As part of That Poetry Thing, join us for readings by two Recent Work Poets.

KERRY GREER is an award-winning poet and writer based in Western Australia. She received the Venie Holmgren Prize for Environmental Poetry in 2021. Kerry has been shortlisted for the ABR Calibre Essay Prize, the Stuart Hadow Short Story Prize, the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the ACU Poetry Prize, the W.B. Yeats Poetry Prize, the Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize, and more. As a widow and solo parent, Kerry has a particular interest in writing about grief and what comes after loss. Kerry will be joining us via Zoom.

ADRIAN CAESAR was formerly Associate Professor of English at UNSW@ADFA. Later, he taught creative writing part-time at ANU. He now writes full time. He is the author of five previous books of poems, several books of literary criticism and a multi-award winning non-fiction novel, The White. His novel, The Blessing, was long-listed for the Voss Award in 2016. Adrian will be reading selections from his 2024 collection 'Dancing Man'.

OPEN MIC: 3 mins per reader. Please email contact @recentworkpress.com, or sign up on the night. Note that spaces are limited.

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