Hello!
My name is Maddie Godfrey and I’m a Perth-bred writer, poet and theatre maker who has achieved international success over the past two years. More information about me is available here: www.maddiegodfrey.com
This Saturday, it’s John McBain as our feature on 11th November 2017 at Perth Poetry Club.
John McBain regards himself as a bush poet (story-teller) but he is difficult to categorise as he also is a film maker and has a long history in practical and theoretical (policy) sustainability e.g. urban food production.
This Saturday, it’s Rose Lucas (VIC), Mitchell Thompson + Chase Houghton as our features on 4th November 2017 at Perth Poetry Club.
Rose Lucas is a Melbourne poet and academic. Her first collection , Even in the Dark (UWAP 2013) won the Mary Gilmore prize. Her second collection, Unexpected Clearing (UWAP) was published in 2016. She is currently completing her third collection, At the Point of Seeing. She will be in Perth to co-host a doctoral Writing Retreat with ECU.
Poetry by Janet Kickett, Yvonne Kickett, Deborah Moody, Merle Narkle-Goodwin, Alf Taylor, Rosalie Quartermaine, Julie Wynne, Daniel Hansen, Hayden Kickett and more.
Live music by Ian Wilkes and members of the Perth Symphony Orchestra.
When: Sunday 5 November 2017 2pm
Where: Link Theater, 89 Duke Street East
Gosnells Writing Circle (GWC) Expo 2017
When: Saturday 18th November - 10am to 1pm (free event!)
This Saturday, it’s Neil J (BRiLO) Pattinson as our feature, 28th October 2017 at Perth Poetry Club.
Neil J (BriLO) Pattinson uses Playbill, Algerian, Showcard Gothic, Ravie, and Impact with a passion. It pervades his bio, poetry and his new book – worst kept secret. The book will be available for pre-launch sale, with launch event details to be announced, at the gig.
This Saturday, it’s Emily Dickinson, courtesy of Christine Della Vedova and Ann Gilchrist as our features, 21st October 2017 at Perth Poetry Club.
The Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition inaugurated by FAWWA in 1975 in memory of Australian author Joseph Furphy (1843 - 1912) who wrote the classic Such is Life, under the name Tom Collins.
1st prize: $1,000. 2nd prize: $200. 3rd prize: $100.
Poem length: up to 60 lines
Open theme
Limit of five entries per person
$10 for each entry
The Tom Collins Poetry Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious poetry prizes, with first place being awarded a $1,000 prize.
This Saturday, it’s Toby Marks and Cam Knight as our features, 14th October 2017 at Perth Poetry Club.
Toby Marks is one of Australia's leading forgotten poets. Unknown even to his peers and kin. He lacks all recognition in Australian Literature. His poetry, although not academic, tries to dip into the hermetic currents of an ocean lost in a world we can only perceive once standing on the edge of the abyss. Sometimes strikingly shit and sometimes passable, his poetry has been blowing away since 2013.