Australian Poetry Slam

Canberra are you ready? We've partnered with Canberra Slam on a Canberra APS Heat and ACT Final (next Friday), AND a workshop next Monday where the fantastic Andrew Cox Poetry is running a pay-what-you-can workshop with a slam-forward approach to writing, and a dive into the performance techniques that will set you apart in the competition.

Register now: www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/act-workshop-aps-2024

Poets in Albury Wodonga, set your stories free! Join APS Champions Rob Waters and K.J. Hayward at Hyphen - Wodonga Library Gallery tonight for a spoken word workshop and tomorrow for your local heat!

All you need is an original poem and two minutes on the mic, or you can shine from the audience as a judge or a finger-snapping poetry enthusiast. Find out more on our website:

https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/alburywodonga-workshop-aps-2024

We know that things are pretty chill on the Border and that we like to keep our options open. But if you are thinking of coming to a Write Around the Murray event, make sure you book or register as tickets are disappearing fast!

There are only a handful of seats left for our How To Slam Your Poetry workshop with Australian Poetry Slam co-champions K.J. Hayward and Rob Waters on Tuesday 10 September. (Yes, this is before the official WAM launch date.) This workshop is the perfect session to get those final tips before the WAM Slam proper on Wednesday 11 September.

Both sessions will be held at Hyphen - Wodonga Library Gallery

Bookings and details via our website. https://www.writearoundthemurray.org.au/program

Albury LibraryMuseum & Lavington Library

The Tasmania State Final for the Australian Poetry Slam is coming up this Saturday!

The final is hosted by Words United at the Australian Italian Club in Launceston from 6.30pm, so if you're in Tassie, buy a ticket and support the poets who have competed in heats throughout Tasmania to be there:

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1238206

Pictured: Winners from heats in Hobart and Launceston.

Poets of Victoria, put your hands up! We have a slew of APS workshops and heats in your state this week.

Sign up for the City of Melbourne heat on Tuesday, the Melton workshop in Caroline Springs on Wednesday and heat on Thursday, Ballarat is getting a workshop on Friday and a heat on Saturday in Sebastopol, and Shepparton has a workshop and heat on Sunday!

You'll see our 2023 APS Co-Champions K.J. Hayward and Rob Waters appearing across these events, so get amongst it!

More info: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events?tag=VIC

Poets in South Australia, tomorrow is your last chance to compete for a spot in the SA State Final, at which the two best poets of SA will win to compete in the National Final at the Sydney Opera House in October.

Head to Campbelltown Library in Newton, SA tomorrow night from 6.30pm for a fantastic night featuring M.T. Pankhurst, multi-finalist of the SA State Final!

Get your ticket now: https://spokenwordsa.com.au/australian-poetry-slam-2024-sa-heat-5-with-guest-matthew-pankhurst/

Every week, poets are entering Australian Poetry Slam heats around the country and progressing onto their state finals, and even the national final in October!

Congratulations to the winners and runners up from some of last week's heats: John and Kami in Morphett Vale, SA; Kirra in Alice Springs, NT; Amy in the Sunshine Coast, Qld; and Jo and Karen in North Perth, WA.

Watch performances from our recent heats in Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/

Get ready Parramatta, and sign up for the biggest Australian Poetry Slam heat in Sydney, this Saturday night at Riverside Theatres!

Hosted by DEFNE and featuring Zohab Zee Khan, this slam is extra special as part of Contains Strong Language, presented by West Side Poetry Slam in partnership with WestWords, Word Travels and Red Room Poetry.

Get your tickets now: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/parramatta-heat-aps-2024

APS heats have been circling Melbourne, and now it's time for the city itself! Melbournians, come along to the workshop facilitated by 2022 Slam Champion Jo Yang this Saturday at 1pm at narrm ngarrgu Library.

Register now for free and polish up your poems before the Melbourne heat next week: www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/city-of-melbourne-workshop-aps-2024

Brisbane, you're up! After a fantastic sold out workshop last Saturday, the first Brisbane Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam is on Wednesday 28 August, hosted by Ruckus Slam and featuring Sarah Temporal.

Get your ticket now and join them at Lefty's Music Hall: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/brisbane-heat-1-aps-2024

This coming Tuesday night, the Our Worth in Words online workshop invites young poets (14-18) to join Young Poet Laureate for Coventry Aamani Kanda (UK) and Australian Poetry Slam Co-Champion K.J. Hayward (AUS) for an interactive look at how to craft great poetry with flint and heart.

Emerging poets and those with a more developed practice are welcome. Register now:

https://redroompoetry.org/events/workshop-our-worth-in-words/

The APS program is PACKED this weekend! Poets of Victoria, NSW, WA and Queensland, check out what's coming up and sign up for your local slam.

On Saturday is the Western Australia State Final, so poets of WA, don't miss out on your last chance to make it to the National Final at the Sydney Opera House in October!

Learn more: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

The winners of the third South Australia APS heat have been selected (congratulations Avalanche and John Legg), and so it's onto the fourth heat!

This Friday, head to Woodcroft Library in Morphett Vale at 6.30pm to sign up for the slam or join the audience, and enjoy the poetry of the feature Sarah Pearce, a poet, editor and researcher from Tarndanya.

https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/south-australia-heat-4-aps-2024

Today marks the beginning of the Red Dirt Poetry Festival in Alice Springs, and they have an INCREDIBLE program of poetry events, readings, workshops and experiences by poets from around the country.

One part of the festival is the Central Australia Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam on Thursday night! Featuring a star line-up of Victoria Alondra, Andrew Cox Poetry, Jesse Oliver and Rob Waters, it's going to be a beautiful night at the Gap View Hotel.

Get your tickets now: https://www.reddirtpoetryfestival.com/event/aps24/

We're so excited to be coming to the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre this Thursday night!

Hosted by q***r Turkish-Australian multidisciplinary artist DEFNE, the Blue Mountains APS Heat will give the poets of the mountains a chance to join the nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths.

We look forward to hearing what the poets of the area have to offer! Find more info on the heat below.

Get Ready to slam at the 2024 Blue Mountains Poetry Slam Heat Get ready for an unforgettable night of live performance with the return of the annual Blue Mountains heat of the Word Travels National Poetry Slam, hosted by Katoomba Library.

We're hopping all over the country this weekend! In addition to tomorrow's sold out Brisbane workshop with Huda the Goddess, coming up is the third Western Australia heat in North Perth, the Launceston heat in Tasmania, and a workshop in the Northern Beaches of Sydney with just $5 entry!

More info on our website: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

The APS South Australia Heat #3 is on TONIGHT at Jive Nightclub in Adelaide, sign up on the door from 6.30pm! The Heat features indie singer-songwriter Netherby Music, and the two top-scoring poets will go to the South Australia State Final!

Congratulations to the Heat #2 winner Susan Brame and runner-up Zoe Koulakis, who entered last week's heat at Port Adelaide Library!

https://spokenwordsa.com.au/australian-poetry-slam-2024-sa-heat-3-with-guest-feature-artist-netherby/

We're coming to the Australian Poetry Hall of Fame - Guyra!

Tonight at 6.30pm, 2023 APS Co-Champion Rob Waters is running a workshop to hone your words and give you tips on performance of slam poetry. Writing materials and implements are supplied, and there is a suggested donation of $15 for this two-hour workshop.

Then tomorrow, come back for the Guyra Heat and watch, judge, click or enter for the chance to go to the NSW State Final!

https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/guyra-workshop-aps-2024

Casey Victoria, you're up next in the Australian Poetry Slam program! Converge on Bunjil Place for the chance to polish your poetry and perform it on the mic.

Sign up for the FREE workshop tonight, then enter the heat on Friday (also free to attend!) for the chance to represent Casey in the Melbourne Final!

Register for these events through the link below 🔥

Australian Poetry Slam Heat and Slam Wordshop | Bunjil Place - Narre Warren Over 1000 writers release wild words on audiences across Australia. Poets break free from their notebook cages, landing on a stage near you.

CALLING ALL POETS. WAM 2024 is chock full of poetry in so many forms. Here's the list of everything poetry related that you should be checking out.

✍️6.30pm Tuesday 10 September Workshop: How To Slam Your Poetry with Australian Poetry Slam co champions KJ Hayward and Rob Waters
🗣6.30pm Wednesday 11 September Write Around the Murray Poetry Slam
🎭7.30pm Thursday 12 September Show: A Day At a Time in Rhyme with Jane Clifton
✍️ 3.30pm Friday 13 September Workshop: Poetry for Adults with Libby Hathorn
✍️ 10am Saturday 14 September Workshop: Poetry for Teenagers with Libby Hathorn
👂3pm Saturday 14 September Author Talk: Why Poetry? with Solli Raphael (pictured), Libby Hathorn and Julie Janson
👥 4.15pm Saturday 14 September Our Stories: Nepali Poetry Showcase

Many of these events are free. To view the full program and book your seat, head straight to our website

https://www.writearoundthemurray.org.au/program

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Coffs Harbour NSW and Moreton Bay QLD, you're up next in the Australian Poetry Slam program!

Coffs is getting the pleasure of 2023 APS Slam Champion Rob Waters running a workshop on Monday and heat on Tuesday at Harry Bailey Memorial Library, and Moreton will be blessed by the spoken word talents of Angela Peita with a workshop and heat back to back on Tuesday night!

https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

Are you the next Australian Poetry Slam Champion? Poets of Merri-Bek, tonight is your chance! Register to attend and enter tonight's heat at Merri-Bek Library, hosted by Victorian poet John Englezos:

https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/merri-bek-heat-aps-2024

Congratulations to the winners of the South Australia APS Heat #1 last weekend at the State Library of South Australia: Arantza and Ben! Heat #2 is tomorrow night at Port Adelaide Library, featuring Cayley Ferguson, who was a National Finalist in 2023.

Click here to see all SA heats: https://spokenwordsa.com.au/get-ready-for-the-sa-heats-of-the-2024-australian-poetry-slam/

This week is the Byron Writers Festival and there are so many poetry events to enjoy, including the Poets Out Loud Youth Slam tonight, the Electric Poetics showcase on Friday, and WordWorks on Sunday!

If you're around Byron Bay this week, make sure you check out these great events: www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/

Check out what's on in the Australian Poetry Slam program over the next few days!

Tonight is the Merri-Bek workshop in Victoria, tomorrow night is the Hobart Heat in Tasmania and Thursday is the Bayside Heat in NSW featuring DEFNE! Register now: www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

If you're in or near Byron Bay next week, we've partnered up with Byron Writers Festival to present SIX spoken word events, including a poetry workshop on Thursday 7 August presented by our 2023 Australian Poetry Slam Champions, K.J. Hayward and Rob Waters.

Book now below to migrate your thoughts to the page, become an eagle-eyed editor, and take flight on stage.

Head to our website to see all events in Byron Bay and across the country next week.

Slam Your Poetry with Word Travels - BWF WORKSHOP 2024 | Humanitix Byron Writers Festival Event

Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia, get ready for this weekend! Sign up for a free spoken word workshop by Wren Rapture on Saturday, and enter heats in each state (venues below) across both days for the chance to go to your state's final heat, and maybe even the National Final in October!

Register now: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

Tomorrow in Victoria, sign up to perform or just join the audience at the Doncaster Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam, hosted by 2022 APS Champion Jo Yang!

Up in the Botany Bay area of NSW, sign up for a FREE poetry workshop by poet and slam host DEFNE in Bayside at Eastgardens Library, also tomorrow night!

Register now: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

Poets in Victoria and Tasmania, get involved in Australian Poetry Slam events near you!

Tonight is a workshop at Broadmeadows Library in Victoria hosted by Wren Rapture, as well as a Tasmanian APS Heat in Deloraine at the Empire Hotel. Register now for either event: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events

Moorabool Victoria, we're coming for you!

TONIGHT, polish up your poems or get new work on the page at a spoken word workshop led by a professional slam poet at Lerderderg Library in Bacchus Marsh.

Then TOMORROW, head back to the library for the Moorabool Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam! All you need is an original poem and two minutes on the mic.

Both events are free, and the slam will be livestreamed - register now: https://www.australianpoetryslam.com/all-events/moorabool-workshop-aps-2024