I look forward to reading at October’s Volta, with Lesley Synge and Sarah Temporal.
This will be at the Brisbane Square Library, October 6th 6pm.
PERFORMERS/POETS
Dr June Perkins aka gumbootspearlz was born to a Mekeo mother and Australian father. Her work has been featured at Baha’i International Community, Story Factory, Red Room Poetry & several Anthologies for adults and children. Her two books are Illuminations and Magic Fish Dreaming. She is currently chair of QLD Writers MC team.
Lesley Synge was born under the Tropic of Capricorn. Her poetry collections are Mountains Belong to the People Who Love Them; Organic Sister; Signora Bella’s Grand Tour. A new collection is pending. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from University of Queensland. Also an awarded novelist and non-fiction writer, she works on Turrbal and Jagera land.
Sarah Temporal lives and works on Bundjalung lands: a poet, educator, and producer. She explores embodiment and storytelling in her debut collection ‘Tight Bindings’, forthcoming from Puncher and Wattmann. Sarah is a three-times finalist of the XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken-Word, with works published in Best of Australian Poems, Cordite, APJ and more.
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