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Poetry Workshop: Magdalena Ball – Memoir in Verse
Perth Poetry Festival 2025
Festival Workshops
at Vincent Library
Six Workshops. One Weekend. Countless Lines.
Dates: Friday 29 August – Sunday 31 August 2025
Venue: Vincent Library, 99 Loftus Street, Leederville WA 6007
Spend your festival weekend immersed in poetic practice.
Across three days, WA Poets Inc presents six focused, generative workshops at Vincent Library. Led by a diverse lineup of award-winning poets and skilled facilitators, these sessions invite writers of all backgrounds to deepen their craft, play with form, and connect through language.
Workshop Schedule*
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Workshop 4: Saturday 30 August | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Facilitator: Magdalena Ball
You may register for one or multiple workshops. Each session is ticketed separately with general and member pricing. Content and approach vary across facilitators, allowing you to tailor your weekend of writing to suit your interests and rhythm.
Workshop Details
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Facilitator |
Workshop Title |
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Magdalena Ball |
Memoir in Verse
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Saturday |
30 August |
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM |
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Description |
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Everyone has a story and every story bisects history in one way or another. Look close enough and you will invariably come across trauma or hardship, along with gaps, and many other stories to navigate. Verse is a particularly powerful form for the memoir, because of the way it allows you to engage with what’s missing or can not be known, compress time, use rhythm, visual imagery and sound to get at emotive or multiple truths, and immerse the reading into the heart of experience. This hands-on workshop is for all writers who want to explore story through poetry. We will explore process, using memory, finding and using primary and secondary source material, style and voice choices, creating an arc, and lots more. You will leave this workshop with several of your own poems and new ways of exploring your stories. |
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Biography |
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Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, reviewer, interviewer, Sustainability Manager, Vice President of Flying Island Poetry Community and Managing Editor of Compulsive Reader, one of Australia’s most respected online review sites, which has been publishing high-quality book reviews since 1997. Her work has appeared in an extensive list of journals and anthologies, and has won or shortlisted in many local and international awards. She is the author of multiple novels and poetry books, including, most recently, Bobish, a verse memoir published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023. Find out more at magdalenaball.com |
Registration Tips
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Register early to secure limited seats.
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Bring your favourite writing tools.
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Workshops are suitable for all levels unless otherwise stated.
Accessibility:
Vincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have specific access requirements.
Places are limited. Early booking is recommended to secure your spot.
Visit perthpoetryfestival.com for more program details.
