Queensland Poetry Festival
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Queensland Poetry Festival 2023 Review
In the words of beloved WA poet and winner of the 2023 XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken Word Scott-Patrick Mitchell, “Story/Verse: it's like the multiverse with less lycra,
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Queensland Poetry Festival 2023 Opening Night Review @ State Library Of Queensland
The Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) is a small but spectacular literary fest with a mission as focused on creating community as it is on championing poetry and supporting
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Queensland Poetry Festival 2022 Review
Poetry, it must be said, gets a bad rap.
A lot of us, myself included, have unhappy memories of high school English classes picking apart poetry written by men... -
Anisa Nandaula's How To Spell Love Shines A Light At Queensland Poetry Festival
From nationally-renowned poet Anisa Nandaula comes 'How To Spell Love', an immersive and collaborative production as part of this year’s Queensland Poetry Festival, which
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Travelling Light: A Celebration of Leonard Cohen @ Queensland Poetry Festival 2017 Review
Song and poetry are remarkably similar beasts, when you get right down to the bones of them. They both rely on rhythm, tone, and the flow of carefully crafted phrasing to
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Queensland Poetry Festival 2017 @ Judith Wright Centre Review
Language is a funny thing. It’s easy to miss in the constant motion of the day but when used well, words can shape the world.
They can change minds, heal or create... -
Luka Lesson Sees The Future As History Repeating
Greek-Australian poet and hip hop rapper Luka Lesson has teamed with indigenous musician Kahl Wallis for the single 'Living Artefacts'.
Luka says the collaboration... -
Queensland Poetry Festival: Distant Voices On Show
In the past, it’s been hard to talk up poetry festivals. Poetry has a bit of a bad rep. For many, it’s that traumatic or tedious subject at school, filled with brooding white
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5 Reality TV Shows With Poet Kate Durbin
Kate Durbin is a Los Angeles-based poet and artist whose work deals with popular culture, gender, and digital media who will feature as Poet-In-Residence for five weeks
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Queensland Poetry Festival: What Happens To Words In Space?
Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) is an independent festival and arts organisation which exists to support, cultivate, and promote a vibrant poetry culture in
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An Open Letter To bpNichol And Queensland Poetry Festival Fans
Justin Stephenson is a Canadian moving image designer and creative director who primarily works with staging language and poetry in moving images.
Working with... -
Ghostboy's Top Five Poems
David Stavanger – aka Ghostboy – is the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of Australian poetry.
He won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Award in 2013, he's a Green Room nominated... -
The Queensland Poetry Festival Is A Three Day Word-Fest
This year marks the 18th annual Queensland Poetry Festival, which aims to bring language to life.
During it’s almost two decade run, the event has grown into the... -
Queensland Poetry Festival 2014
This year marks the 18th annual Queensland Poetry Festival and aims to bring language to life. It has grown into the largest festival of its kind in Australia.
The...