Gold Digger launch: Lisa Collyer with Willo Drummond and Magdalena Ball

Time & Location

27 Sept 2025, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia

About The Event

Gold Digger challenges the enduring myths of domesticity by portraying women as breadwinners, unearthing the realities of labour, aspiration, and social mobility. Collyer deftly reveals how women's work - often overlooked or undervalued - has always been present, from the kitchen to the corridors of power. Motifs of unfair play and erasure echo throughout, reaching even the highest tiers of government, including Parliament House.

 

The collection features The Grape Picker[s], shortlisted for the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (2025).

 

Our event space is wheelchair accessible via a stair lift. For any other accessibility questions, please email events@betterread.com.au.

Terracotta Warriors: Art Tea

 

Ekphrastic Poetry Writing
Saturday 15 November | 2pm – 5pm | $35
Theme: Paper Scissors [F]Light

Warm your hands with tea, then let your words flow. After a tea ceremony and live guzheng music, poet Lisa Collyer will guide you through a writing session inspired by Lanterns of the Terracotta Army, a glowing installation by artist Xia Nan.

Explore warriors reimagined in paper and light. Ponder what lies in their shadows — strength beyond the physical, kinship across time — and craft poems that respond to colour, shape, and meaning through guided writing prompts.

No writing experience needed — just a pen and an open mind.

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