Journey to an Illusory Kingdom Launch: Ernesto Alcalá in conversation with Peter Boyle
Fri, 27 Nov
|Better Read Than Dead
Join poet Ernesto Alcalá to celebrate the launch of 'JJourney to an Illusory Kingdom'. He will be joined in conversation by fellow poet Peter Boyle
Time & Location
27 Nov 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
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About The Event
About The Book:
Journey to an Illusory Kingdom draws on surrealism and experimentation — perhaps the terrain where original voices most deeply take root. The machinery of language, ruthless in its precision, is countered by the power of imagination and by a vigorous metaphorical impulse that, once released, opens onto a space of serene depth that invites transformation. In this collection, Ernesto Alcalá constructs a poetic realm shaped by intuition and dream. His work observes human nature with lucid, almost meditative attention and centres on those fundamental qualities that shape our experience in the world. Here, language becomes a vehicle that gestures toward realities it cannot fully contain. The result is a book that uses poetry as an expression of identity and as a site of discovery, transcendence and freedom. A luminous, unsettling and deeply imaginative journey.
About The Author:
The voice of Ernesto Alcalá (Barcelona, 1971) emerges from a profound…
Tickets
General Admission
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
General Admission + Book
$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
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