Poetry & Spoken Word
Book review: Milk and Honey: 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition, Rupi Kaur
The bestselling Instapoet returns with an anniversary edition of her debut book.
Greek-Australian poet Î .O. wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award
A champion of performance poetry and spoken word as well as his fellow poets, Î .O. has been honoured for his…
Living Poetry Project – poetry as a tool for emotional healing among Gen Z
How is poetry helping young Australians address modern love and trauma?
Failure and frustration spawn success for Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners
Six books including a debut novel and a debut poetry collection have each received $80,000 in this year’s Prime Minister’s…
Accidental poetry should be all around us
Imagine stumbling into poems in unexpected places as you go about your day.
Book review: The Infant Vine, Isabella G Mead
This debut collection of poetry plays with the intersection between motherhood and the natural world.
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'.