Sappho Poetry Night - Andy Jackson & Robyn Rowland w/ OPEN MIC
Description
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Welcome back to the October edition of the Sappho Poetry Night! As well as our amazing open mic section, the event will also included readings from poets Andy Jackson and Robyn Rowland.
Poetry nights are held on the first Wednesday of every month (except January) and have become renowned for their welcoming atmosphere and line-up of well-known poets. Supported by University of Technology Sydney Creative Writing, this event series is hosted by poets and UTS creative writing teachers, Dave Drayton, Sarah Attfield and Anne Casey. Poets at all stages – from absolute beginners to established – are invited (and warmly encouraged!) to sign up for the open mic roster at the venue from 6.30 pm on the night. There will be a limited number of two-minute reading slots available. The event kicks off at 7 pm. All welcome!
Lineup
Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson is a poet and essayist. His 2021 collection Human Looking won the ALS Gold Medal and the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry. Andy is a co-editor of Raging Grace: Australian Writers Speak Out on Disability (Puncher & Wattman 2024), an anthology of collaborative poems and essays. His poems have featured in ten editions of the annual Best Australian Poems, and in major international anthologies of disability poetry. He has featured at literary events and arts festivals across Australia, on ABC's Radio National and the 7.30 Report. His new poetry collection is Askew (Giramondo 2026), a new crip lyric for our unsettled times. Andy is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne, and he writes and rests on Dja Dja Wurrung country.
Robyn Rowland
Robyn Rowland, an Irish-Australian citizen, lived between Ireland and Victoria for 40 years, working in Türkiye since 2009. She now lives in regional Victoria. With 12 poetry books, including 2 bilingual in Turkish/English: Under This Saffron Sun – Safran Güneşin Altında, (Ireland 2019) and This Intimate War Gallipoli/Çanakkale 1915 – İçli Dışlı Bir Savaş: Gelibolu/Çanakkale 1915 (Australia & Türkiye), her most recent is Steep Curve, 5Islands Press, 2024. She has read in 11 countries. Her poetry appears in multiple national/international journals, over 50 anthologies, and in the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, James Joyce Library, UCD, available on YouTube.
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