You are officially invited to come along and join the conversation as Magdalena Ball and Michele Seminara read from their latest poetry books, and have an open and possibly quite heady conversation about poetry: everything from writing about the darkest of subjects to the not so fine line between curation and creation. Magdalena is the author of the recently released book Unmaking Atoms and is the Editor-in-Chief of Compulsive Reader, now in its 18th year. Michele is the Managing Editor (and…See More

This month's feature poet at Brett Whiteley Studio is award winning Sydney poet Fiona Wright.Fiona Wright is a Sydney poet, whose work has been published journals, newspapers and anthologies in Australia, Asia and the USA. Her work was included in Best Australian Poems 2008, 2009 and 2010 (Black Ink) and the Toilet Doors Project (2004), and she was runner-up in the 2008 John Marsden National Young Writers Award. In 2007, she was awarded an Island of Residencies placement at the Tasmania…See More

20 pieces from leading, developing & local poets were selected that draw inspiration from artworks in MAG&M’s collection in what will be a unique event celebrating the spoken word & the Manly: Art from the Vault exhibition. There will be an open reading section This is part of the Manly FestivalWhen: Sun 25 Sept, 2 – 4pmWhere: Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, ManlyCost: gold coin donation (refreshments served)Contact: …See More

Writers are invited to submit poems on the subject of the ‘Spirit of the Collection’, responding to artworks in Manly Art Gallery & Museum’s collection in what will be a unique event celebrating the spoken word. See http://leswicks.tripod.com/Manlycatalogue.pdf Twenty poems will be chosen by event curator Les Wicks, poet/publisher/editor for live-reading by the authors who will each receive $50. Submissions to be emailed to …See More