Defenestration by Indrani Perera

defenestration, n. the act of throwing a person or thing out of a window. 

Wild Heart by Indrani Perera

A hardbound, limited edition chapbook of original poetry and photography.

Pas De Deux by Indrani Perera

Indrani invites you to come take her hand; to dance, spin and twirl with her words.

Poet, Publisher & Performer

Indrani Perera explores themes of race, gender, identity and place through the use of narrative plainsong and extravagant metaphors.

Indrani is obsessed with writing, designing, binding and collecting books. She always wanted to be a famous actress and loves getting up on stage to perform her poetry.

POETRY WORKSHOPS

MENTORING FOR WRITERS

Indrani creates unique and engaging poetry workshops for poets at all ages and stages.

Drawing on her success as a widely published and highly commended poet, Indrani incorporates elements of writing techniques and poetic structure along with nature connection exercises and board game theory into her hugely successful workshops. These workshops contain practical exercises as well as writing prompts to create new poems.

Indrani brings over 25 years experience in writing, editing and publishing to her one-on-one mentoring sessions. She has worked as a bookseller, publisher’s marketing assistant and as the editor of the Pocketry Almanack.

Her mentoring services include encouragement and support for writers, feedback on drafts, editing suggestions plus publishing industry advice and information based on extensive experience in the sector.


“now he tastes the frost of a Canberra winter
sometimes snow, always cold”

— from The Toddy Tappers by Indrani Perera

Time to visit the Circus of Similes – a poetry portal from Indrani Perera where you can find print ephemera to inspire your creative process and create new poetry. It’s a mashup of word games, children’s toys, paper craft, book binding and poetry.