We celebrate the 2026 Red Room National Poetry Month this August in hosting contemporary Australian poet and prose writer, joanne burns, accompanied by Eileen Chong and Tricia Dearborn.

joanne burns has had many books of poetry published since the early 1970s. Her most recent book ‘apparently’ was published by Giramondo Press in 2019. She will read poems from a recently completed manuscript ‘rummage’.

The Stanley Street Gallery Poetry Program is a quarterly Saturday afternoon event in a contemporary art space in Darlinghurst.

The Gallery has supported poets and poetry through the longstanding facilitation of Poetry Alive, and this program has been held since 2024.

Current exhibitions

Lucy Chetcuti

Thought forms from the queer utopia imaginarium

August 6-29, 2026

Emily Valentine

Native Narrative

August 6-29, 2026

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