John Englezos / When you like someone

John Englezos performing ‘When you like someone’ at the Slamalamadingdong Grand Slam on May 25, 2017.

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John Englezos is a freelance photographer, a spoken word poet and Melbourne’s 2015 Poetry Slam Champion. He is also part of the first Australian team representing at the National Poetry Slam in Denver Colorado, 2017

His work centres around notions of hope, identity and wonder.

He has mentored and run workshops for creative people in the fields of live performance and visual arts; is a speaker coach for Tedx St Kilda, is co-host for Faith Speaks and a recently published his first book “If the World Were Upside Down”

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Annie Solah

Annie Solah is a writer, poet, spoken word artist, activist and the Director of Melbourne Spoken Word. She grew up in Western Sydney before calling Melbourne home in 2008, where she's performed since 2010 around Melbourne's regular spoken word and poetry nights including Passionate Tongues, The Dan Poets, Voices in the Attic and House of Bricks as well as the NGV and White Night. She's released a chapbook, broken bodies, and two spoken word albums, Duel Power with Santo Cazzati and The World Doesn't Make Sense EP.