from each of our...

Monday, 17 June 2019 from 18:30-19:30  Readings Carlton309 Lygon Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053 Over three evenings this Melbourne winter, we'll host nine poets. For our first winter reading we have:Emma Lew reading from her much-anticipated...

Monday 3 June - 7pm to 9pmMarianne Boruch & Mark Roberts$10 / $5 at the door. Open mic Marianne Boruch is a Fulbright Senior Scholar in UC’s International Poetry Studies Institute. Her work includes 10 poetry collections, the latest Eventually One...

Join us every Saturday afternoon 2pm - 4pm at the Moon Café, 323 William Street Northbridge WA to celebrate poetry with feature poets + open-mike at Perth Poetry Club. The month of June we have the following features…1-June-19Marion Whelligan +...

Write Off! the Katherine Writers’ Festival being run by the Katherine Region of Writers, in partnership with Katherine Regional Arts and with sponsorship from the NTWC, is fast approaching!

Express Media is delighted to present Making Tracks: a travelling pop-up workshop series and zine publication aimed at developing the work of young writers in Australia.