I will be performing in collaboration in Sydney at 3 select events in May to coincide with the impending release of Elizabeth Waltons debut book of Poetry ‘How to read a city, your place of last resort’
There will be appearances from the famed Acacia Quartet to new music being presented along with poetry performance. Hope to see you there
Join Elizabeth as she launches her new publication with 5 Islands Press, and other publications, including a recent anthology with Westwords. Signed copies will also be available at readings and events. For bookstore or library enquiries, please use her page contact.
With Richard Lawson
Thursday 14th May, 6-8pm.
548 New South Head Rd, Double Bay NSW 2023.
Elizabeth will be performing her work and musical delights with Richard Lawson in an evening that will be part listening experience, part extravaganza, part poetry, part new music.
This will be a special, intimate book launch event where 5 Islands Press writers Hemat Malak and Kai Jensen will be Elizabeth’s special guests.
Elizabeth will present a short reading from her new poetry collection, How to Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort with Richard Lawson, after an interview with everybody’s favourite literary interviewer, Suzanne Leal, followed by an Open Mic with Westwords Academy alumni and other poets.
Friday 15th May, 6-7.30pm.
Free event, with open mic – Book your tickets now.
With Acacia Quartet and Richard Lawson
Sunday 17th May 4pm.
Ticket link click here.
Thanks to ABC ClassiFM for the write up.
“How to Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort is a stirring meditation on climate change and the natural world composed by punk rock drummer, Richard Lawson and performed by Acacia Quartet. Film and artistic direction by Elizabeth Walton, who reads from her poetry cycle of the same name, which was published by 5 Islands Press in 2026. Described by artist, Imants Tillers, as “a beautifully nuanced and balanced combination of original musical composition and performance, imagery and spoken word,” this project responds to the urgency of climate grief and the quiet beauty of still-wild places. Each piece in this song cycle reflects our contemporary interphase with city life and the natural world, exploring the Symbiocene as an urgent and critical response to the extinction crisis. This work invites listeners to slow down and listen deeply, in a performance which blends science with lush string textures, evocative contemporary harmonies and melodic lines which trace a journey through changing landscapes, and ecologies. “This cycle is my way of listening to the land,” says composer Richard Lawson. “It’s easy to feel lost sometimes, or hopeless, but I see so much hope for this beautiful world. In this performance, we invite you to meet us there.”
Richard Lawson Music 