⚡VOLTA is co-presented monthly by Queensland Poetry and Brisbane Square Library, bringing you electric poetry, spoken word, and the unexpected.
VOLTA 4 AUGUST 2023 features Rory Hawkins, Laura Bibby & Haytham Harbus. Volta will be held in-person in the Tiered Theatrette at the Brisbane Square Library, and online via Instagram Live.
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IN-PERSON
Volta will be held in-person in the Tiered Theatrette at the Brisbane Square Library.
BOOK YOUR FREE TICKET BELOW.
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible.
COVID Safety: QP encourages you to stay home if you feel unwell; maintain social distancing; use hand sanitiser; and consider wearing a mask.
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ONLINE
Can’t make it to Volta? No need to book a ticket - simply tune into our Instagram Live from 6pm AEST.
Didn’t catch the performance or want to revisit it? All our live videos will be archived on our Instagram Profile.
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PERFORMERS
Rory Hawkins is an English/Irish-grown & Meanjin/Brisbane-based student in his third year, who aspires to work in editing and publishing so he can tell other people how to write better than him. He is currently a co-president of QUT Literary Salon, and an editor for ScratchThat magazine. In 2022, Rory shortlisted for the Allen & Unwin prize. You can read his prose works in QUT’s Glass magazine, prose and poetry in ScratchThat magazine, and read aloud with QUT Lit Salon.
Laura Bibby writes poetry and stories that weave her love of nature with the strange, fantastical, and ominous. Her work has found homes in Nymphs, Moss Puppy Magazine and Selenite Press, among others, and her debut poetry chapbook A KNIFE IN THE DARK was published by Bottlecap Press in 2022.
My name is Haytham Harbus (formerly Elijah Manis), I am a 19-year-old Indigenous poet from Brisbane and the Torres Strait. Poetry has been my freedom since 13 years old writing through struggles, pain, and suffering. I am inspired to write by three artists including Tracy Chapman, Eminem and 2PAC. I have been recognised as an activist and artist being awarded the National NAIDOC Youth Award for 2022.