Upcoming Events
AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED: A night of conviviality, good food, and poetry at Baileys' Irish Bar and Restaurant. Wednesday 16 July 2025. Please arrive at 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start to take in some great pub fare and amazing poetry.
As it is Locals Night (and you are considered local no matter where you are from) WE ARE THE GUEST POETS. EVERY ONE OF US. So please bring your blackboard poems to read and share. Bring a poem or two of your own, or something by a favourite poet who moves you.
Bookings are essential as it is not a large venue. Please RSVP to: calanthecollective@gmail.com by 6th July 2025. And you are required to purchase a meal. Our sincere thanks to Baileys’ for allowing Calanthe Poetry to host a poetry function here again this year. Poetry, pubs, and pints all belong together. Sláinte!
Poets@Yuulong (Maddy Dale)
6:00pm arrival for 6:30pm start
Private home, outdoors, Tamborine Mountain
Address supplied upon booking
Wet weather alternative will be notified (if appropriate)
Entry by donation at gate
Bookings essential, book at calanthecollective@gmail.com (enquiries Geoff Cartwright, 0416 217 005)
BYO drinks, glasses and snacks (no catering available)
Ideally, bring a folding chair or a picnic rug
Maddy’s feeling for the natural world is palpable in every word she writes, which hit their target so well. Moving, surprising and very accessible, her poetry is both haunting and everyday in its themes and style. Now Brisbane-based, Maddy spent her formative years on Tamborine Mountain. She holds First Class Honors and a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland, where she also tutors in creative writing. Her poetry manuscript Eleven Portraits of Drowning has been shortlisted from the Dorothy Hewett Award and the Thomas Shapcott Award.
Poets' Morning (Alice MacKinnon)
Where: Centre for Regenerative Arts, 6-8 Knoll Rd, Tamborine Mountain
Price: Entry by donation at door
Bookings essential, book at: https://events.humanitix.com/poets-morning (enquiries Geoff Cartwright, 0416 217 005)
BYO coffee and brunch (no catering facilities available)
Compere: Margy Rose
Music: Bella Acapella and others
A surfer, diver and bushwalker, Beechmont resident Alice Iona MacKinnon (aka Sally MacKinnon) has been crafting poetry that tells stories: of landscape, the body, tragedy, trauma, hope. As Guest Poet she’ll take us on a journey through her recent work. Blackboard poets are encouraged to choose poems loosely relating to Alice’s overall themes.
Part of a weekend-long event ‘In Consideration of Trees’, showcasing the visual artwork of Bronwyn Davies.