

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Geoff’s Poetry at Smiths: Peter Boyle + Paul Magee
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 09:00 am – Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Entry $10 / $5. NO open mic.

The next in Geoff Page’s monthly reading series will feature Peter Boyle from Sydney and Paul Magee from Canberra. 

Peter Boyle is a Sydney-based poet and translator of poetry from Spanish. He is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently Companions, Ancestors, Inscriptions (Vagabond Press, 2024). He has published nine books as a translator of poetry from Spanish. His poetry collections have won numerous awards, including the New South Wales Premier's, the Adelaide Festival Award and the Queensland Premier's Poetry Award. After teaching for many years with TAFE NSW, Peter completed a doctorate in Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney.

Paul Magee studied in Melbourne, Moscow, San Salvador and Sydney. His first book of poems, Cube Root of Book (John Leonard Press, 2006), was shortlisted in the Innovation category of the 2008 Adelaide Festival Awards for literature. His second, Stone Postcard (John Leonard Press, 2014), was named in Australian Book Review as one of the books of the year for 2014. Paul’s third book of poems, Later Unearthed, was published by Puncher &amp; Wattman in April 2025. Paul is Professor of Poetry at the University of Canberra, where he directs the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/geoff’s-poetry-at-smiths-peter-boyle-paul-magee/200028402165124
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/geoff-s-poetry-at-smith-s-91949?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=canberra-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canberra
- **state**: CT
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Smith's Alternative
- **lat**: -35.278480335455
- **long**: 149.12861053318
- **full address**: Smith's Alternative, 78 Alinga St, City ACT 2601, Australia, Canberra

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: That Poetry Thing That Is On At Smith's Every Monday (https://allevents.in/org/that-poetry-thing-that-is-on-at-smiths-every-monday/26017704)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Smith's Alternative, 78 Alinga St, City ACT 2601, Australia, Canberra
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** That Poetry Thing That Is On At Smith's Every Monday
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, open-mic
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Geoff’s Poetry at Smiths: Peter Boyle + Paul Magee ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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