Poetry & Spoken Word
Poetry Month 2024 goes international
This year, Poetry Month expands its remit to reach an overseas audience in a collaboration with a UK poetry and…
Thinking about aliens – The Blak Infinite envelops Fed Square this RISING
Behind the spaceships and bright lights in this RISING program of free events and installations lies a deeper story.
Gina Rinehart's own creativity revisited as she attacks Namatjira's portrait
Do you remember Gina Rinehart's poem 'Our Future'? Here it is, for those who missed it when it first came…
Book review: Venus Without Furs, Gabrielle Everall
A collection of poetry that riffs and talks back to Leopold von Sascher-Masoch, author of notorious classic 'Venus in Furs'.
Is poetry really 'the tyrannical discipline'?
This is how Sylvia Plath described the art form, but three contemporary poets have very different views.
Book review: Raw Salt, Izzy Roberts-Orr
This debut poetry collection canvasses death and the environment, mourning and memory.
Spoken word poetry: screaming their truths
To acknowledge and celebrate World Poetry Day, ArtsHub explores some grassroots spoken word festivals and speaks to their participants.
Book Review: Ghost Poetry, Robbie Coburn
A poetry collection that reflects deeply on trauma, loss and hope.
Book review: Who Comes Calling?, Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Miriam Wei Wei Lo's second poetry collection explores motherhood, immigration, religion and the creative life.
Book review: Television, Kate Middleton
An ode to the ways in which television nurtures our self-understanding.