Heading to Sydney for a reading with the wonderful Girls on Key, alongside Carol Jenkins on Sunday. My fist mixed set in a while! Hope to see you there.
Spring gigs - what's on in September?
This month I am heading north to Nimbin for the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup! I have drawn to go first in the first heat on Saturday morning 7 September, so I will need to hit the ground running… It will be a great weekend hanging out with an amazing crew of poets in the warm green hills - can’t wait!
Then I will head to Lismore Live Poets on Wednesday 11 September for Words in Flight.
To close out the month, I will be reading at Girls on Key Sydney, at Mama Rosy’s in Newtown on Sunday 28 September.
See you sometime in spring?
Promised the Moon - ANU School of Art and Design Gallery until 25 July 2019
Very happy to be part of ‘Promised the Moon’, an exhibition curated by Dr Ursula Frederick exploring the ACT’s relationship to the Apollo 11 moon landing. The work in this show ranges from the subtle to the positively monumental! Check it out between 27 June and the ‘splashdown’ on 25 July 2019.
Detail from ‘Honeybilla Moon Quartet’, 2019.
'the pour duck' - a bilingual French/English poem created in Banff
At Banff Spoken Word 2019, in Canada in April this year, I had a wonderful time with Canadian francophone poets Marieanne Verville and Marie-Pierre Genest, and fellow-Australian Emily Crocker, writing a collaborative poem in both languages and recording in the studios at the Banff Centre for Creativity and the Arts. It is now up on my Publications page, and you can check it out on YouTube!
the pour duck
Flying south to the Red Velvet Lounge, Cygnet!
This Friday night, 24 May, I will be at the Red Velvet Lounge in Cygnet, Tasmania! I am excited to step up in front of the gold curtains to host an open mic, and to perform Words in Flight. Fasten your seatbelts and ensure tray table is stowed for taxi and takeoff!
Southside Spoken - free spoken word workshops in Woden and Tuggeranong in June!
I am really excited to be delivering Southside Spoken, a series of workshops on spoken word in Tuggeranong and Woden during June 2019. Hosted by Tuggeranong Arts Centre, there will be four sessions over four weeks, on Tuesday evenings in Woden and Wednesday evenings in Tuggeranong. The workshops will include writing for spoken word and performing - with lots of fun on the way through.
If you have something to say, this might be the way to say it! For more information or to register, email Tuggeranong Arts Centre on info@tuggeranongarts.com
Red Room Poetry Company's Poetry Object 2019
I am thrilled to have been commissioned by Red Room Poetry Company to write a poem for their 2019 Poetry Object poetry in schools competition. Read my poem about my tent, or listen to my recording of it, and find out how school students and teachers can be get involved in Poetry Object here: https://redroomcompany.org/poem/jacqui-malins/my-tent/
Banff Spoken Word 2019
I have just returned from a two-week residency program at the Banff Centre for Creativity and the Arts in Canada. With thirteen talented and inspiring colleagues, I took part in workshops and discussions led by faculty of Tanya Evanson (Canada), Saul Williams (USA), Daniel Gallant (USA), Cat Kidd (Canada) and Miles Merrill (Australia). It was a mind- and practice-expanding experience, and I put together the core of a new piece that is different to anything I have made before. It continues the integration of my visual art, writing and performance interests and will be the subject of more development, and potentially some collaboration over the next six months or so. Watch this space!
Images L-R: Banff Spoken Word 2019 participants and faculty, image from final performance night by Tanya Evanson, portrait by Zachary Polis.
Women Whisper, Women Shout! 15 March 2019
On 15 March 2019, Tuggeranong Arts Centre is hosting ‘Women Whisper, Women Shout’, a night of women’s poetry and music. Poets Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Melinda Smith, Asha Naznin, Taya Papworth and singer-songwriter Emma Dryden will join me for a night of wonderful words and some tasty tunes. Free entry - hope to see you there!
Words in Flight at Smith's Alternative -
Here are a few pictures from Words in Flight, performed at Smith’s Alternative on 4 February 2019! Thanks to photographer Kendall Kirkwood.
