ACT Poetry Month Showcase

Hear some of the Australian Capital Territory’s finest poets and spoken word artists including Barrina South, Judith Nangala Crispin, Elfie Shiosaki, Andrew Moss, Shane Strange and Yleia Mariano to celebrate Poetry Month 2023.

Hosted by Andrew Cox, the showcase includes a performance by singer songwriter Alinta Barlow. Writer, critic and ACT Writers Festival Director, Beejay Silcox will also read her favourite Australian poem. In partnership with Red Room Poetry, the National Gallery has commissioned poets Barrina South and Andrew Moss to write ekphrastic poems in response to a work in the National Gallery collection. Barrina has selected Eugene von Guérard’s North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko and Andrew has chosen to respond to Fiona Foley’s HHH. Both Barrina and Andrew's commissions debuted at the showcase, alongside previously commissioned work by Judith Nangala Crispin in response to Angelia Mesiti's ASSEMBLY.