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SUMMARY:Poetry for the Season | Cyndy Moody
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nListen to the season\, its sounds\, names and small changes. \nFestival Patron Cyndy Moody leads a creative workshop exploring Noongar language sounds and poems of Djilba through small writing and drawing activities centred on the seasons. \n\nFacilitator\nCyndy Moody\, 2026 Perth Poetry Festival Patron. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop6/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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GEO:+61 8 9273 6090;https://library.vincent.wa.gov.au/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260830T091500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260830T111500
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SUMMARY:Poetry Where We Meet The World | Emilie Collyer
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nHopeful. Overwhelmed. Angry. Moved by beauty. Poetry begins where the self meets the world. \nEmilie Collyer leads a generative workshop moving between intimate experience and the public\, social and political pressures around us. Participants will read contemporary poems that approach this meeting in different ways\, then use a range of techniques to generate new work. \nThe workshop is warm\, welcoming and designed to help writers tap into their own distinctive voice. \n\nFacilitator\nEmilie Collyer is a poet\, playwright and experienced writing facilitator. Her two poetry collections are published by Vagabond Press\, and her play Super won the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama. She has facilitated writing workshops for more than twenty years. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop5/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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GEO:+61 8 9273 6090;https://library.vincent.wa.gov.au/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260829T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Perth:20260829T133000
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SUMMARY:First Thought Best Thought | Ender Başkan
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nWriters are often told to “find your voice”. This workshop asks a more useful question: how? \nEnder Başkan draws on surrealist\, Dadaist and Zen practices of language play and automatic writing to help participants trust intuition\, follow their own sensibility and work with the energy of first thought. \n\nFacilitator\nEnder Başkan is a poet\, novelist\, small-press publisher and bookseller. Winner of the 2021 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize\, he is co-founder of Vre Books\, Agog poetry readings and Study experimental space. His debut poetry collection Two Hundred Million Musketeers was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop4/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:From Memory to Voice: Transforming Lived Experience into Spoken Word | Oormila V. Prahlad
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nHow do memories become poems\, and how do poems become voice? \nOormila V. Prahlad invites poets and writers of all ages to transform lived experience into spoken-word material through guided prompts\, close listening and discussion. Memory\, identity\, culture\, place\, family and language become starting points for vivid imagery\, rhythm and voice. \nThe workshop introduces approaches to structure\, pacing\, repetition and oral delivery\, with participants encouraged to experiment in a supportive environment and develop a draft they can continue refining afterwards. \n\nFacilitator\nOormila V. Prahlad is an Indian-Australian artist and poet whose work has appeared widely in Australian and international poetry publications. She has won major slam competitions and is the inaugural Writer in Residence at Woollahra Libraries. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop3/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
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SUMMARY:ARE YOU READY? Perth Slam Performance Poetry Workshop | Allan Boyd & Perth Slam
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nPut the poem on its feet. Veteran Perth performance poet Allan Boyd\, aka the antipoet\, and the Perth Slam crew take participants into the practical craft of contemporary slam performance. \nThe session unpacks what makes a successful slam poem work live\, includes performance and discussion\, then moves into writing and stagecraft: microphone technique\, breath\, gesture\, posture\, expression\, audience interaction and timing. \n\nWho it is for\nNew poets\, experienced poets\, future slam entrants\, curious performers and anyone wanting to strengthen their stage presence are welcome. Bring a short poem if you would like to work with one during the session. \nFacilitators\nPerth Slam is a community-run monthly poetry slam and coordinates WA heats of the Australian Poetry Slam. Allan Boyd has facilitated poetry workshops around Australia since 1996 and has taught experimental writing and performance poetry. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop2/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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GEO:+61 8 9273 6090;https://library.vincent.wa.gov.au/
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SUMMARY:Hodgepodge Poetry Workshop | Alex Creece
DESCRIPTION:Perth Poetry Festival 2026 · Ear to the Ground \nCut language apart. Rearrange it. Let the poem arrive somewhere you did not expect. \nAlex Creece leads a hands-on collage poetry workshop using found materials such as magazines\, advertisements and pamphlets. Drawing on their practice as both writer and visual artist\, Alex guides participants through making collage poems and exploring how this playful form can demystify poetry and open new ways of engaging with language. \n\nFacilitator\nAlex Creece is a writer and visual artist whose practice moves across poetry\, experimentation and image-making\, with a playful approach to language\, form and what becomes possible beyond the conventional page. \nTickets\n\nStandard: $30 + $1.25 Humanitix fee\nWA Poets Inc. Member: $25 + $1.13 Humanitix fee\n\nAccessibility\nVincent Library is wheelchair accessible. Contact the organiser if you have specific access requirements. \nRefunds\nRefunds are available up to 7 days before the workshop. \nPlaces are limited. Bring your preferred writing tools. Workshops are suitable for all levels unless the individual description says otherwise. \nAcknowledgement of Country\nWA 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. \n \nBOOK TICKETS
URL:https://perthpoetryfestival.com/event/ppf2026-workshop1/
LOCATION:Vincent Library\, 99 Loftus Street\, Leederville\, WA
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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