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Program
Program Tickets are now on sale for the Greek Writers Festival. Please see program below and click to purchase tickets or reserve your place.
Festival Pass
Festival Pass The Greek Writers Festival makes its’ debut at the Greek Centre from 31 May to 8 June with an impressive line up of writers and informative workshops that will foster broader cultural, political and literary dialogue. In 2019, the theme of the festival is “diasporic dialogues” with the program promoting participation from
Day Pass
Day Pass The Greek Writers Festival makes its’ debut at the Greek Centre from 31 May to 8 June with an impressive line up of writers and informative workshops that will foster broader cultural, political and literary dialogue. In 2019, the theme of the festival is “diasporic dialogues” with the program promoting participation from Chine
Workshop: Writing the line: The play of image and rhythm
Saturday 8 June 2019, 10:ooam – 1:00pm, Workshop: Writing the line: The play of image and rhythm How can image and rhythm enrich and deepen our expression of the poetic impulse? This workshop draws on various traditions to explore the metaphorical and rhythmical potentialities of language. We will read poems, do exercises, and workshop our po
Speak, poet!: Open Mic
Saturday 8 June 2019, 4:15pm – 5:15pm, Speak, Poet!: Open Mic Saturday 8 June 2019 4:15pm – 5:15pm Free Event Secure your seat here
Book Launch: Tom Petsinis, Dimitris Troaditis
Saturday 8 June 2019, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Book Launch: Tom Petsinis, Dimitris Troaditis Tom Petsinis’ Steles Dimtris Troaditis’ Λοξές Ματιές Panelist: Tom Petsinis, George Mouratidis, Dean Kalimniou, Dimitris Troaditis Saturday 8 June 2019 5:30pm – 7:00pm Free Event Secure your seat here
Intergenerational Greek-English poetry reading
Sunday 2 June 2019, 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Intergenerational Greek-English poetry reading Sunday 2 June 2019 5:30pm – 7:00pm Chair: Vrasidas Karalis Panelists: Dina Amanatides, Nikos Nomikos, Stavros Messinis, Dimitris Troaditis, Tina Giannoukos, Dean Kalimniou, George Mouratides Free Event Secure your seat here
Gary Foley and Fotis Kapetopoulos in conversation
Saturday 8 June 2019, 1:45pm – 2:45pm, Gary Foley and Fotis Kapetopoulos in conversation Saturday 8 June 2019 1:45pm – 2:45pm Panelists: Gary Foley, Nikos Papastergiadis Ticketed Event Purchase your Tickets here
Writing a Legacy
Saturday 8 June 2019, 1:45am – 2:45pm, Writing a Legacy What is the legacy of memorialising the Greek migrant experience in literature? Anna Chatzinikolau leads a tantalising discussion with Dina Amanadites and Lella Cariddi about literature’s capacity to record and immortalise what it means to leave one place and live in another. Saturday 8
New Country / First Nation
Friday 7 June 2019, 7:15pm – 8:15pm, New Country / First Nation An evening with acclaimed author Tony Birch as he talks about growing up in inner-city Melbourne in the 1960s and 1970s with Greek migrants and the contribution they made to Australian culture and society. Friday 7 June 2019 7:15pm – 8:15pm Tony Birch Ticketed Event Purchas
2018 Greek Community of Melbourne