The prosaic fight for public poetry

The loss of a major poetry event is a blow in the battle for poetry in public spaces. We look at what works and why.
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Melbourne has lost one of its core public poetry events.  After years of monthly poetry events at Beer DeLuxe for years, Poetry@ Fed Square has come to an end.

The loss has been mourned by the literary community but is also being used as a guide to running successful poetry events.

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Madeleine Dore
About the Author
Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator