At the Root of Memory with Lakshmi Kanchi

This workshop will help poets explore how memory, both personal and collective, reverberates through time.

Participants will delve into remembered moments, historical events, family stories, and ancient myths that echo in their minds. Through a series of prompts, poets will uncover and write about the deep connections between memory and their creative expressions.

Suitable for poets of all levels, recommended for poets aged 16 and over.

About the presenter
Lakshmi Kanchi, pen name SoulReserve, is an emerging Western Australian poet of Indian descent. Her poetry explores love and its tumultuousness, fantasy and zest in nature. Her writing anatomises the complex linkages between history, language, culture, and perception. Lakshmi is the Chairperson of WA Poets Inc. and Deputy Chair of Creative Connections.

Her debut collection, "Lakesong," was published by Centre for Stories (Western Australia) in collaboration with Red River Press (New Delhi). She won the 2023 Ros Spencer Poetry Prize and the 2021 Pocketry Prize for Unpublished Poets and was shortlisted for SCWC Wollongong’s Poetry Prize twice in a row. Her poetry appears in ‘Australian Poetry Anthology,’ ‘Social Alternatives,’ ‘Portside Review,’ ‘Burrow Journal,’ ‘The Saltbush Review,’ ‘Blue Bottle Journal,’ and more. As the inaugural Poet-in-Residence at The Wetlands Centre (2022-23), her mission is to “make poetry accessible to everyone in the wider community.”

Venue & Accessibility

Goolugatup Heathcote is a cultural precinct located on the shores of the Derbal Yerrigan, in the suburb of Applecross, just south of the centre of Boorloo Perth, WA.

The precinct's street address is 58 Duncraig Rd, Applecross WA. It is 10 minute drive from the CBD, with ample parking on site. The closest train station is Canning Bridge, and the closest bus route the 148.

The project space, where the workshop is held, is wheelchair accessible through rear access. ACROD parking is available nearby. Main entry is 1.4m wide, and accessible toilet doors are 0.9m wide. Toilets are unisex.

For more information or any other questions, please contact us.