After teaching my eco-dyeing workshop in Niddrie on Sunday, I headed to the Beit e'Shai Teahouse and Pop-Up Gallery in Preston for an evening of tea, tunes and poetry. Shiralee Hood was our wonderful MC. Farhad Bandesh sang songs in Kurdish to Yusuke's improvised guitar. All while Nadine served us... Read more →

Coming up on Sunday 17th November, I will be performing my poetry at the Beit e'Shai Sunday Teahouse sessions. Beit e'Shai means House of Tea in Arabic and it is the creation of Palestinian nutritionist, herbalist, artist and independent researcher, Rasha Tayeh. I first met Rasha at a market when... Read more →

The Perth Poetry Festival Finale was emceed by the fabulous Scott-Patrick Mitchell at the Switch Theatre on Wellington Street in Perth. I think this intimate venue was my favourite performance space for the festival. It was easy to make eye contact with all the members of the audience and tp... Read more →

When I was exploring Northbridge on my very first day in Perth, I wandered past this funky little diner style cafe with its retro 50s booth seats and promised myself I would come back. I mean with a name like The Moon, how could I resist? At the time I... Read more →

~ Scott Patrick Mitchell ~ ~ Lisa Collyer ~ ~ Arianne True ~ Last night saw me treading the boards at Planet Royale in Northbridge for the Perth Poetry Festival's opening gala. I shared the stage with an incredible lineup of Local, National and International Guest Poets. Scott-Patrick Mitchell was... Read more →

I am honoured to announce that I will be a National Guest Poet at this year's Perth Poetry Festival alongside Juan Garrido-Slagado from South Australia and Jean Kent from New South Wales. We'll be joining International Guest Poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay from India as well as Local Guest Poets Lisa Collyer,... Read more →