This is the first year I’ll be featuring at Perth Poetry Festival, and I’m so excited to share my events!
13 August 2024: Poetry Mosaic
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM, Centre for Stories
I’ve been privileged to be part of the Ink and Echo group that has met at the Centre for Stories over the past few months, and we are showcasing new work written at the sessions at an exciting group reading called Poetry Mosaic! I am reading “A woman created the world”, “Labyrinthine” and “I saw a forest on her chest”, and I plan to memorise “A woman created the world” with actions from the tradition of Chinese storytelling which would be a first for me!
Tickets here.
18 August 2024: Translating Blind Poetry Workshop
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, State Library of Western Australia, North West Room
I’m really excited to be holding my first ever poetry workshop here in Perth! I have taught in many places but not this city and I’m really hoping it will be a success!
In this workshop participants pretend to translate a poem from a language they don’t know to trick the mind into producing an original poem. In a fascinating exercise using cognates shapes of words and your imagination produce a brand new work with a foreign poet’s work as a jumping off point. The facilitator will provide prompts along the exercise to guide you and as an experienced translator show you that languages are not as different as you might think even if you don’t know them.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/ppf2024-workshops
20 August 2024: Perth Poetry Festival Micro-Residency
I’ve been selected for a micro-residency that will take place in Northbridge, so I will be at the WA Poets’ Northbridge office for half a day writing love poetry set in the area and responding to the music of the city.
25 August 2024: Perth Poetry Festival Finale
7:30 PM, Jonesway Theatre Northbridge
Finally, I will be reading the new work produced at the Micro-Residency at the Festival Finale that wraps up the festival! There is a stellar line up of other poets at this event and it will definitely close with a bang! Do come along for this and come hear my new work!
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