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ANAM students performing at Abbotsford Convent. The atmospheric photograph, taken in a historic venue with picturesque windows and a stage visible in the background, shows a seated audience listening to a group of six musicians, including strings, woodwind and a piano; one of the students stands behind a computer screen, suggesting the presence of electronics in the score being performed.
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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’.

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Competitions

Queensland Writers Centre

Queensland Poetry Awards

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

A hand on a rotary phone with a placard next to it saying 'Phone-a-Poem'. Taking Poetry off the Page.
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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…

Workshops

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…

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Artist Talks

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…

Artist Talks

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…

Professional Development

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…

A person with the word poetry on a white t-shirt. They are wearing jeans and holding a book. Poetry Month. Red Room Poetry.
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Poetry Month returns with nationwide coverage

Red Room's annual celebration returns to showcase the breadth of Australian poetry.

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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…

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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…

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