The Poetic City Festival ran through March and April 2021 at a multitude of venues in and around Canberra. Together with a band of willing helpers, local poet Jacqui Malins put together an extensive program of poetry readings, workshops, installations and other events. The Festival opened on 15 March with the launch of Issue 8… Read More Poetic City 2021: Canberra
The 2019 Poetry On The Move festival included several poetry readings at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra. Among the featured poets were this year’s Poetry On The Move Poets-in-Residence: Kei Miller, a Jamaican poet based in England; Mani Rao from India; Alvin Pang, based in Singapore; and Tricia Dearborn from Australia. These poets, together with a… Read More Kei Miller Reads at Poetry On The Move
Poetry on the Move is a five-day poetry festival curated by the International Poetry Studies Institute at the University of Canberra (UC). The festival has been running each year since 2015 and offers a busy program of workshops, panel discussions, poet interviews, symposium papers and, of course, poetry readings. The events are held at several… Read More 2019 Poetry on the Move Festival
Three Canberra poets presented their work at Manning Clark House (MCH) on Thursday 27 June 2019. MCH is a not-for-profit organisation supporting history, literature, culture and human rights. The house was formerly the home of eminent Australian historian, Professor Manning Clark (1915-1991). Clark’s great work was his six volume study, A History of Australia. Nowadays,… Read More Poetry at Manning Clark House
There was a great crowd along at Smith’s Alternative on Monday night, 29 April 2019, to hear poetry presented live. Canberra poet Martin Dolan was MC for the night as he introduced the open mic poets, followed by Tricia Dearborn from Sydney and myself, who each gave a 20 minute reading of our poetry. The… Read More Tricia Dearborn: Autobiochemistry
Vanessa Proctor and Kent MacCarter appeared last month at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra (Australia). Smith’s is a fun venue that offers live music, comedy and/or poetry almost every night of the week. After the usual open mic session, award-winning Sydney poet, Vanessa Proctor, stepped to the stage presenting a selection of her Japanese genre, short… Read More Smith’s Alternative: Vanessa Proctor and Kent MacCarter
This year, 2018, marks the 25th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Canberra (Australia) and Nara (Japan). To celebrate the occasion, Saeko Ogi, Amelia Fielden and Noriko Tanaka have edited a collection of tanka and haiku by Australian and Japanese poets. The publication is titled Poetry Bridges: Canberra/Nara Commemorative Anthology. The Australian launch of Poetry… Read More Canberra/Nara Poetry Anthology
Our Capital Region haiku group, known as Haiku @ The Oaks, normally meets at the Yarralumla Gallery and Oaks Brasserie in Canberra. On this occasion, however, we met at the National Botanic Gardens. The timing of our meeting coincided with a visit to Canberra by well known haiku and tanka poet, Beverley George. Coffee and haiku… Read More Haiku @ The Oaks: 5 December
Gregory Piko 