Central Coast Poets Inc. (CCPI) is a group of practising poets who meet monthly to workshop their poems, with a view to improving their craft through critical input from their peers. The group meets in the afternoon of the second Saturday of each month, at a public venue near Gosford, on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. Meeting attendance by non-members needs to be pre-arranged by contacting us.
Part of the group’s charter is to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of poetry beyond our group of poets, into the wider community, and further across the nation. To this end CCPI hosts, at intervals, local and national poetry competitions, and publishes anthologies related to these competitions. The group periodically sponsors poetry workshops led by esteemed published poets. Some members participate in public presentations which have ranged from multi-media pieces involving photography and music, to dedicated poetry readings and live-lit performances.