

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Geoff's Poetry at Smiths: David Brooks + Deborah Dawkings
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Entry $10 / $5. No open mic

Welcome to the first 2026 reading in Geoff Page’s long-running monthly series. To kick off the year, Geoff will be featuring David Brooks and Deborah Dawkings.

David Brooks was born and (partly) raised in Canberra, educated at Canberra High and the ANU. Since then he has published numerous novels, collections of poetry, short fiction and other works, edited Southerly from 2000-2018, and taught a long time at the University of Sydney. He lives in the Blue Mountains with rescued sheep. His The Other Side of Daylight: New and Selected Poems received the 2025 Prime Minister's Award for Poetry. He was also the 2025 recipient of the Patrick White Award. His most recent publications are a memoir of his friendship with AD Hope, and an essay on rights for non-human animals.

Deborah Dawkings is a Canberra-based poet whose work examines family, the female gaze, and the uncanny. Her poems have been published in The Canberra Times and Cordite. She was shortlisted for the 2023 Australian Catholic University Prize and the 2025 Calanthe Prize. Her first full-length collection has recently been submitted to a publisher.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/geoffs-poetry-at-smiths-david-brooks-deborah-dawkings/200029553863741
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/that-poetry-thing-95077?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, 02 Feb, 2026 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, open-mic
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Geoff's Poetry at Smiths: David Brooks + Deborah Dawkings ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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