Let’s Talk Peace Ballarat are hosting an online Peace Forum, during which I will be reading an original poem (or three) as a creative response to the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entering into force.
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Pandemic Poems Published in Lockdown Anthology
Three pandemic poems have been published by Melbourne Writers Group in their annual anthology and you can buy a copy!
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Brand new Ballarat theatre collective LadderFrame will be hosting its first fundraising gig to raise funds both for Fire Relief, and for the employment and future opportunity of local artists and creatives through LadderFrame initiatives.
Continue reading “Ladderframe Fire Relief Fundraiser / Sat 16 Jan”Wordcraft Spoken Word feat. Megan Riedl / Thurs 14 Jan
I’m very proud to have been invited to feature at the second ever Wordcraft Spoken Word event, hosted by reigning Australian Poetry Slam champion Ren Alessandra.
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I’m honoured to have been invited to do a mini-feature at Mother Tongue’s final event for 2020.
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I’ve been invited to perform at the Melbourne Spoken Word community’s end of year Gala.
Continue reading “Melb Spoken Word Gala / Fri 4 Dec”‘Circuit Work’ Video a QPF Film & Poetry Challenge Finalist – VOTE NOW
My brand new video of my poem ‘Circuit Work’ is a finalist in the Queensland Poetry Festival’s Film & Poetry Challenge. While I didn’t win any of the major prizes, there is still a chance for me to win the people’s choice, worth $650. In order for that to happen, you have to VOTE!
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Tonight I was honoured to spend an hour chatting with Fleassy Malay live on Facebook about my experiences in RISE, which is her flagship speaker training program. We talk about how transformative the program has been for both my poetry practice and my personal life, we play an improvisation game which results in us developing a donkey-based small business and I get to read a few poems.
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These are probably the last few spoken word gigs for the year! I am hopeful that in 2021 I will be able to do some live spoken word performances as well as keep up any online ones which continue into the new year.
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