6:00pm arrival for 6:30pm start

Private home, outdoors, Tamborine Mountain

Address supplied upon booking

Wet weather alternative will be notified (if appropriate)

Entry by donation at gate

Bookings essential, book at calanthecollective@gmail.com (enquiries Geoff Cartwright, 0416 217 005)

BYO drinks, glasses and snacks (no catering available)

Ideally, bring a folding chair or a picnic rug

Maddy’s feeling for the natural world is palpable in every word she writes, which hit their target so well. Moving, surprising and very accessible, her poetry is both haunting and everyday in its themes and style. Now Brisbane-based, Maddy spent her formative years on Tamborine Mountain. She holds First Class Honors and a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland, where she also tutors in creative writing. Her poetry manuscript Eleven Portraits of Drowning has been shortlisted from the Dorothy Hewett Award and the Thomas Shapcott Award.  

Where: Centre for Regenerative Arts, 6-8 Knoll Rd, Tamborine Mountain

Price: Entry by donation at door

Bookings essential, book at: https://events.humanitix.com/poets-morning (enquiries Geoff Cartwright, 0416 217 005)

BYO coffee and brunch (no catering facilities available)

Compere: Margy Rose

Music: Bella Acapella and others

A surfer, diver and bushwalker, Beechmont resident Alice Iona MacKinnon (aka Sally MacKinnon) has been crafting poetry that tells stories: of landscape, the body, tragedy, trauma, hope. As Guest Poet she’ll take us on a journey through her recent work. Blackboard poets are encouraged to choose poems loosely relating to Alice’s overall themes. 

Part of a weekend-long event ‘In Consideration of Trees’, showcasing the visual artwork of Bronwyn Davies.