Mission Statement

The Queensland Poetry Festival: spoken in one strange word is dedicated to the promotion, presentation and professional development of poets and poetry in Australia.

Our aim is to:

Showcase the rich history and wealth of poetic talent that is circulating within the cultural matrix of Queensland and beyond and establish the city of Brisbane as a national focal point for poetry and poets

Provide a launch pad for emerging writers Provide a venue for established and mid-career poets to showcase significant developments in their work

Engage and involve the broadest possible audience by providing a diversity of performances and presentations, presenting poetry in its traditional form and in ways that fuse poetry with other modes of artistic expression

Build new audiences and promote new performers through community outreach and liaison with ‘grass roots’ organisations

Promote local industry (e.g. local publishers, book stores, theatre companies)

Provide a forum for artists to collaborate and fuse artistic mediums (e.g. theatre/poetry, film/poetry) to produce works that push the boundaries of poetry; and strengthen and build relationships between local, national and international arts communities.

The Queensland Poetry Festival is funded by the Queensland Government, through Arts Queensland.

Major Government Sponsor

Other Sponsors