PoetiCas has been hosting regular poetry gatherings in Castlemaine since 2015, following on the tradition of Ross Donlon's poetry readings in the decade prior. It has grown into a wonderful community and their monthly events are beloved by many. Lockdowns and uncertainty put their activities on pause for much of 2020 and 2021, and they are now thrilled to announce a new chapter at a fine new venue.
The usual format brings a featured reader to share their work, as well as an open section for the community to share their own original poems in a warm and supportive space, lovingly MC'd by local poet and publisher Tegan Gigante. All are welcome to attend, to read or just to listen.
Feature Poet for MAY:
Shari Kocher is an Australian poet, fiction-writer, researcher and therapist, currently taking time out for re-orientation and development. She is the author of Foxstruck and Other Collisions (Puncher & Wattmann, 2021) which was Highly Commended for the NSW Premier’s Literature Awards (Kenneth Slessor Poetry Prize 2022), and The Non-Sequitur of Snow (Puncher & Wattmann 2015), which was Highly Commended in the 2015 Anne Elder Awards (Australia).
Widely published and anthologized in Australia and elsewhere, including in Best Australian Poems 2021, 2016, 2013, Kocher’s work has won or been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Peter Steele Poetry Award in 2019.
She holds a PhD from Melbourne University, is of Irish settler descent mixed with unknown heritage, and lives as a guest on the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung peoples, where she pays her respects to Elders past and present.
2pm for a 2.30 start
4th Saturday of every month
in The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel
359 Barker St, Castlemaine
Open section as usual,
limited to 3 minutes per reader.
All Welcome!
$5 donation at the door much appreciated.
So buy a drink from the bar and join us at The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel, the new home for PoetiCas.
Contact Tegan: poeticaspoeticas@outlook.com
COST: $5 donation at door appreciated