Saturday Night Poets + Young Poets Showcase + Grey Maali
Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground
One of the Festival’s major nights of live poetry brings together distinctive voices across styles, generations and lived experience, followed by a Young Poets Showcase and an immersive closing collaboration.
Featuring
- Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
- Giles Watson
- Coral Carter
- Leonard James
- Emilie Collyer
- Ender Başkan
Young Poets Showcase
A dedicated Festival platform for emerging young writers and performers.
Special closing feature · Grey Maali presents Listen!
Grey Maali brings together Allan Boyd, Maitland Schnaars, Kevin Gillam and James Webb in a collaborative work built around deep listening and reflection. Poetry meets live cello, didgeridoo, electric guitar, digital audio, visual projection, improvisation and spoken Noongar language elements.
Hosted by Samantha Melia, Deputy Chair of WA Poets Inc and Festival Director.
Tickets
- General Admission: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee
- WA Poets Members: $20 + $1.00 fee
- Flexi Ticket: pay what you like from $25
Books
Festival books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Rabble Books & Games.
Accessibility
City of Perth Library has lift access, accessible toilets and nearby accessible parking. Contact the organiser if you have particular access requirements.
Acknowledgement of Country
WA Poets Inc acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which these Festival events take place, and pays respect to Elders past and present and to continuing culture, community and connection to Country.