As part of the Rising Voices Fellowship, Mother Tongue Poetry is presenting a series of public workshops to upskill and equip local writers beyond our core fellowship group. The workshop themes will be set by the journey the Fellows decide to take and will be designed to support their progress whilst also allowing the wider community to engage with the program.

The Rising Voices Fellowship is made possible through a Banyule Arts and Culture Project Grant.


WORKSHOP: Poet Up!
Learn how to make an audience sit up and take notice in this hands-on, two hour poetry workshop.

Poet, publisher and broadcaster Indrani Perera is coming to Ivanhoe to teach you how to use the tricks of writing for the page to make your spoken word poems more compelling.

You’ll leave with a poem you actually wrote and edited yourself. No poetry experience required or expected – beginners welcome!


FACILITATOR BIO: Indrani Perera
Indrani Perera is a Sri Lankan/German/Australian poet, publisher and author of Defenestration and pas de deux. Her poems have appeared on library receipts in Naarm, the big screen in Boorloo and on phones at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Indrani has been widely anthologised, published worldwide in literary journals and shortlisted for major poetry awards. 

She has performed on makeshift stages in bars, teahouses and libraries, as well as in studios, theatres and on radio. In 2023 she was National Guest Poet at the Perth Poetry Festival. Indrani is also the Pocketry Almanack editor, Circus of Similes creator, and 3CR Spoken Word show host. www.indraniperera.com


LOCATION:
Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub
Wilim Ngarrgu Community Meeting Room 1
Fully Wheelchair Accessible

Mother Tongue Poetry is a local organisation committed to equipping and amplifying the voices of women and gender diverse people who align with the experiences of womanhood. 

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COST: $20 - Booking

ACCESSIBLITY: Venue Entrance Wheelchair Accessible, Toilets Wheelchair Accessible