# Event Details

- **Event Name**: That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Three feature poets! (plus a short open mic)
Entry fee: $10 / $5

Tamsin Kerr spent this century living in a regenerating rainforest, sharing the song of the earth through art, music and poetry. She has a PhD on Conversations with the Bunyip, two marvellous daughters, and has read works from Bilbao to Taipei. Her collaborative creative projects include the currency of birdsong, the language of trees, and the philosophy of fungi. She returns to Canberra to enjoy the company of humans, to walk in dryer flat country, and to marvel at the wetlands.
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Samia Goudie is a Queer Aboriginal woman. She was removed from her family, who are from Githabul/Bundjalung country, and grew up on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country where she now lives and writes. Samia’s writing can be found in journals, anthologies, film, digital stories and online publications. Samia’s writing reflects her love of country, her lived experiences, and speaks to historical injustice’s and current social and political issues.
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Paul Collis is a Barkindji person, from Bourke, in far North/Western NSW.
Paul Collis is an academic and writer and works at the University of Canberra.
Paul Collis has published 2 books of poetry - Nightmares Run Like Mercury, and Wita Witalana, published by Recent Works Press and
Paul Collis is also prose author. His novel, Dancing Home won the David Uniapon Award (2016) and also The ACT Book of the Year Award (2019).
Paul Collis is grateful and happy to be living, and working, on Ngunnawal Country.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/that-poetry-thing-featuring-tamsin-kerr-samia-goudie-and-paul-collis/200030177828102
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, entertainment, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 36

## Ticket Details


## 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

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis being held?
  - **A:** That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis takes place on Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Mon, 15 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Smith's Alternative, 78 Alinga St, City ACT 2601, Australia, Canberra.
- **Q**: Who is organizing That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis?
  - **A:** That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis is organized by That Poetry Thing That Is On At Smith's Every Monday.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Canberra, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If That Poetry Thing, featuring Tamsin Kerr, Samia Goudie and Paul Collis sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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