Poetry Month is returning for the third year, with events spread across the national calendar during August. There will be showcases, workshops, writing prompts, poetic installations, live and online events, the National Poetry Month Gala in Sydney celebrating 20 years of Red Room Poetry (including the release of its anthology A Line in the Sand) and 30in30 (a new poem by a different poet presented for each day of the month).
Given that the Poet Laureate position has not yet been filled, ArtsHub asked a number of guest presenters and ambassadors how they would go about broadening the reach of poetry to Australians should they be given the chance to assume the mantle.
