In Person Ticket—Poetry Reading—Out of the Ordinary Conference

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Listen to Paul Collis, Lucy Van and Omar Sakr read in this public event of the Out of the Ordinary Poetry Conference

Lecture Theatre 2B9 University of Canberra

This public poetry reading forms part of the programme of O﻿ut of the Ordinary: On Poetry and the World, a three day conference on poetry's relationship to the extraordinary. This carbon-neutral event will be held at the University of Canberra over December 5th, 6th and 7th 2022. For all further info: <a href="https://www.ucpoetry2022.info/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.ucpoetry2022.info/</a>(﻿NB Like the conference, this is a hybrid event. People who cannot be in Canberra on the night and wish to attend online can obtain a ticket at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-ticketpoetry-readingout-of-the-ordinary-conference-tickets-467290266767">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-ticketpoetry-readingout-of-the-ordinary-conference-tickets-467290266767</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-person-ticketpoetry-readingout-of-the-ordinary-conference-tickets-467285522577"></a>(﻿NBB Registered conference participants do not need to obtain tickets to either the in person or online versions of the event) R﻿EADERS:Paul Collis is a Barkindji man. He was born in Bourke, in far north/west New South Wales. His early life was informed by Barkindji and Kunya and Murawarri, and Wongamara and Nyempa story tellers and artists, who taught him Aboriginal Culture and Law. Paul worked in Newcastle for much of his young adult life in the areas of teaching and Aboriginal community development. He has taught Aboriginal Studies to Indigenous inmates at the Worimi and Mount Penang juvenile detention centres and in Cessnock and Maitland prisons. He also managed a homeless Aboriginal boys' hostel. Paul earned his Doctorate at University Canberra in 2015, for a study of Barkindji identity with a specific focus on masculinity. His first novel, Dancing Home, won the 2017 David Unaipon Award for a previously unpublished work by an Indigenous author, and the 2019 ACT Book of the year Award. Paul’s first poetry collection, Nightmares Run Like Mercury, was published by Recent Works Press in 2021. Paul is Director, Indigenous Engagement, in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra.<a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/paul-collis/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://redroompoetry.org/poets/paul-collis/</a><a href="https://redroompoetry.org/poets/paul-collis/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Lucy Van writes poetry and criticism. She is a Senior Research Associate in the English and Theatre Studies program at the University of Melbourne, where she teaches literary studies. She writes about contemporary poetry, historical photography, life in the colony, and global boredom. She was a writer in residence at Overland (2019-2020), and a Melbourne Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne (2018-2019). Lucy’s work has appeared in places including History of Photography, Katipunan, Journal of Australian Studies, Meanjin, Southerly, Australian Book Review, Axon: Creative Explorations, Liminal Review of Books, Cordite Poetry Review, Best of Australian Poems, Australian Poetry Journal, The Suburban Review, and Arc Poetry Magazine. Her first poetry collection, The Open (Cordite 2021), was longlisted for the Stella prize, shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore award, and highly commended in the Anne Elder Award. She is working on a book called The Beginning of the Poem.<a href="https://stella.org.au/prize/2022-prize/the-open/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://stella.org.au/prize/2022-prize/the-open/</a>Omar Sakr is a poet and writer born in Western Sydney to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants. He is the author of These Wild Houses (Cordite Books, 2017), and The Lost Arabs (University of Queensland Press, 2019), which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry. He is the first Arab-Australian Muslim to win this prestigious award. The Lost Arabs was also shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award, the John Bray Poetry Award, the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Literary Award, and the Colin Roderick Award; it has been released in the US and worldwide through Andrews McMeel Universal. In 2019, Omar was the recipient of the Edward Stanley Award for Poetry, and in 2020, the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Poetry. His poems have been published in English, Arabic, and Spanish. Omar’s debut novel, Son of Sin (Affirm Press), was published in 2022.<a href="http://omarsakr.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://omarsakr.com/</a>

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