Red Dirt Poetry Festival invites you to relax with us, meditate or even fall asleep. We all need and deserve some time out to rest, every night of the festival we will release a new episode on 8CCC and online. In this short podcast our poets will speak to your subconscious and help guide you […]
Contemporary publishing comes in many different shapes and forms. Join us for a discussion spanning the Tasman, from traditional print to zine, to renegade streetpress. Moderated by Sean West of Blue Bottle Journal, this event will shed light on where modern publishing is at and where it's going. Through this session, audiences will learn there's […]
In this workshop, Gamilaroi poet Luke Patterson will guide participants through a series of writing exercises that develop techniques of poetic compression, expansion, distillation, and dis/placement. These techniques will be applied to the development of land-based metaphors, with the aim of writing poems and poetic fragments that explore the process of literally and literarily Thinking-thru-Country. […]
Who will be the next Central Australian Poetry Slam Champion? Will it be you? The winner goes on to represent us at the national finals. You’ve got 2 minutes, no props, just you! Entries capped at 20 with sign ups on the night only. Featuring special performances from APS legends.
Experience a captivating evening with First Nations artists Lucy Norton, Brooke Scobie, and Jade Goodwin in 'Ekphrasistas: Artist to Poet'. This online event showcases a live ekphrasis (a dialogue between artforms) where Lucy and Brooke's powerful poetry inspires Jade's real-time illustrations, and then the process reverses as the poets create new works in response to […]
Have you ever wondered what it takes to go from page poet to stage poet and then taking it one step further? Join our poets as they look at their processes and practices and the practicaliities of what it takes to move from reading you a poem to crafting a stage ready show. Please note: […]
Poetry is a tool to re-imagine assumptions by interrupting internal beliefs that undermine the self and makes space for liberation through creative practice that distinguishes the self as an indivual while living with chronic illness. Hear from our poets as they navigate this space with you. Please note: this is an in-person event, with entry […]
Join writer and long-time organiser Sara M Saleh for a transformative writing workshop that delves into the heart of intersectional liberation, inspired by the powerful insights of bell hooks. In this space, we will explore how systems of oppression—racism, sexism, classism, ableism and more—intersect and impact our lives, and how self-expression can be a vehicle […]
Individualising your artistic practice while paying homage to artistic legacy within family and community. Join the discsussion as our poets explore the minefield of emotion and familial responsibility while finding individual artistic identity. Please note: this is an in-person event, with entry via donation. It will also be livestreamed via Facebook Live (here) - registering […]
