THAT POETRY THING
Gemma Nethercote Way (ACT) + Isi Unikowski (ACT)
+ open mic
7pm Monday 25 July (Doors open 6:30pm)
Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
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Gemma Nethercote Way’s poetry has been published in Axon, Meniscus, and Not Very Quiet. Her work appeared in the anthologies No News: 90 Poets Reflect on a Unique BBC Newscast (Recent Work Press), and Not Very Quiet (Recent Work Press). In 2019 she was shortlisted for the Anne Edgeworth Writer’s Fellowship.
Isi Unikowski is a Canberran poet, with an extensive publication history in Australia and overseas. He was selected as one of the ACT’s representatives on the Australian Book Review’s ‘States of Poetry’ website, has been shortlisted twice for the University of Canberra Poetry Prize, and won the ACT Poetry Prize for 2012. His published poetry can be viewed at https://www.isiunikowski.net/. A collection of his poetry, Kintsugi, is forthcoming in mid-2022 from Puncher & Wattman. He has worked as a public servant and academic, and has a PhD from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.