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POSTY Poetry & Spoken Word Special Delivery

2 March 2020
Melbourne Spoken Word

POSTY Poetry is a new fortnightly open mic event hosted by Hamish Danks Brown a.k.a. Danksta Downunder.

Passionate Tongues featuring Quinn Eades

3 March 2020
Melbourne Spoken Word

Hosted by ‘the patron-saint of Melbourne poetry,’ poet and photographer Michael Reynolds, what began as a...

Girls on Key presents Poetry Portal Film Night featuring Emilie Collyer...

4 March 2020
Melbourne Spoken Word

Girls on Key and The Poetry Portal presents a curated showcase of poetic short films with live spoken word...

Silver Tongue Poets

5 March 2020
Melbourne Spoken Word

A free platform for artists to read poetry, spoken word performances and storytelling to practice their...

Homegrown Poetry featuring Maja Amanita

14 March 2020
Melbourne Spoken Word

Homegrown is an open mic poetry event incorporating a feature poet every month.

Painting in tongues poetry slam

24 March 2020
Boroondara Library Service
Boroondara Library Service

Join us for a night of colourful language at Hawthorn’s House of Letters (aka Hawthorn Library).

Ivanhoe Reading Circle Centenary _Event Celebrating 100 Years of...

18 April 2020
Ivanhoe Reading Circle
Jane Sullivan, Sarah Schmidt and Stuart Kells

DATE: Saturday 18 April 2020
TIME: 1:45 - 4:30pm

Painting in tongues poetry slam

26 May 2020
Boroondara Library Service
Boroondara Library Service

Join us for a night of colourful language at Hawthorn’s House of Letters (aka Hawthorn Library).

Painting in tongues poetry slam

28 July 2020
Boroondara Library Service
Boroondara Library Service

Join us for a night of colourful language at Hawthorn’s House of Letters (aka Hawthorn Library).