Poetry Reading | Ghosts of the Wheatbelt

This event will feature the reading of a series of poems against the backdrop of the Drylands exhibition. The poems have been written in response to Ghosts of the Wheatbelt, a ghostly art installation featuring knitted wire trees by contemporary WA artist Tania Spencer. This installation has inspired the publication of a book of poems by Tania Spencer and the Poets @ The Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre. This book will be available for sale at the event.

Poems by: Norma Schwind, Amanda Spooner, Jennifer Catalano, Shelley Kissick, Maggie Van Putten.

To be read by: Maria Bonar, Kay Brand, William Reid, Michael Stevens, Mardi May, Rose van Sion, Shey Marque, Virginia O’Keefe.

light refreshments provided

Image: Tania Spencer, Ghosts of the Wheatbelt, 2024-25, (detail)