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Subscribe to our new email list!

We’ve just launched the Melbourne Spoken Word mailing list to complement our other channels of communication, this website, Facebook and Twitter. We’ve also been existing offline in the form of leaflets with upcoming events being handed out at various poetry events. We want to reach people in Melbourne new to poetry but also be a central point of communication between different sections of the poetry and spoken word scene. Each outlet is not meant to replace the other, but complement each other to help poetry take over Melbourne. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 25, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 25, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/25/subscribe-to-our-new-email-list/

The relaunch of Keep Left

Words by Benjamin Solah

Saturday night was the relaunch of monthly left-wing spoken word night, Keep Left, after ending last year. Taking it over from Paulie, I moved it to the left-wing arts space, Under the Hammer and after a lead-up of a few months. With the help of leftie poets Amanda Anastasi and Santo Cazzati, I relaunched it on the weekend with success, but of course, I might be biased.
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by Benjamin Solah on June 24, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 24, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/24/the-relaunch-of-keep-left/

Video Verse: We’ll Always Have Paris by Randall Stephens

Final Album cover (yellow)We’re proud to show you another video by Randall Stephens in the lead-up to the release of his album Product. As always, we accept submissions of things like videos, as well as articles and the like so if you’ve got a spoken word video see our submissions page and submit to us.

Video and Words by Randall Stephens

As we continue releasing clips my friend/filmmaker Alex Scott has edited with me, I thought it’d be good to include a few of the lower-key and more intimate performances too, starting with this, from a feature at Lygon street’s Red Wheelbarrow books, back in March. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 20, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 20, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/20/video-verse-well-always-have-paris-by-randall-stephens/

ODDies awards night to present something different with spoken word

Want a gig that contains spoken word, satire, political dissent…and wait for it – professional wrestling? The ODD support group has it all when they present their Inaugural ODDie Awards & ODD Ball next Saturday, the 29th at Revolt Artspace in Kensington.

ODD Awards PosterODD stands for Oppositional Disobedience Disorder and is a kind of joke ‘disorder’ as a way of highlighting political dissidents and critics. The organisers said, “The ODDies are, of course, a dig at awards ceremonies as well as a chance to acknowledge those who are struggling to create a better world. Many of those who suffer with Oppositional Disobedience Disorder die young or are incarcerated for much of their lives. Some have been murdered, while others, given support and access to creative forms of Direct Action and political franchise, have been able to live long productive lives.”

There’s a whole bunch of spoken word artists presenting, where they’ll perform some poems and present an award. And it’s MC’d by the editor melbournespokenword.com/, as his alter-ego, Mr 99% Bolshi Ben Solah, with two-times Commonwealth games participant, Oddie Grrl. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 18, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 18, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/18/oddies-awards-night-to-present-something-different-with-spoken-word/

Candy Royalle launches new video before Melbourne tour

Sydney-based spoken word artist Candy Royalle released a new video live on YouTube before her tour of Melbourne that starts tonight at Mother Tongue.

The new track, ‘The Will of the People’ features L-FRESH The Lion and Kween G, and is in tune with the insurrectionary style we saw when she featured at events like Sweetalkers.

224455_242405169124899_1547775_nCandy said, “I’m really excited to be heading down to Melbourne – it’s been 18 months since I last performed on a stage down there. I love the scene, it’s so vibrant and the community is always so supportive. I’m going to be doing heaps of new work and look forwards to sharing it with my family down south.” (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 14, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 14, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/14/candy-royalle-launches-new-video-before-melbourne-tour/

Interview: Darkwing Dubs on the Roar Poets Tour from Brisbane

Interview by Benjamin Solah

Brisbane Poets Darkwing Dubs, Martin Ingle and Angela Peita Willock will tour the East Coast of Australia including a gig in Melbourne on the 28th of June, alongside a bunch of solo shows by Darkwing Dubs. The tour, dubbed the ‘Roar Poets Tour 2013,’ will also head to Armidale, Nimbin, Sydney and Canberra.

977571_10150300623719946_2006109185_oDarkwing Dubs visited Melbourne two years ago and did a bunch of gigs including Sweetalkers, the first ever Slamalamadingdong and Passionate Tongues, where he impressed Melbourne with his very physical and dynamic style of performance poetry, and then came back and did a gig with the Stillwaters Women’s Storytelling Collective. It’s clear he loves Melbourne and can’t get enough of us so I spoke with Darkwing Dubs a.k.a. Scott Sneddon about visiting Melbourne again, and bringing two other Brisbane Poets with him. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 12, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 12, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/12/interview-darkwing-dubs-on-the-roar-poets-tour-from-brisbane/

ContraVerse, new regular open mic launched last night

A new spoken word and poetry open mic was born last night at Hares & Hyenas under the guidance of ReVerse Butcher, ContraVerse. It ran as a regular open mic night in Brisbane and has come down to Melbourne. A monthly thing, happening on the first Thursday of every month, last night’s first one attracted a crowd consisting of not just regular poets from other gigs, but those outside of the regular scene. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 7, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 7, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/07/contraverse-new-regular-open-mic-launched-last-night/

Meeting the Regulars: Pipe Up Poetry Slam

Words by Hannah Monagle

Held just out of Melbourne in country Victoria ‘Pipe up Poetry’ is a youngster on the scene holding its 3rd slam this August. The unique poetry slam is held in the rural arts hub ‘Stockroom’ on Pipers street, becoming fast one of the busiest cultural precincts in Victoria.

pipe upThe brainchild of a student (Sam Hassel) and teacher (Hannah Monagle) friendship the slam aims to bring ‘slam poetry’ to an audience that might not have been exposed to it before. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 5, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 5, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/05/meeting-the-regulars-pipe-up-poetry-slam/

Changing of the guard at La Mama Poetica

Last night, convener of La Mama Poetica, Matt Hetherington put on his last show as convener, handing over the reins before moving to Queensland.

Matt Hetherington [Photo by Michael Reynolds]

Matt Hetherington [Photo by Michael Reynolds]

His last line-up featured Ian McBryde, Tom Joyce, Antonia Pont and Emily Manger and the announcement of who would take over running the prestigious gig. La Mama Poetica takes place at The La Mama Courthouse Theatre in Drummond Street, Carlton on Monday nights usually every two months or so and is considered one of the most prestigious poetry events in Melbourne. (more…)

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by Benjamin Solah on June 4, 2013
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Posted by Benjamin Solah on June 4, 2013

http://melbournespokenword.com/2013/06/04/changing-of-the-guard-at-la-mama-poetica/

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