The 2020 Spirit of Self Expression poetry reading took place on 27 September at Manly Art Gallery & Museum. The event featured 22 works by a broad and exciting range …
Spirit of Home
On Sunday 10 November, twenty poets gathered at Manly Art Gallery & Museum for the 5th annual Poetry Alive reading to share their original poems responding to the Home Affairs …
The Spirit of Nature 2018 Manly Art Gallery Poetry Alive Reading
What happens when poetry and art mix? Magic, that’s what! On 4 November 2018, twenty poets gathered to read their ekphrastic poems to a full and appreciative house at the …
Little Key (Judy Johnson)
It could be almost anywhere in the Middle East. The result of war or famine or …
Panache and Bravado and Extraordinary Luminosity: Omar Musa’s Parang and Judy Johnson’s Stone, Scar, Air, Water
Review by Lucy Alexander It’s striking that the works of hip-hop artist and Australian Poetry Slam champion Omar Musa and prize-winning contemporary poet and novelist Judy Johnson reflect so well …