The Project

Author of The Tribe and Director of Sweatshop, Michael Mohammed Ahmed led a Disappearing poetry writing workshop with The Auburn Writers and Poets group. The workshop has resulted in geo-specific poetry about Auburn, which featured in a guided bus tour as part of the 2016 Sydney Writers Festival. 

The Poems

Explore the poetic responses from the workshop here »

Event details

A performative bus tour that takes people on a tour of their city as it is now and as represented by memories of local poets. The group has developed works that capture and share memories of their surroundings in a rapidly changing and disappearing world.

The bus departed Auburn Station at 2pm for the performance/tour and concluded with afternoon tea/light refreshments at the Peacock Gallery (Auburn Botanic Gardens) before returning to the station at 5pm.

Sunday 22 May 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Auburn Train Station, Rawson Street, Auburn 

Supported by Cumberland Council

Image credit: Leigh Rigozzi, 2016. Commissioned by The Red Room Company for The Disappearing.