Poetry Masterclass

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Perfect for poets just starting out and those with a more established practice, join local poet Izzy Roberts-Orr for a 4-part masterclass. Connect with poetic peers, share your work and spend time drafting new poems while exploring a range of creative provocations. This workshop will include forays into form, resources, practical writing exercises and prompts as well as resource and reading recommendations. Izzy Roberts-Orr is a poet based on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Currently Creative Producer at national poetry organisation Red Room Poetry (Sydney), Izzy was previously Artistic Director and Co-CEO of the Emerging Writers’ Festival and Co-Director of the National Young Writers’ Festival. Her work has been widely published and anthologised, and she has taught creative writing workshops in Australia and Scotland. Izzy is a recipient of the Australia Council Marten Bequest for Poetry, and her forthcoming collection is a book of contemporary elegies titled ‘Raw Salt’. Her work in progress is ‘Medusa is a Modern Woman’.