Next Level Poetry with Melinda Smith
Unfortunately this fantastic workshop is SOLD OUT but don’t despair, we hope to run another in the not too distant future. To express your interest send an email to admin@actwriters.org.
Overview
Take your poetry to the next level with Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning poet Melinda Smith. In 4 x 90-minute online group sessions over 2 months, you will read, think, question, experiment, get feedback, and – we hope – grow as a poet. The program will be a mix of analysing published poems written in English by prominent Australian poets, and workshopping participants’ draft poems (not compulsory but recommended). The course will also include tips on publishing your poems. Suitable for poets, published or unpublished, who are ready and able to receive honest feedback on their work. All sessions via Zoom.
Please note: as the program has been designed as an interconnected series of discussions, participants will not be able to pay by session. Each participant to be responsible for the stability of their own internet connection.
The session times are as follows:
Saturday 9th of May, 2-3.30pm.
Saturday 23rd of May, 2-3.30pm.
Saturday 6th of June, 2-3.30pm.
Saturday 20th of June, 2-3.30pm.
About Melinda Smith
Melinda Smith is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Goodbye, Cruel (Pitt St Poetry, 2017) and Listen, bitch (Recent Work Press, 2019). She won the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call, and her work has been widely anthologised and translated. She’s taught poetry workshops in a wide range of settings, including for the Queensland Writers’ Centre, the Perth Poetry Festival, the NSW Speech and Drama Teachers’ association, and veterans’ organisation Soldier On. She is based in the ACT and is a former poetry editor of the Canberra Times.