An evening of poetry with Jennifer Nguyen, Anita Solak and Panda Wong

Enjoy cake, sip tea, and experience playful and powerful readings by award-winning Melbourne-based poets as part of Nguyễn Ngọc Thảo's current exhibition tên tôi.

Jennifer Nguyen is a writer, poet and editor. Jennifer is the author of When I Die Slingshot My Ashes onto the Surface of the Moon (SubbedIn, 2019). Her work has been published in Overland, Australian Poetry Journal, Best of Australian Poems 2021, Cordite Poetry Review, Liminal Mag and more.

Anita Solak is a poet and electronic literature artist living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Her writing can be found in Cordite, Going Down Swinging, and The Suburban Review, among others. Her practice is informed by her love of details, collective memory, and the failures of language. 

Panda Wong is a poet and editor who lives and works on stolen Wurundjeri land, in Naarm. She is also one-half of the music/poetry project lotus threads with musician Hannah Wu. With a focus on collaboration, she works across sound, film, performance, and digital spaces. Her practice explores non-human personhood, interconnectedness, ecological decline, and grief as memory practice.