Blak people. Blak stories. Blak lives. Blak music. Join The Blak Party.

Join us for yarns around the dinner table. Experience how we as people of colour create memories of laughter and love while sharing soul food with yarns that make dinner time an exploration of the world.

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Tales of cultural appropriation. Stop wearing that fro. Are you trying to show empathy by speaking in my voice? If you parody me when I and my family have been ridiculed violently for being born brown, it’s dehumanising. Wait, why is this idiot patting me on the head?

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You are invited to bring a story. Scrabble, Boggle and creating original stories on the spot. Play a game. Take a break and tell original stories or life stories. Eat. Play more games.

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You are invited to bring a story. Pick a moment when everything changed and describe it through your senses. This is the prompt for you to share a story around a dinner table.

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Crowds flock with roars and ovations. Judges, chosen from the audience, elect the APS ’24 Champion. One poet wins an international tour to Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Writers Festival, The MumbaiLit Fest and more. It’s a career-making package worth over $20K.

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Chasing Home is more than just an event – it's a journey into the heart of what makes a home. Join us as we delve into the complexities of displacement, resilience, and the enduring human search for belonging.

Panel, performance and conversation – stay for the whole session or feel welcome to drop-in.

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We travelled all over NSW to unearth the best spoken word artists from country towns to metro centres. Now it’s up to you to cheer, snap and hold up scorecards in this state-wide celebration of wordsmiths.

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A celebration of blak excellence, Blak Out showcases established and emerging Aboriginal artists, exploring their own stories and experiences within the national arts landscape.  Challenging deficit narratives, Blak Out explores what it means to be excellent.

Panel, performance and conversation – stay for the whole session or feel welcome to drop-in.

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Sydney’s best spoken word artists descend on Customs House with razor-sharp lyrics and searing rhymes. In this epic Sydney Final, who will rise as a poetic force of nature?

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: session start times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: session start times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: session start times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: session start times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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We travelled all over Victoria to unearth the best spoken word artists from country towns to metro centres. Now it’s up to you to cheer, snap and hold up scorecards in this state-wide celebration of wordsmiths.

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: sessionstart times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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Special performance – SEA TALES: Embark on an oceanic spoken-word musical journey – encompassing whaling, lighthouses, and refugees – with Miles Merrill, a crew of poets and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Brown. Ages: 4–12 and families.

TWO SESSIONS EACH DAY: session start times 11.30am and 12.30pm

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We travelled all over Queensland to unearth the best spoken word artists from country towns to metro centres. Now it’s up to you to cheer, snap and hold up scorecards in this state-wide celebration of wordsmiths.

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