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SA Poetry Slam 2016: Heat 5, Jive, 16th September

18/09/201611/09/2016

Heat 5 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!

Friday, 16th September

Jive, 181 Hindley Street, Adelaide

Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.

$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs.

Feature performer, Hana Breneki. Adelaide singer, songwriter and guitarist for the band Hana & Jessie-Lee brings powerful husky tones and simple melodies drowning in heartache to tell … ... Read more ...

SA Slam Heat 3 winners: Caroline Reid & Alison Bennett

07/09/2016

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Congrats to SA Slam Heat 3 winner, Caroline Reid, and runner up, Alison Bennett. Both now head to the SA State Final on 30th September at the Goodwood Institute.

Thanks to Luxi Photography and Filmography for the pix.

SA Poetry Slam 2016: Heat 4, Woodcroft Library, 9th September

11/09/201603/09/2016

Heat 4 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!

Friday, 9th September

Woodcroft Library, 175 Bains Road, Morphett Vale.

Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.

$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs.

Feature performer, Jill Wherry. Having always been interested in writing and the spoken word, after retiring Jill discovered bush poetry and began attending festivals to … ... Read more ...

Highlights from Heat 1 of the SA Poetry Slam, SAWC

28/09/201601/09/2016

Big thanks to luxi photography.

Highlights from Heat 2 of the SA Poetry Slam, Salisbury

28/09/201601/09/2016

Big thanks to luxi photography.

SA Slam Heat 2 Winners! Amy Watson & Ashlee Spalding-Sykes

29/08/2016

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Congratulations to winner of the SA Poetry Slam Heat 2, Amy Watson and runner-up, Ashlee Spalding-Sykes. Both will be off to the State Finals at The Goodwood Institute on 30th September.

Thanks to Luxi Photography, Matilda Bookshop, the City of Salisbury and the Salisbury Writers’ Festival.

Sarah Jean: August Poet-in-Residence @ Adelaide City Library: Final Session, Saturday 27th, 2-4pm

23/08/201623/08/2016

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In collaboration with Spoken Word SA and Adelaide City Library, Sarah Jean presents The Words I Wish They’d Heard – a magic mixing pot of stories and secrets she thinks the world needs to hear.

Do you have a letter you wished you’d written? A text you should have sent? A sing you dreamed of singing? A message you wish you could have heard? A story you want to tell? Here’s your chance …

Come join in, tell your story, whisper the words or shout them loud (metaphorically… it is a library after all!) and tell the world (well, … ... Read more ...

SA Poetry Slam 2016: Heat 3, 2nd September @ State Library of SA

03/09/201623/08/2016

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Heat 3 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!

Friday, 2nd September

Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, State Library of South Australia

corner North Terrace & Kintore Avenue

Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.

$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs.

Our feature performer is Khail Jureidini: poet, wordsmith, enigma, a true veteran of the Australian poetic … ... Read more ...