The Past and the Present
Central Coast Poets Inc. began in 1979 when a group of poets met as a branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW); these early meetings took place in members’ homes before graduating to the sandstone hall of Gosford Anglican Church.
In 1980, the group became known as Central Coast Poetry Society and began publishing their own anthology magazines till 1987 then in book from 1988 until 1998.
By 1999, the group registered as Central Coast Poets Inc. to fulfil legal obligations required for publication and sale of larger volumes of books from their established and national Henry Kendall Poetry Award Competition.
CCPI has continued publishing anthologies from 2000 onwards and have shifted the focus of meetings to a workshop format so members’ poems can be critiqued with reference to poetic form, genre, structure, language and imagery.
Archives
The archives contain print and digital copies of all publications from the early years to the present day. Please see our full list of poetry anthology magazines and books on the Publications page.
These publications are available in PDF format and have been uploaded to Gosford Library, the State Library and National Library of Australia.
Naturally each author retains copyright of their individual poems.