Dual Book Launch - Perth Poetry Festival 2026
Sun, 30 Aug
|Mattie Furphy House
Dual Book Launch with Giles Watson and Karen Lowry. Perth Poetry Festival brings together two distinctive new books by WA poets. These are very different works, but both are grounded in close attention: to place and the living world.
Time & Location
30 Aug 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Mattie Furphy House, 11 Kirkwood Rd, Swanbourne WA 6010, Australia
About the event
Giles Watson - Eungedup: A Wetland Summer Diary published by Fremantle Press.
A work of unfailing attentiveness: Watson's poem not only give a lens to love a wetland, but a witness becomes a way to belong.
Nestled between Albany and Denmark in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, Eungedup is brimming with vibrant life, yet also threatened by developers. Drawn to this biodiverse wonderland, Watson’s immersion in the wetlands mirrors his own path to healing. His diary entries through the hot Noongar seasons of Kambarang, Birak, and Bunuru record life as the wetlands await seasonal renewal and the coming of rain.
‘Both a luminous testament to the healing power of place and a homage to the fragile beauty of a cherished landscape.’ Gail Simmons
Karen Lowry - This Fragile Thing
“Relentless in pursuit of a feminist form, This Fragile Thing is virtuosic in its blending of visual and textual…