Events
2011 Workshop Poets
Graham Nunn
Students: Primary & Secondary (Yr. 4 - Yr. 10); Class size: 20 students
Graham is a Brisbane based poet with a strong history of involvement with the Ipswich Poetry Feast as a workshop poet, judge and mentorship poet. Graham has worked as a Teacher and Teaching Principal for ten years in Brisbane and rural Queensland and now works as a Behavioural Support Worker.
Graham is the former Artistic Director of the Queensland Poetry Festival and current secretary of the Australian Haiku Society. He is also the founding member of local performance group, SpeedPoets and co-founder and publisher of Small Change Press. Graham's work, described as assured, achieved and ambitious, appears online as well as in a wide range of print journals. He has won many awards, including the 4th annual Paper Wasp Jack Stamm Haiku Award and the Seed Pearls International Literary Competition for haibun. http://www.pardalote.com.au/authors/nunng/
Pascalle Burton
Students: Primary & Secondary; Class size: 30 students
Pascalle writes and performs poetry, incorporating sonic art and music. Her work at festivals and writers' events has taken her across the country and overseas. She has delivered workshops and classes in a range of contexts and across age groups. Pascalle is a qualified teacher and has taught in schools up to university level in both Australia and England since the turn of the century. Pascalle currently co-runs the SlammED! students' program with David Stavanger.
Some places Pascalle has featured: Qld Poetry Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, ouTsideRs, Y Tuesday Poetry Club (UK), Farrago Poetry (UK), Latitude Festival (UK), Poetry Cafe (UK), SLQ Australian Poetry Slam Brisbane, Beaudesert & Longreach/Barcaldine, Riverbend Poetry Series, Poetry Unearthed, Byron Bay Writers Festival, ETAQ Conference, National Young Writers Festival, Darebin Writers Festival, Voices on the Coast Festival. http://www.myspace.com/pascallemaiden
David Stavanger - aka Ghostboy - is the "ghost that talks".
Students: Primary & Secondary; Class size: 30 students
David is a widely published poet, editor and publisher who writes for both page & stage, including poetry, lyrics and text for ensemble performance. As Ghostboy he won the Performance Poetry World Cup (2005), establishing him as one of Australia's most innovative spoken word artists. He was QLD's first "slammaster" having coordinated two of the nations biggest slam events in the Australian Poetry Slam (Qld) and the WordFood slam at the Woodford Folk Festival as well as co-creating SlammED! – an innovative educational slam program for kids first run as part of the Brisbane Writers Festival Kid’s program.
Ghostboy is one of Australia’s premier young adult and children’s spoken word presenters. He has hosted workshops, performances, talks and slams to wide acclaim from students & teachers at the likes of Voices on the Coast, Voices Whitsunday’s, Somerset Writers Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival Children’s program, Ipswich Poetry Feast, as well as youth residencies working with disenfranchised and indigenous youth in Noosa and Broken Hill. Ghostboy has also been a feature at many major festivals including the Brisbane Writers Festival, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Sydney Writers Festival, Tasmanian Poetry Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, QLD Poetry Festival and NightWords at the Sydney Opera House.
http://bookedout.com.au/find-a-speaker/author/david-stavanger-ghostboy/
