Insta-Poetry: the Fun and the Form
Date:
With:
Kate Larsen
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
The internet has created an exciting new world of social media poetry. Join one of Australia’s best-known social media poets to explore the creative possibilities of short poetry forms made specifically for online audiences: from politics and advocacy to profile-building and pseudonyms. Write you own short-form poems ready for publication online, and get tips and tools for getting or building your digital poetry profile.
Details
You will learn:
- More about digital publishing platforms, social media poetry and meme-making
- How putting your poems online can connect you to a vibrant online community
- How to expose your work to a much broader audience
- How the immediacy of digital poetry lends itself to commentary, politics or advocacy
- Tips and tools for getting or building your digital poetry profile.
About Kate Larsen
Kate Larsen is a writer, arts manager and non-profit/cultural consultant currently based in Adelaide. As one of Australia’s best-known social media poets, her alter ego Katie Keys (or @tinylittlepoems) has written and published a daily poem on Twitter and Instagram for nearly a decade. Her work has been published or commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne, the Australia Council, Kill Your Darlings, Overland Journal, and anthologies, magazines and blogs in Australia, Singapore and the UK.
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 30 September 2019 - 4:00