The Art of Poetry

Saturday 7 August 2010, 10:00AM - 4:00PM

Presented by: Lisa Gorton
Rating: Introductory and Intermediate
Type: Workshop

This workshop is aimed at young and emerging poets. Over the day, participants develop and extend one or two of their poems, using exercises that help them to test new poetic forms. Through group feedback and discussion, participants can also expect to gain new insights into their own poetry style and ambition.

Lisa Gorton lives in Melbourne. She is a poet, novelist, reviewer and essayist. Her first collection, Press Release, was shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore Poetry Prize and the Melbourne Prize Best Writing Award, and won the Victorian Premier’s Award for Poetry. Lisa was the inaugural winner of the Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize. She has also written a novel for children, Cloudland (Pan Macmillan).

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