NSW & Sydney Poetry Events - June 2017
A regular feature that originated from the illustrious Norm Neill, to encourage the sense of community among poets and the poetry-appreciation community. We would love to have a comprehensive bulletin for Australia-wide, so if you have any feedback, readings, performances, launches, etc. please send an email to kristy@redroomcompany.org.
Thursday 1 June, 7:00PM - 11:00PM - Caravan Slam goes Vivid! With Taras Jones playing the harp from 7.15pm and Robert Gray and Denita Nair as two feature poets (who both started at Caravan Slam). Doors open 7pm, open mic from 7.45pm. $5 Entry, Performers Free. Django Bar, 103 Railway Pde, Marrickville. Book your spot: https://www.facebook.com/events/174867896372001
Saturday & Sunday, 3-4 June 12:00PM - 8:00PM. Unspoken Words: a festival of stories. Performances, workshops, lectures, panels, open mic, with quiet reading spaces with books and zines. Spaces and sessions for young writers. Featuring poets Candy Royalle, Hani Abdile, Evelyn Araluen, Gabrielle Jones, Winnie Dunn, Maryam Azam (Maryam Tayyaba), Subbed in, Margarita Tenser, Robin M. Eames, Sea Rakaisau (Rox Sea), Emily Crocker, Isaac Green, Holly Friedlander Liddicoat and Fayroze Lutta. Red Rattler Theatre, 8 Faversham St, Marrickville. Tickets from $15, early bird tickets available: https://unspokenwordsfest.wordpress.com/
Saturday 3 June, 9:00AM - 12:30PM - Free Poetry Workshop with Bankstown Poetry Slam. Monthly workshops supported by Bankstown Arts Centre. 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown. More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1301067403295195/
Saturday 3 June, 8:00PM - 9:00PM - Sharing Circle | Poetry. Women are invited to share their favourite poetry/prose. You may want to share something you’ve written, or a piece that speaks to you. Strictly limited to 25 tickets. Sydney Northern Beaches Red Tent, 658 Pittwater Rd, Brookvale. Tickets $20: https://register.canbook.me/poetry-soup
Sunday 4 June, 2:00PM - 3:30PM - Poetry Sydney will present My Mayakovsky with Professor Ekaterina Escobar and Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya. It will include translations, interpretations, and performance of Mayakovsky’s work. Brett Whiteley Studio, 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills. Free entry, thanks to sponsorship of J.P. Morgan. More information: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/poetry-sydney-2017/
Tuesday 6 June, 6:30PM - June Poetry Slam, Lithgow Spoken Word. $100 Prize for Best Original, $50 Prize for Best Cover. Register your performance piece with Jo McClelland Phillips upon arrival. (3 minutes per poet). Lithgow Tin Shed, 69 Bridge St, Lithgow. $5 Entry. https://www.facebook.com/events/638050073058407/
Tuesday 6 June, 5:30PM - Black Rhymes Aboriginal Poetry Night Open Mic. award-winning Aboriginal poets Ali Cobby Eckermann, Uncle Ken Canning (Burraga Gutya), Lorna Munro, Elizabeth Jarrett, and installation poetry from Alison Whittaker and Kirli Saunders. There will be an open mic for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander poets to perform their work. Freda's 107-109 Regent St, Chippendale. Free entry, optional donation. https://www.facebook.com/events/1448539135169230/
Tuesday 6 June, 5:30PM - Word in Hand, run by Candy Royalle. With the inimitable OMAR MUSA featuring, with support acts Emily Crocker from Wollongong and Dominic Berry all the way from the UK! Lorin Elizabeth will be your charismatic host for the evening and there will be the usual door prize, poetry comp, open mic and general shenanigans! The Friend in Hand Hotel Glebe, 58 Cowper St, Glebe. https://www.facebook.com/events/1379392615480231
Tuesday 13 June, 7:00PM - June Poetry Night at Sappho. On the second Tuesday of June, the poetry night at Sappho will feature poets from a new anthology, Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain, edited by Heather Taylor Johnson (published by UWAP). Guest poets include Peter Boyle, Kristen Lang, Margaret Owen Ruckert, Beth Spencer and Heather Taylor Johnson. There will also be the usual open mic section. Drinks and tapas at the bar. Free entry. Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar, 51 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.
Thursday 15 June, from 6:30pm - Poets at the Petersham Bowl - an evening of open mic performance - mainly poetry, though other forms (such as short story, anecdotes, comedy, acoustic music) are also welcome. The overriding purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for people to share their writing (or others' writing which they really love) before a receptive audience in a place with a strong sense of community feeling. Petersham Bowling Club, 77 Brighton St Petersham. Bar and bistro open. Free admission.