As our May/June Adelaide City Library Poet-In-Residence Ashlee Karlar wraps up her project, we would like to remind you all there are still two residencies to come in 2017. If you haven’t applied yet, click here for details.
Ashlee Spalding is our current Poet-in-Residence at Adelaide City Library.
Here are some pics from a recent workshop. There are more to come: check the Events List for details.
Ashlee Spalding and the Power of Words.
Our Poet-in-Residence at Adelaide City Library during May and June.
Exploring the relationship between words and how they effect us, you will be invited to write down and share some of your stories, record some media, and get involved in a few other activities highlighting the positive and negative consequences of the things we say.
Here is Ashlee’s schedule:
Collaborative Workshop Sessions (note changed times for the 19th June session!)
Keep an eye on our Events List and Facebook pages for details.
Sarah-Jane Justice was our first Adelaide City Library Poet-in-Residence for 2017.
Here are a few pictures from her residency.
For more info on the Poet-in-Residence program at Adelaide City Library, click here.
Spoken Word SA and Adelaide City Library are proud to present our first poet in residence for 2017 – Sarah Jane Justice who will be commencing her residency “If These Books Could Talk” on Tuesday 7th March.
A Summer Slam 2017 heat winner, Sarah has been working as a ‘Musical Storyteller’ which involved the creation of two albums and an EP along with performing in her own Fringe Show in 2016. Her residency will reinvigorate library contents and spaces by way of focusing on specific content in books, both digital and the physical, turning them into a spoken word piece. … ... Read more ...
We’re pleased to announce the Spoken Word SA Poet-in-Residence Program at the Adelaide City Library will continue in 2017. Four residencies will take place and one of them could be yours!
Applications are now open.
Click here for more information and an application form.
Ever wanted to explore your creativity? Ever wanted to write a Poem – a Spoken Word Poem even? Ever wanted to collaborate with a professional dancer or musician or play with a camera creatively?
Here’s your chance with a FREE workshop series every week throughout November presented by Petra Szabo in partnership with Spoken Word SA & The Adelaide City Council Library.
Each workshop series is slightly different – either tying poetry with movement, music or digital media – each session should be taken as a creative process and by no means is there any pressure to be a perfect … ... Read more ...
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 ...