Join us for a magical evening of poetry featuring readings, insights and anecdotes from David Brooks and Judith Beveridge.

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David Brooks is a poet, novelist, essayist and short fiction writer whose work has won or been shortlisted for major prizes. His latest collection of poetry, The Other Side of Daylight was the winner of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry. He is also the recipient of the 2025 Patrick White Award for services to Australian literary culture.

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Judith Beveridge is the author of eight collections of poetry, most recently Tintinnabulum, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Laurel Prize, an international award given to the best collection of environmental or nature poetry. Her previous book, Sun Music: New and Selected Poems, won the 2019 Prime Minister’s Prize for Poetry. Many of her books have won or been shortlisted for major prizes, and her poems are widely studied in schools and universities. She is a recipient of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal, the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement, and Creative Australia’s Lifetime Achievement in Literature award.

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Both poets have edited major poetry journals, and taught at university.