The presentation of the Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize
Join us on Friday 18th July 11.00am at Ross House.
We will present the results of the Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025.
Alice White, the judge for this year’s competition, will announce the KPPP winners. We will hear the winning poems, where possible from their authors or read out on their behalf.
Please bring your own lunch or lunch to share, and $5 cash door fee.
Non-members welcome to attend by purchasing a $15 ticket below.
Speaker: Alice White has been writing poetry since she was nineteen. She has been a featured reader at number of venues including Passionate Tongues, Inspyr, St Kilda Music & Poetry Inc and the Melbourne Poets Union. She has also been published in a range of journals, participated in The Emerging Writers' Festival, had several poems broadcast on the radio and one travel on Melbourne trains! Over the years she has collaborated with musician Cate Langley with whom she created the musical Falling Feathers (based on her unpublished children's novel) which was performed by BDC Dance and Drama in 2016. She has two books of poetry written with Nick Hamer-Smith: Heartstricken (Ginninderra Press 2001) and Heartspoken (self-published in 2023). Alice has taught English and Literature in high schools for over 30 years.
Ross House Association, Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC, Australia