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Poets Go To War with John Bartlett

Local Word Writers Festival - Poetry Workshop

Local Word Writers Festival is an annual three-day event of local writers presenting workshops, presentations and panel discussions for writers and readers.

This workshop will consider questions such as – what is a ‘war poet' or ‘war poetry’? And can poetry really make a difference to world events? Participants will read and discuss contemporary poetry from Russian, Ukrainian, Israeli and Palestinian poets and respond to sample poetry with their own writing exercises. Copies of poems to be discussed will be provided ahead of the workshop.

John Bartlett is the author of eleven books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. He was winner of the 2020 Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize and longlisted in the 2023 Local Word Poetry Prize His latest poetry collection is Excitations of Entanglement.

Up to 15 participants. For beginners with a little poetry experience to more advanced writers aged 18+

Tickets $30pp OR $20pp for library members (free to join) OR $10 for Concession holders.

For the full program of 15 events being held across the region, visit www.grlc.vic.gov.au/localword

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