Pocketry

Pocketry Pocketry is an independent publisher based in Melbourne. The first issue of Pocketry Almanack was published in Feb 2020.

It was founded in late 2019 by self-confessed book geek and poet Indrani Perera with the aim of providing a home for unheard voices.

Got something to share? Issue 5 of the Pocketry Almanack is now open for submissions and I want your poetry and art! Che...
18/01/2022

Got something to share? Issue 5 of the Pocketry Almanack is now open for submissions and I want your poetry and art! Check out the submission guidelines for more information. Link in bio.

And Season One is a wrap! Thank you to all the established poets who appeared in the very first season of Pocketry Prese...
27/12/2021

And Season One is a wrap! Thank you to all the established poets who appeared in the very first season of Pocketry Presents. Emilie Collyer, Angela Costi, Kevin Brophy, Dominique Hecq, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, David Munro, Dr Mark Tredinnick, Thabani Tshuma and Melizarani T Selva.

It's been a whirlwind five months of poetry, stories, words, interviews and poetic techniques.

It was our pleasure to publish emerging and aspiring poets in Issue 3 and 4 of the Pocketry Almanack - Andrew Brion, Amanda Collins, Anne Collopy, Kelle Cunningham, Kris Deminick, Caleb Green, Thinn Thinn Khine, Anna Kochetkova, Nidhi rao and Rowan White. As well as the artists Meg Doller and Shirley Kanyon.

And a big thank you to all you lovely listeners for tuning in - it's been wonderful to share poetry with you!

Pocketry Presents is back with a special episode featuring the poets and artists published in Issue 4 of the Pocketry Al...
06/12/2021

Pocketry Presents is back with a special episode featuring the poets and artists published in Issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack! Tune in to hear poetry in English as well as Burmese. Learn how we've managed to cram in even more art with stunning pieces from artists Meg Doller and Shirley Kanyon as well as art from one of the poets for this issue. You'll also hear some intriguing words that were bartered for a copies of the Almanack.

Content warning: drug reference, toxic relationships, torture, war

Poets featured in this episode: Kris Deminick, Caleb Green, Thinn Thinn Khine, Anna Kochetkova, and Nidhi Rao.

Listen now https://www.pocketry.com.au/podcast.html

Pocketry interrupts the scheduled episodes for this season to bring you a special announcement for emerging and aspiring...
22/11/2021

Pocketry interrupts the scheduled episodes for this season to bring you a special announcement for emerging and aspiring poets wanting to get their poetry published.

Listen now https://www.pocketry.com.au/podcast.html

In this masterclass on the art of spoken word performance, Thabani Tshuma talks about terror and excitement, empowerment...
09/11/2021

In this masterclass on the art of spoken word performance, Thabani Tshuma talks about terror and excitement, empowerment and nerves, feelings and nuances, dangerous spaces and diary dumps, resolution of narrative, duty of care to an audience, curating a feature set, starting young, learning poetic techniques through scribing, stage presence and theatricality, writing for page vs stage, poems as mini plays, memorising and rehearsing, rhyme as a memory aid, forgetting lines and improvising, the open mic testing ground, audience as an editing partner, curator vs artist, trust and performance, getting featured and remembering your why.

Listen now https://www.pocketry.com.au/podcast.html.

Poetry can bring comfort and joy even in the darkest times. Reading someone else’s words is a way to know that you’re no...
09/11/2021

Poetry can bring comfort and joy even in the darkest times. Reading someone else’s words is a way to know that you’re not alone in what you are feeling and experiencing.

The poems and art featured in Issue four of the Almanack contain as many worlds as there are artists and poets in its tiny pages. From relationships, to domesticity and human rights issues you’ll find it here. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

You can grab a copy from one of these wonderful poets in exchange for a word or a drawing .soreness .kanyon

Entries now open for Pocketry’s Prize for Unpublished Poets. If you’re a poet who hasn’t had a collection of poetry publ...
09/11/2021

Entries now open for Pocketry’s Prize for Unpublished Poets. If you’re a poet who hasn’t had a collection of poetry published, this is the competition for you!

Winners receive publication of their poems in an A6 sized chapbook and three hours of mentoring. Competition closes midnight AEDT Tuesday 30 November 2021.

For more information: https://www.pocketry.com.au/pocketry-prize-for-unpublished-poets.html

Issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack is out now! Packed with art and poetry in two different languages, I think this may be ...
09/11/2021

Issue 4 of the Pocketry Almanack is out now! Packed with art and poetry in two different languages, I think this may be the best issue yet!

Leave an unusual word in the comments to get your hands on a. copy. https://www.pocketry.com.au/current-issue.html

Introducing Margin Notes, the new monthly e-mail newsletter from Pocketry. Sign up to find out about submissions, prizes...
02/11/2021

Introducing Margin Notes, the new monthly e-mail newsletter from Pocketry. Sign up to find out about submissions, prizes and poetry goodness! https://www.pocketry.com.au

In this episode hear Thabani Tshuma (.tshuma) on learning to use the medium, writing when there's time, non-linear writi...
02/11/2021

In this episode hear Thabani Tshuma (.tshuma) on learning to use the medium, writing when there's time, non-linear writing and starting in the middle, figuring out where in the poem you are and what it needs, performance as an editing tool, poetry as an oral art form, editing as part of the creative process, not writing enough vs always writing, watching tv and talking to friends as part of the writing process, capitalist grind culture, the need for introspection, the intersection of art and commerce, funding and quantifying the arts, the worth of a poem, writing for publication and a tip for writing.

Thabani Tshuma is a Zimbabwean writer and performance poet. His work can be found in publications such as Dichotomi magazine and Next in Colour. He is the co-curator of Thin Red Lines, a 2019 Hotdesk fellowship recipient with the Wheeler Centre, featured author with Djed Press, Slamalamadingdong’s 2019 Grand Slam champion, ranked among the top 50 slam poets worldwide at IWPS 2019, and winner of all major awards at the 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize. Writing is the aperture through which he views the world and experiences self in relation to others.

https://www.pocketry.com.au/podcast.html

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