Eight spring days celebrating Australian Poetry in the magnificent Arcadia Theatre, home of the Australian Poetry Hall of Fame.
Featuring: the ABPA-NSW Bush Poetry Championship 18th and 19th of Nov, poetry writing and performance workshops 14 to 17th of Nov., performances, Poetry Film Festival, and the Poetry workshop series featuring some of the top bush poets in Australia.
The Poetry Workshop series will get you both writing and performing poetry with some of Australia's Top Bush Poets.
This series of workshops is available for everyone and attendance is flexible. If you are a "never wrote" beginner to seasoned performer then you will get something from these workshops. A Notable Donation for attendance at the workshops will help cover the costs of the presenters.
Program as follows and attendees are welcome to attend one or all of the workshops.
Thursday 16th November
10:30am- 12:00am James Warren Writing Workshop- How I wrote over 800 poems in a year and you can too starting now.
12:00pm LUNCH BREAK
1:00pm-1:30pm Thundercloud presents Stage Voice Workshop- Delivery with impact
1:30pm-2:00pm Tom McIlveen- Rhyme and Meter Writing
2:30pm-3:00pm Robyn Sykes presents: Cryptic Crosswords: Juggling Practice for Writers
Friday 17 November
10:30am Tom McIlveen presents: Writing Rhyme
11:00am James Warren -How I wrote over 800 poems in a year and you can too.
11:30am Robyn Sykes presents: Cryptic Crosswords: Juggling Practice for Writers
12:00am-1:30pm LUNCH BREAK
1:30pm Robyn Sykes presents: Cryptic Crosswords: Juggling Practice for Writers
2:00pm Humorous Writing Bill Kearns
2:30pm Performance Workshop Ray Essery