when: 24 August 2024 | venue: State Library of WA | cost: Ticketed event | address: Perth Cultural Centre, 25 Francis Street Perth WA Australia | website: https://perthpoetryfestival.com
published: 13 Aug 2024, 5 min read
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This exclusive event explores the diverse cultures present in our contemporary world, presenting voices from all corners of the globe.
Be entranced by festival features and special guests including:
- Tanmoy Chakraborty - A Bengali poet, columnist, and translator from Kolkata who draws inspiration from Rabindranath Tagore.
- Afeif Ismail, bilingual award-winning Sudanese-Australian playwright, poet, and human rights activist who is widely published in Arabic and English.
- Vivienne Glance, a writer and performer who blends music, sound, text, light, and movement in her work.
- Poetic Perspectives by the Motherhood Collective which feature Carly Beth, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Melissa Domiati, Kerry Greer, Miriam Wei Wei Lo and Asha Rajan.
Hosted by the incredible Asha Rajan, a South Indian-Australian writer and editor par excellence.
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This exclusive event explores the diverse cultures present in our contemporary world, presenting voices from all corners of the globe.
Be entranced by festival features and special guests including:
- Tanmoy Chakraborty - A Bengali poet, columnist, and translator from Kolkata who draws inspiration from Rabindranath Tagore.
- Afeif Ismail, bilingual award-winning Sudanese-Australian playwright, poet, and human rights activist who is widely published in Arabic and English.
- Vivienne Glance, a writer and performer who blends music, sound, text, light, and movement in her work.
- Poetic Perspectives by the Motherhood Collective which feature Carly Beth, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Melissa Domiati, Kerry Greer, Miriam Wei Wei Lo and Asha Rajan.
Hosted by the incredible Asha Rajan, a South Indian-Australian writer and editor par excellence.
Go see Grains of Sand - A Multicultural Soiree 2024.
Grains of Sand - A Multicultural Soiree 2024 is on 24 August 2024. The opening hours are: 24 Aug | 5 - 7pm. Conveniently located in Perth. Visit their website at https://perthpoetryfestival.com.
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