Winners, SA Poetry Slam Heat 4!

slam-2016-heat-4-winners-1

Heat 4 winner Tom McSkimming and runner up Andrew Drake have booked themselves a spot in the SA Poetry Slam State Final on 30th September. One more heat, two more chances to make it to the final! Jive Nightclub 16th September 6.30 pm.

Thanks to Luxi Photography and Filmography for their great camera work and to Matilda Bookshop for their ongoing support. Thanks also to Onkaparinga Libraries for pizza, poetry, Nancy Bates and their ongoing support of Spoken Word SA

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

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

jill wherry 1

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 ...

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

sarah jean

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 ...