You are warmly invited to “Winterlude” (after the Bob Dylan song), the 6th Poetry event to be held at the Kedumba Gallery in Wentworth Falls on Sunday 7th June, 2026 from 2.30- 4.40 pm.
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Venue: The Kedumba Gallery, which is in the grounds of the Blue Mountains Grammar school, Matcham Avenue, Wentworth Falls. The gallery is a short walk from Wentworth Falls station , for those coming by train. Follow the sign on the left of the main gate in Matcham Avenue to the car park beside the gallery. Enter via the red doors into the main room where the reading will take place. Please ensure you come at least half an hour earlier to view the drawings.
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Previous readings here have attracted enthusiastic audiences of artists, poets and readers. 5 invited poets, both local and from outside the region, will read in the main programme (2.30 – 3.30 pm). From diverse backgrounds, they have also been invited to take up the Ekphrastic Challenge: to pen a poetic response to at least one artwork in the exhibition, as part of their selection of poems.
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The reading, MC’d by poet Louise Wakeling in collaboration with Marlene Plummer, curator of the gallery, will be followed by a convivial afternoon tea (30 minutes) and an Open section (also 30 minutes.) Poets who want to read in the latter should register their interest on the list provided at the gallery on the day. Please note: no lengthy preambles, or reading from mobile phones, please! The event wraps up at approximately 4.40 pm.
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