Special event – Thursday 18 May from 6-8pm (venue TBC but will be Eastern Suburbs, Sydney)

Early bird ticket price (ends 4pm, 28 April): $18

Ticket price: $30 – https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/poetica-petit-poetry-night-registration-594205854707

Poetica Petit is thrilled to host a night with poet Pádraig Ó Tuama live in person on May 18. Sydney based singer songwriter Miriam Lieberman will also feature and there will be an open mic. Poets interested in being in the open mic must sign up prior to the event via email to Miriam Hechtman – poeticabondi@gmail.com

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, conflict mediator and theologian. He presents Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios, which has amassed over ten million downloads since 2020. Poetry Unbound; 50 Poems to Open Your World was released by Canongate Books in late 2022. Profiled in The New Yorker, published and broadcast internationally, Pádraig travels widely, lecturing and leading retreats, and writes both poetry and prose. The latest collection of his own poetry is Feed the Beast.

“When Miriam Lieberman sings, “Lay your burden down” on this (new) album’s first song, Infinite We Are, it is as much a gentle exhortation as it is a call to arms. With its palette of celestial strings, lush harmonies, twinkling piano arpeggios and soft indie beats, there is a hypnotic, ever-shifting quality to Lieberman’s work that gives the impression that ‘transforming’ is not something that frightens her.“ – 4.5 Stars, Jessie Cunniffe, Spectrum SMH – 18th June 2021

African influences blend seamlessly with blues-infused melodies and soaring vocal harmonies in the music by Sydney singer song-writer, Miriam Lieberman. Her albums are soulful collections of stories, beautifully told through strings, African kora and Lieberman’s unmistakable voice.

Poetica in partnership with Woollahra Council hosts a Poetica Petit each month.

This event is for 18 years and older.