In this moment: Jazz Money

In this moment invites some of the most groundbreaking poets of our time to pause and reflect on where they are in their writing, what has come before them and what they imagine for the future of their craft.

Curated by Anne-Marie Te Whiu, join us every second month for a generative conversation about poetry and the way it intersects with our daily lives.

Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing and art has been presented, performed and published nationally and internationally, and their feature film WINHANGANHA (2023) was commissioned by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Jazz’s first poetry collection, the bestselling how to make a basket (UQP, 2021), won the 2020 David Unaipon Award. Their second collection is mark the dawn, which was the recipient of the 2024 UQP Quentin Bryce Award.

Anne-Marie Te Whiu (Ani) is an Australian-born Māori who belongs to the Te Rarawa iwi in Hokianga, Aotearoa NZ. She lives on unceded Gadigal and Wangal land. She is a cultural producer, writer, editor and weaver. Her poems, essays and non-fiction pieces have been published broadly across Australia and Aotearoa NZ. She has edited Woven (Magabala Books), Tony Birch’s Whisper Songs (UQP), Bebe Backhouse’s More Than These Bones (Magabala Books) and co-edited Solid Air: Australia & New Zealand Spoken Word (UQP). Between 2015 and 2017 she co-directed the Queensland Poetry Festival, and she was a co-director of the writers’ program for the Aotearoa New Zealand International Arts Festival (Wellington, February 2024). Ani’s debut poetry collection titled Mettle will be published by UQP in 2025.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

State Library of New South Wales, Friends Room, Ground Floor, Sydney, Australia