The Lyrebird Murders Launch: Tug Dumbly in conversation with Mark Mordue
Sat, 26 Sept
|Better Read Than Dead
Join us for an afternoon of poetry to celebrate the launch of 'The Lyrebird Murders' with local poet Tug Dumbly! Tug will be joined in conversation by fellow author Mark Mordue, with a special performance by friend and musician John Maddox.
Time & Location
26 Sept 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
About The Book:
The Lyrebird Murders is a striking gallery of poems that interweaves snapshots of nature, memory and our fragile life in the Anthropocene. From intimate sketches of family and home to sprawling reflections and surreal conjectures on history, language, and the natural world, Dumbly’s voice is at once incisive, tender, funny and dark. Celebrated for their wit and depth, his poems capture moments of beauty, loss, and resilience with a singular mix of humour and heart. This collection beckons readers into a rich wordscape at once familiar and strange, humming with life enough to sprout green shoots off the page.
About The Author:
Tug Dumbly is also Geoff Forrester, a Sydney poet and performer. He has worked in many schools and venues and was resident poet on ABC radio (Triple-J, ABC 702). He has released two spoken-word CDs through the ABC. He won the Banjo Paterson Prize for Comic Verse (twice), and…
Tickets
General Admission
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
General Admission + Book
$36.00
+$0.90 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00