Trudie Murrell is Calanthe Poetry guest poet at the Zamia Theatre on Tamborine Mountain on Friday 20 March 2026. 

Trudie is a child of steamy North Queensland who is now a Meanjin Brisbane based writer and performer. Her plays have been performed in Australia and England. Her publishing credits include The Green Fuse, Macmillan English 9 for the Australian Curriculum, Cordite, Spoken in One Strange Word and Brisbane New Voices IV. Her work has been shortlisted for the Fish International Poetry Prize and Puncher and Wattmann's First Book Poetry Prize. She has been a feature poet at the Brisbane Poetry Festival, Queensland Writers Festival, Speed Poets, The Brisbane City Libraries Poetry and Burlesque Programme and Triple Z Radio.  

Trudie’s collection, The Dashboard Cartographer, was published by Calanthe Press in October 2025 and launched by fellow Calanthe poet, Vanessa Page.  

Do come along on Friday 20 March at 6:30pm to hear Trudie read. There will also be a blackboard poet section for those who would like to share a poem. For more details visit the upcoming events page on the Calanthe Press website: www.calanthepress.com.au  

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