Hani Abdile travelled from Somolia to Australia by land, sea and Christmas Island detention. Through this journey she found herself writing poetry.

On November 14th, Word Travels celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Join us for a celebration of this organisation’s role in paving the way for spoken word in Australia.

Indigenous artists throw their words and songs into the stream with their own micro shows highlighting their flow and their powerful messages.

Live from Berlin, the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam Champion, digs into her repertoire.

Silla and Rise blend Inuit throat singing with dance floor beats. Ruby Singh's creativity crosses music, poetry, visual art, photography and film. Watch them unpack cases of creative flow-etry.

Live from Singapore and London with Joshua Ip, Charlene Shepherdson and Zohab Zee Khan. In the heart of Singapore lives a busting literary arts organisation, Sing Lit Station. They’ve been making great waves in the their city’s pool of writers and readers since 2016.

Live from New York and Toronto - reg e gaines, legend of New York’s poetry slam community and Ian Keteku, World Poetry Slam Champion from Toronto. They open their notebooks for Miles Merrill

Primary kids get all multilingual; sharing poetry in languages other than English.

Live from New York and Edmonton - Beatboxing Loopstation Vice Champion and The Canadian Poetry Slam Champion unveil their newest stuff.

“I Can’t Breathe is a song that Australia needs to hear. It’s a direct reflection of our country’s disregard for the health of our indigenous people.” - DOBBY

Showtime in New York and Canada meets Australian lunchtime - one of Canada’s most remarkable poets Jillian Christmas and Nuyorican Poetry star J.F. Seary chat with Emily Crocker about where their craft comes from.

Live from South Africa and London with Phomolo Sekamotho from Hear My Voice, Thando Fuze and Zohab Zee Khan - boom cha! Meet members of Hear My Voice, the South African spoken word organisation. They give us insight into what it’s like on ground for young black poets in Tshwane.

Canada showtime meets Australian lunchtime - meet Brandon Wint and Lucia Misch, two Canadian spoken word poets published by Write Bloody North.

Join us for the launch of WORDSMITH - the poetry podcast. Listen and learn from an eclectic mix of Australian and international poets as they reveal what's behind their words.

Live from London and Australia with Zohab Zee Khan and Hani Abdile - boom cha! Broadcasting live performances, conversations and non-print literary shouts every night. Tonight Zohab Zee Khan performs and has a chat with Hani Abdile about his work.

Curtain up. Spotlight. Mic – Show. This is a week to celebrate the links that keep us human even when we can’t hug a friend. This is more than a show. These are your stories.