Blak Ink | Perth Poetry Festival 2025
Event description
Perth Poetry Festival 2025
Blak Ink – First Nations Showcase
Poetry from Country, Connection and Community
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2025
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Venue: Mattie Furphy House (FAWWA),
88 Wood Street, Swanbourne WA 6010
The most exciting event of this festival is here! Blak Ink returns to Perth Poetry Festival!
Welcome to Blak Ink, where poetry gets real, raw and unapologetically Blak.
Blak Ink is a dedicated space for First Nations poets to come together, speak, and be heard on their own terms. Rooted in culture, kinship and truth-telling, this event honours the depth and diversity of Blak poetic expression. Across Country, generations, and lived experience.
A space of strength and story. Loud and proud. A chance for us all to listen deeply. Join us for an afternoon of powerful poetry, shared resistance, joy, celebration, learning and connection.
Featuring:
Luisa Mitchell
Casey Mulder
Tanesha Bennell
Jack Collard
Elfie Shiosaki
and more amazing artists to be announced soon!
An afternoon to honour First Nations voices, and to listen with respect and heart. All are welcome.
Accessibility:
This event is free and held in a wheelchair-accessible venue. Please contact us if you have any access requirements.
All are welcome. Join us for an afternoon of strength, spirit and story.
Visit perthpoetryfestival.com for program details and bookings.
An afternoon to honour First Nations voices, and to listen with respect and heart. Reserve your spots today. All are welcome!
This event takes place on Whadjuk Noongar Land. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present, and acknowledge the enduring sovereignty of First Nations people. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal Land.
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