Workshops

 

Indrani Perera teaches poetry workshops and classes for primary and secondary school students as well as adults of all ages. She has taught online and in person classes. She offers both one-on-one online sessions as well as group classes which can be taught either online or in person. Organisations she has taught workshops for include Melbourne Spoken Word and WA Poets Inc. 

 

Cost: $30/$25

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To book one of the below workshops or to enquire about a class you would like her to create for you, please email Indrani with ‘Poetry Workshop’ in the subject line.

 

Do you find it hard to put your feelings into words? Are you struggling to find ideas? Has the muse left you and inspiration fled? Are you stuck in a rut with your writing — revisiting the same metaphors and line breaks again and again?

It’s time to neurohack your writing and get out of your poetry rut!

In this two hour workshop with Indrani Perera, author of pas de deux and editor of the Pocketry Almanack, you’ll learn how to get out of your head and creep into the cracks by exploring the spaces in between. Through exercises and writing prompts you will:

• use movement and drawing as part of your writing practice and to access different parts of the brain. 
• write poems from different points of view, including insects and inanimate objects.
• write using senses other than sight — especially those of sound and hearing.

Bring your child-like self, a sense of adventure and a willingness to play!

 

Workshop: Beyond the Page Poetry Workshop

Facilitator: Indrani Perera

Event: Sonic Poetry Festival 2024

Time: 10.30.00am – 12.30pm AEST

Date: Saturday 7th September 2024

Venue:  Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre, 251 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053

 

 

Workshop: Anatomy of a Poem

Facilitator: Indrani Perera

Time: 10.00 – 11.30am AEST

Date: Friday 17th November 2023

Venue: Online

 

Get out of your head and creep into the cracks with a workshop that explores the spaces in between. Bring your child-like self, a sense of adventure and a willingness to play. Through movement, sound and drawing you’ll discover how to write poems that move beyond the page.

As a tool to tap into those spaces between our thoughts, this workshop will also explore different ways of using pen and paper. Bring along any art supplies that feel inspiring (coloured pencils, textas, watercolour paints, pastels) as well as journals, sheets of blank paper etc. It’s an excuse to go wild in the stationery section!

 

Workshop: Beyond Words: A Liminal Spaces Workshop

Facilitator: Indrani Perera

Event: Perth Poetry Festival 2023

Organiser: WA Poets Inc 

Time: 9.00 – 11.00am AWST

Date: Saturday 16th September 2023

Venue: Centre for Stories. 100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge, WA

 

Suitable for all ages but it’s especially great for primary school students and adults looking to lighten up a little.

 

Workshop: Word Play

Facilitator: Indrani Perera

Time: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Date: Tuesday 21st March 2023

Venue: Harkaway, Victoria