Pop Up Poetry - feat. Laurie Duggan, Oormila Pralahd & Eran de Guzman

Live poetry performances, new and used poetry books for sale and an open mic

Come and listen to the brilliant work of some established and emerging writers in a relaxed, welcoming environment.

Including three feature poets and an open mic section, we'll also have a range of new and collectible poetry titles available to browse on the night.

This event is open to all people of all ages and entry is free.

Buying a ticket guarantees you a seat in the room on the day, however there is also space in the yard to watch and listen if inside is booked out.

Doors open 530pm for a 6pm start

About the featured poets:

Laurie Duggan is one of Australia's most respected and enduring poets. Born in Melbourne in 1949, he has published more than twenty books of poetry and has been awarded the Victorian Premier's Award, the Queensland Premier's Judith Wright Calanthe Award and the ALS Gold Medal, amongst others. His most recent collection is Homer Street (Giramondo).

Oormila V. Prahlad is an Indian-Australian artist and poet with works in Cordite, Black Bough Poetry UK, The Salons, Poetry Sydney, and other publications. She has performed internationally, including at Oxford Poetry Circle, and won the 2025 Bankstown Poetry Slam (Sydney Writers Festival) and the 2025 Bread and Butter Slampionship at the Opera House. A multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, she is the author of 'Patchwork Fugue' (Atomic Bohemian Press 2024) and 'A Second Life in Eighty-eight Keys' (Hedgehog Poetry Press 2024, winner of the Little Black Book Competition). Her new collection is forthcoming from 5 Islands Press (2026). Her artworks have been published on the covers of Yale Divinity School, Pithead Chapel, Amsterdam Quarterly, and numerous other literary magazines. She is the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Woollahra Libraries. Find her @oormilaprahlad (X) and @oormila_paintings (Instagram)

Eran de Guzman is a poet and rapper living and working in Sydney. he writes about life in the contemporary gig economy (most times just blackening pages). He walks around town, sits on park benches with a two dollar coffee, attends open mics, repairs mobile phones, cleans his room, takes cold showers or reads a book in order to find the first line of a poem.

He writes in Filipino and English (whichever language the pen dictates)and is currently working on his first poetry collection.