THAT POETRY THING - Recent Work Readings
K A Nelson + Martin Doolan

+ open mic
7pm Monday 17 July
(Doors open 6:30pm)
Smith’s Alternative, Canberra

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K A NELSON
K A Nelson is a country girl whose destiny—marriage/children—was thwarted by her love of difference and the opportunity to travel and work in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Italy, Central Australia and elsewhere. K A Nelson studied a Masters by Research at the University of Canberra. Her exegesis and memoir with poetry focused on white privilege and its legacy in Australia together with lessons learnt from her working life with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in rural, regional and urban settings between 1981-2020.

MARTIN DOLAN
Martin Dolan is a Canberra poet who has been writing and publishing for twenty-five years. He has given up moonlighting as a public servant to pursue a PhD candidature in creative writing at the University of Canberra.