Poetry & Spoken Word

Ghosts of Abbotsford Convent exorcised by poetic and musical collaboration
Poet Nam Le and former ANAM resident artist, pianist Anna Goldsworthy, join ANAM students to explore the Convent’s ‘fraught history’.

Queensland Writers Centre
Queensland Poetry Awards
Queensland’s renowned suite of poetry awards support, recognise and celebrate emerging and established poets.

Daylesford's Words in Winter Festival lifts poetry off the page
Picking up up retro handsets dotted across the town to listen to recorded poetry is just one of the features…

WA Poets Inc
Workshops | 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…
AlburyCity Council
Write Around the Murray Writers' Festival
Write Around the Murray, Albury's 5 day writers' festival, returns for 2025. From 10 to 14 September experience events across…

The Literature Centre Inc.
Celebrate Reading Conference
Celebrate Reading Conference showcases storytellers for young people, with captivating panel discussions, intimate conversations, and interactive experiences, featuring your favourite…

The Victorian Pride Centre Ltd
Expressions of Interest are NOW OPEN for the Telling it with Pride Speakers Program
The TiPS Program is a free workshop series designed to empower LGBTIQA+ community members to share their lived experiences through…

Poetry Month returns with nationwide coverage
Red Room's annual celebration returns to showcase the breadth of Australian poetry.

Writing NSW
Online: Writing from the Sentence Up with Emily Bitto
This online writing course with Emily Bitto will re-focus your writing on the level of the sentence, providing practical ways…

Writing NSW
Creating Unforgettable Characters with Deborah Pike
This workshop, with author Deborah Pike, is for writers of fiction who wish to devise new characters, or deepen and…