Highlights

• Cocktail Party Opening with performances by Sarah Day, Judith Beveridge and Peter Boyle.
• Readings by poets from Australia and overseas including Bruce Dawe, Michael Hofmann (UK), John Tranter, Bronwyn Lea, Jan Owen, Vivian Smith, Louise Oxley, Alan Wearne, and many more
• The Judith Wright Lecture delivered by Bruce Dawe
• Presentation of the Poets Union Poetry prize and the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous verse
• The State of Play panel
• Pre-festival events including the 'Creative Reading' seminar

All to be recorded in a special double edition of Five Bells which will be a significant contribution to thinking about the craft of contemporary Australian poetry.

Directed by Brook Emery and presented by The Poets Union Inc.

Contact Brook Emery » festival@poetsunion.com All inquiries, offers to help, requests, etc appreciated.

Please download the full program attached below.

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