“Rose is a real shock to the system.” – Peter Porter

Peter Rose – celebrated poet, playwright, actor, biographer and editor of Australian Book Review for 24 years – is also well known as one of Melbourne’s most prolific and erudite music critics.

He joins Festival Co-Director Monica Curro in conversation about music, his extensive body of creative work, his fascinating life’s journey (beginning with being the son of Collingwood champion Bob Rose) and his seventh and latest collection of poetry, Attention, Please!

“Rose writes like an intellectual libertine, radically reminding us that poetry should give pleasure, even as it may disturb or enlighten. The elegies, meditations, catalogues, satires, and odes that make up this collection range from the hilarious to the heartbreaking (often both), evoking moments that are equally replete with meaning and light as air.” – David McCooey