Events
In person book launch
The Heart of the Advocate
Sunday 23 March, 2.45 – 4.00 pm AEDT
Come along and celebrate the launch of Angela Costi’s latest collection of poetry at the Old Magistrates’ Court Melbourne with an afternoon of poetry readings, music and performance.
The Heart of the Advocate (Liquid Amber Press) will be launched by poet Alana Kelsall with reading by Angela Costi accompanied by Nick Tsiavos on double bass. Other performers include Vardos and guest poet Claire Gaskin. The event will be hosted by poet and publisher Rose Lucas.
This event is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants. It’s free, but you need a ticket.
The venue
Old Magistrates’ Court
377 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Book now – not to be missed
‘…fierce, compassionate, and principled. In these poems, Costi scrutinises childhood memories and legal history, revealing the rift between law and justice. These poems are alive with detail, and intimate, but also alert to intersecting kinds of violence: sexist, racist, class-based, legalistic and bureaucratic. This is an exemplar of poetic advocacy.’ — Lisa Gorton
Zoom Poetry Reading
Featuring Angela Costi reading from The Heart of the Advocate and open mic
Thursday 27 MARCH 2025, 7.30-9.00pm AEDT
With their moving narratives and precise images, Angela Costi’s poems … trace the emergence of a committed and compassionate advocate from the womb to the schoolyard to the courtroom to the page, revealing that poetry, too, can be a potent form of justice. – Simone King
Join in this special Zoom poetry event to hear Angela read – a must for all of us listening, reading and thinking about the insights that poetry can bring.
And Open Mic of course – if you would like to read, contact us at info@liquidamberpress.com.au and shine up your best 3 mins of poetry.
Book your ticket here
Free general admission, and supporter and patron tickets available
Angela Costi
Angela Costi is a poet and writer with a background in social justice, law and community arts. Her creative gatherings have been published, produced, broadcast, translated and awarded prizes. She is the author of five poetry collections. One of her plays was part of an international Japan-based collaboration. In 1995 she was awarded a grant from the National Languages and Literacy Board to study Ancient Greek Drama in Greece.
She is known as Αγγελικη Κωστη (Aggeliki Kosti) among the Cypriot Greek diaspora, which is her heritage and ancestry. She lives on unceded Wurundjeri Country in Naarm.