Sydney Final – Australian Poetry Slam
Oct
17

Sydney Final – Australian Poetry Slam

We ask writers to dig deeper. Find that vulnerable place inside and turn it into bravery. Spill little truths and light up the crowd with their flow. They nailed the city-wide heats. Now, catch the best Sydney spoken-word folks ripping up their notebooks and slamming head first into this finale.

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Con-Verse: Who Controls the Story?
Oct
20

Con-Verse: Who Controls the Story?

What if the friend you meet for a walk could tell you about the nuances of the Hadron Collider in under 10 minutes? They could inspire your morning with a fresh poem. Instead of small talk with your exercise buddy, you get a curated intimate experience with a great story-teller or an ideas person with scintillating knowledge of ornithology.

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Poet-Taster
Oct
21

Poet-Taster

Grab a cuppa and a snack then be joined by a selection of spoken wordsmiths at your table. The literary arts organisation Word Travels offers up a full course of hot poetry served ala carte. All you have to do is order and we’ll ask, “would you like a poet with that?”

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Con-Verse: How is Poetry?
Oct
21

Con-Verse: How is Poetry?

Quick, get the blood pressure pump! It’s time to give poetry a check up. We see it pulsing through ceremony, protest, and community. Is poetry alive and evolving? Poetry’s vital signs are strong. It’s pulsing everywhere.

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My First Time
Oct
22

My First Time

This is a call out to all the wordsmiths who’ve never unleashed their poetic diatribes into the mic. It’s an invitation to first time poetry slammers to step up and spill for two minutes. No judges. No scores. Just straight up openness.

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Con-verse: Making Mountains
Oct
23

Con-verse: Making Mountains

Creative people can let their ideas overwhelm them. How do we channel thoughts into actions in a sustainable way?  This Con-Verse-ation brings writers and the community together to talk about how we make mountains out of mounds in a good way.

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Poet-Taster
Oct
24

Poet-Taster

Would you like a poem with that?" Instead of taking a number when you order, you take a word. Then a poet comes to your table and says, "I see you've chosen Friendship. That's from one of my poems. Can I share it with you?" Creative connection ensues.

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Multi-lingual Stories
Oct
24

Multi-lingual Stories

That feeling of being different because of skin tone and / or language, how do we own it? Celebrate it? Call it our superpower? Multilingual Stories is a sharing circle where we celebrate languages other than English, share stories and poems about being new to a place and weave diverse perspectives into a vibrant evening mesh. The door is open. The multilingual mic is yours.

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