Corey Wakeling and Shevaun Cooley to appear at the 2018 Perth Writers Week

Giramondo poets Corey Wakeling and Shevaun Cooley will be appearing across six sessions at the 2018 Perth Writers Week as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. The authors are both originally from Western Australia, with Cooley an Adjunct Lecturer at the state’s Edith Cowan University, while Wakeling has since relocated to the Kansai region of Japan.

Each poet has a festival session dedicated to their latest work. On Wednesday 24 February, Wakeling will be talking to poet Philip Mead on his fervent and provocative poetry collection The Alarming Conservatory, which is to be released early next month. (Mead’s 2008 review of Wakeling’s previous collection, Goad Omen, can be found on Cordite Poetry Review.) On Thursday 25 February, Shevaun’s 2017 book Homing – a meditation on her preoccupation with place and belonging – will be discussed with Robert Wood.

Please find information on the two poets’ festival sessions below.

Corey Wakeling

The Alarming Conservatory – 24 Feb

Poetry Land – 24 Feb

A Gala for Fay Zwicky – 25 Feb

Shevaun Cooley

The Poets Speak – 19 Feb

Poetry Land II – 24 Feb

Homing – 25 Feb