Music and Poetry with Charles Jenkins and Claire Gaskin
About
Curated by poet Michael Crane and supported by the Palais Theatre, the Emerald Hill Music and Poetry Festival brings together celebrated local writers and musicians in an intimate library setting. Forget pub noise—this is a stage for pure listening.Charles Jenkins is a songwriter and performer who has released 23 albums, toured Europe and the USA extensively, been nominated for two ARIA awards with Icecream Hands and in 2014 won the Music Victoria award for best folk/roots album. He is known for his strong, poetic songs, his melodic invention, sharp tongue and clever sense of humour.
Claire Gaskin's poetry collection, a bud, was completed in the receipt of an Australia Council grant and shortlisted in the SA Festival Awards. Her subsequent collections are, Paperweight (2013), Eurydice Speaks (2021), Ismene’s Survivable Resistance (2021) and Weather Event (2023). Her current collection is supported by a Creative Australia grant.
Date
Tuesday 18 November 2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (UTC+10)Location
Emerald Hill Library
195 Bank Street, South Melbourne Victoria 3205
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Music and Poetry with Charles Jenkins and Claire Gaskin
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