Story Week Amplifies: Paroxysm Press want your short, sharp pieces of literature to enter their hand crafted little zine. Come along and read your little word bombs, listen to your fellow terrorists and participate in the SECOND publication birthed exclusively from the spokenslurred mic.

Story Week Amplifies: SIMA welcomes acclaimed poet, vocalist, and bandleader aja monet for her highly anticipated Sydney debut for the Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival 2026.

Two slam champions from every state and territory slam their poetry. Whittled down from heats in tiny towns and metro centres, the crowd now crowns our nation’s next 2026 Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Champion.

Story Week Amplifies: Welcome fellow travelers in the realm of the written and spoken word. The weather is heating up in D Town, but we have also had some rain. So as we enter the Build Up, Wild Words have chosen "Let Downs" as this month's theme. Yes, that's right: tell us all, in your own Wild Words, about a time when you or someone you know, have/has been let down.

Story Week Amplifies: Ocean Mic Poets presents their inaugural Poetry Slam! Join for a morning of slammed poetry with the usual slam rules except no randomly selected audience judges. This is an "anti-bell-curve scoring" Personal Best Poetry Slam in which YOU are the only judge of your performance. The winner will be your poetic heart and courage to share.

Story Week Amplifies: Catherine Broadstock & Susan Ellis: Piano & Poetry. Catherine is a versatile performer who regularly performs for Opera Queensland. Susan Ellis is an Australian soprano and creative artist whose work moves fluidly between contemporary performance, poetry, and new music.

Story Week Amplifies: Experience the four distinctive poetic voices of Ellen van Neerven, Luke Patterson, Ed Southorn and Adara Enthaler as they explore memory, imagination and the emotional power of language with Gabrielle Journey Jones.

Story Week Amplifies: What gets you fired up? What will and won't you stand for? Whats happening in the world that you can’t keep quiet about? Whatever it is you stand for, we want to hear it!

Story Week Amplifies: PoetiCas has been hosting regular poetry gatherings in Castlemaine since 2015, following on the tradition of Ross Donlon's poetry readings in the decade prior. It has grown into a wonderful community and their monthly events are beloved by many.

Story Week Amplifies: Perth Poetry Club with Don Smith + open-mic at The Moon Café. Join Perth Poetry Club to celebrate poetry.

Story Week Amplifies: Our bodies are constantly fizzing with information about our surroundings; how to tune into it, and record it, as language? This 3-hour workshop introduces methods of writing in response to the senses.

In collaboration with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: From global poets to local sensations, who will win the crowd? In this event, writers unite from around the world to slam, spin and interweave their original words in a fiery battle, judged by a glittering array of global poets.

Story Week Amplifies: WestWords Academy Live returns on October 23 to Old Government House, Parramatta Park! Members of the public are invited to come listen to the latest prose and poetry from our WestWords Academy community. 

Story Week Amplifies: TROU (The Rest of Us) hosts a special poetry night at TROU Space with celebrated poet and author Maxine Beneba Clarke and poet and writer Thuy On, with live music from violinist Huich Goh.

Story Week Amplifies: Join this intimate storytelling circle located in the Botanic Gardens in a collaboration with Sydney University Poetry Society. A gathering to share stories of Sydney as our home; the way we feel about the city we live in, how our backgrounds & cultures shape our experiences here, and our dreams that we have for it.

In collaboration with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: How many stories does it take to hold a room silent? Join us for an afternoon, one stage and eight storytellers.

ONLINE WORKSHOP
Story Week Amplifies: From the Earthly to the Mythical, Poetry Masterclass on Rilke with Karen Leeder. Online workshop with recorded version option.

Story Week Amplifies: Poetry@Chrissy Hills is a bi-monthly poetry reading on the 4th Thursday of the month. There is a featured reader and the famous open mic. BYO poem, humour, food, drink to share

Story Week Amplifies: Sixty seconds. One poem. What will you say? For more than four decades, the Launceston Poetry Cup has been one of Tasmania’s great poetry traditions. Now, after 42 years in Launceston, the Poetry Cup is heading south for the very first Hobart Poetry Cup.

In collaboration with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Through poetry and prose, writers have long asked: who am I, and what am I still becoming? Becoming ourselves is not about building something new; it is about uncovering what was always there, waiting in the silence.

Story Week Amplifies: October sees Dog-Eared Readings back to their regular haunt and schedule. Featuring the phenomenal Fiona Wright, impressive essayist and poet Gemma Parker, one of Dog-Eared's favourite interviewers Katerina Bryant and local superstar Steve Brock.

Story Week Amplifies: Slamtidote Poetry Party is back, with a spooky little twist. This Halloween, Slamtidote are bringing poetry, music, visual art, theatre and community together for a night of creative expression at The Angry Dog, a cosy dive bar within walking distance of Southern Cross, North Melbourne and Flagstaff stations.

Story Week Amplifies: SpeakEasy Poetry returns with their soft & powerful monthly poetry open mic in the not so secret Season Three Space, located in the upstairs studio at their lovely home of echo & bounce.

Story Week Amplifies: A relaxed and friendly meeting of poets. Sharing and discussing poetry in a safe environment. Whether you are just starting out, have been writing for years, or you just want to listen.

Story Week Amplifies: Join the team behind Enough Said Poetry Slam for a fun, low-pressure opportunity to generate new work and get feedback on your writing from the workshop facilitators and fellow participants. In recognition of the spookiest month of the year (and their Halloween Slam the following week), they will be incorporating some spookiness into the prompts!

In collaboration with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: What power does poetry have to report on the state of the world? How do poets balance research and fact with feeling?

In collaboration with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Women Poetry Slam returns with the theme Light and Samarasā, inspired by this year's Festival theme. Through poetry, we hope to spark awareness, empathy and action around gender equality and rights, spirituality and the everyday fight against injustice.

Story Week Amplifies: The October 2026 chapter of the Sydney Poetry Lounge, featuring poetry from Luke Fischer, Jakob Ziguras, an incredible open mic! Head upstairs at The Glebe Hotel for a night filled with powerful spoken word performances and heartfelt poetry.

Story Week Amplifies: You are invited to Spill Poetry, a monthly poetry event in Launceston. Come and spill the tea, spill your guts or spill a drink down your front. Bring your poems to share, or just come and join the audience.

Story Week Amplifies: If you’re a writer, a poet, singer, comic, mime – whatever your talent – and would like to perform your material for a live audience, come along!