Poetry for PRIDE with Scott-Patrick Mitchell

Event Description

A conversation about the importance of poetry, empathy and inclusion in today’s world.
Scott-Patrick Mitchell is a queer non-binary poet living in Western Australia. They are the author of Clean, a poetry collection that details their lived experience with addiction and recovery. Clean (Upswell Publishing, 2022) was shortlisted for The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, The WA Premier’s Book Awards and The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.
Scott-Patrick was the recipient of the 2022 Red Room Poetry Fellowship and the 2023 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word.
Scott-Patrick will be in conversation with Alan Fyfe, the author of two poetry collections. Originally from Mandurah his poetry and prose can be found in Westerly, Overland and Australian Poetry Journal.