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Poetry Salon

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When

Saturday

April 6
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

Where

Watt Space Gallery
20 Auckland St
Newcastle NSW 2300

Tickets

$15
+ Transaction fee
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Poetry Salon

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara.

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Richard James Allen

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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Susie Anderson

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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Deborah Conway

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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Yvette Henry Holt

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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A brown-skinned woman with straight grey-brown hair smiles, leaning against a barrier, wearing a pink top patterned with Aboriginal art

Kirli Saunders

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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Ellen Shelley

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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A woman with shoulder-length black hair, wearing red lipstick and a red dress, stands in front of a dark coloured artwork and looks at the camera without smiling

Michele Seminara

Join us for an evening of poetry readings. Featuring Richard James Allen, Susie Anderson, Deborah Conway, Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon, Yvette Henry Holt, Kirli Saunders, and Ellen Shelley. Hosted by Michele Seminara….

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