Last night I attended the last ever Radio Laria poetry evening at Open Studios in Northcote. Open Studios is a fabulous little venue that has been hosting and supporting independent and emerging musicians and artists for the last fifteen years. Sadly they are going to close at the end of... Read more →

Anke Mclean is the fabulous host of a little known poetry open mic held in Dandenong and she recently asked me to come along and be featured poet. I was delighted to accept and spend some time back in the old neighbourhood. I spent my primary school years living in... 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 →

With all the lockdowns during the pandemic I got out of the spoken word habit. I've attended a gig here or there. In March I was lucky enough to catch Andy Jackson, winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Poetry reading from his most recent collection, Human Looking. I also... Read more →

It was awesome to be in the city last night, in a funky little laneway bar listening to poets reading their poems from issue 2 of Mantissa Poetry Review. I have raved about this journal before - it's my favourite print journal because of it's amazing design and layout as... Read more →

Photo credit: Helena Plazza Photo credit: Rowan White Last night saw me at Hares and Hyenas in Fitzroy, getting ready for In Bed with Amy and Friends as a part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Amy Bodossian is an incredibly talented and creative soul who can sing, write phenomenal poetry... Read more →

I have just spent the most amazing day immersed in the world of words. It began with Claire G Coleman's workshop, Embracing Your Poetic Licence, at the Wheeler Centre for Books. The workshop was part of the Melbourne Writers Festival and it was wonderful to be attending an event at... Read more →