2026 Program

In-Conversation

Love, Empire, Poetry

Included with Festival/Day Pass

Exploring demonised masculinities, tenderness, truth-telling and family knowledge across cultures and generations.

Where

Gap View Hotel

123 Gap Road, Alice Springs

When

Sunday 23 August, 4:00 pm

– 5:00 pm

Here, two brothers from different cultures reflect on the responsibilities of carrying stories, the tensions between vulnerability and expectation, and the ways language helps us make sense of ourselves and each other. Part in-conversation, part poetry reading and part collective activity, this session invites audiences into the discussion. Together we’ll consider the stories we inherit, the stories we carry, and what poetry might teach us about living with one another.

Presented in partnership with Red Room Poetry as part of Poetry Month.

Featured artists

Jihad Yassine

Luke Patterson