Political Poetry Workshop with Juan Garrido Salgado
September 8th
2.30pm-4.30pm (Sydney Time)
Online Workshop

Do you have a message you want to communicate with your poetry? Is your poetry in conversation, or in response to, society, culture, and current politics? There is poetry that looks inwards, and there is poetry that looks outwards. This is your opportunity to learn how to harness your voice, speak to the world, and shape what you want to say through poetry.

Structure of workshop:
In this workshop, hear of Juan Garrido Salgado's work as a poet and political activist in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship: 1973-1990, as well as in Australia how he continues to be an activist today. Participants will be led through an analysis of poets who have produced works of great political, revolutionary and social justice influence (Pablo Neruda, Chile and Roque Dalton, El Salvador). Then participants will write and workshop their own poetry during the workshop. Juan Garrido Salgado will also share his poetry with the group. This deep-dive and intimate workshop is not to be missed. Book in for the session, and the session link will be forwarded to your email.

Juan Garrido Salgado has lived in Australia since 1990. He has published eight books of poetry in Australia and Chile. His work has been widely translated into several languages. Juan has translated works by Australian and Aboriginal poets into Spanish. In 2019, he read poems from his book When I was Clandestine (Rochford Press) as part of a poetry tour at the Granada International Poetry Festival in Nicaragua, and in Mexico and Cuba. Hope Blossoming in Their Ink (Puncher & Wattmann 2020). The Dilemma of Writing Poem, published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023. He read at the Festival Internacional de Poesia de La Habana Cuba 2024, and his poem appeared at the Cuba TV.

Please contact ally@westwords.com.au for more information.