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Saturday 5th March, WOMAN SCREAM 2022 at the Moon on Zoom

This Saturday 5th March 2pm-4pm  WA Poets Inc has

    WOMAN SCREAM - Perth’s peak poetry event marking International Woman’s Day.

    Featuring Taonga Sendama (MC), SoulReserve, Chaucer Cameron (UK), Manveen Kohli, Saoirse Nash, Joni Boyd (no open-mike).

Woman Scream fundraises for Starick. Starick is a charity supporting women and children escaping domestic and family violence.

You can buy raffle tickets to support Starick, win prizes valued well over $1,000.

Saturday 26th February, Sally Newman + open-mike at the Moon, on Zoom

This Saturday 26th February has wonderful poet Sally Newman + open-mike at Perth Poetry Club, VIA ZOOM and at THE MOON CAFÉ.

Sally Newman is the creative director of Lyrical Infusion and an award winning film producer, playwright and poet. New to the Perth Poetry Scene in 2021, she was quickly recognised as a powerful storyteller on the stage. Winning Perth Slam competitions and coming third in her debut at the Australian Slam Poetry Finals WA in 2021.

Saturday 5th February, Samantha Melia + Karine Suares + open-mike!

Perth Poetry Club this Saturday 5th February has wonderful poets Samantha Melia + Karine Suares + open-mike at the Moon Cafe. 

Samantha Melia, originally from Dublin, Ireland studied psychology at the University of Ulster.  After graduation, she went traveling and settled in the Bronx, NYC for ten years.  She relocated to Perth, Western Australia, where she currently lives with her Irish husband and two daughters Realtin and Regan Molly.

Saturday 29th January, Mega Open-mike at the Moon!

This Saturday 29th January we have a Mega Open-mike event at the Moon Cafe.

Perth Poetry Club holds Mega Open-Mikes quarterly as an opportunity for every open-miker to be a feature with 5 minutes (maximum) of performance time.  Best to prepare your performance.  Try something different, experimental.  Edit and refresh your poems.  Hone your performance skills.  Past events have been memorable for the quality of the poetry and performances.

Please join us to celebrate poetry this Saturday afternoon 2pm - 4pm.

Saturday, 22nd January Ben Mason + open-mike!

This Saturday 22nd January we have Ben Mason and open-mike at Perth Poetry Club, at THE MOON CAFÉ.

Ben Mason BIO:

Ben’s short fiction has been performed, awarded, and published, including Westerly and Overland (both upcoming).  Home Invasion — his collection of short fiction — was long-listed for the 2019 Fogarty Award.

For spoken word he finished 3rd in the 2019 WA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam State Final, won the Margaret River Writers Festival Slam, and has performed in Fringe and Festival shows through Western Australia. 

Thank you for 2021

Thank you everyone at Perth Poetry Club for 2021.

It certainly was a continuing year of poetry, COVID-19 and Zoom.

Thank you to our 1,900+ audience, 860 open-mikers, and 60 features during the year, who helped deliver over 2,200 poems

The 60 features do not include the following multiple features and ad hoc events we had:

  Event                   Features

  Recoil 12 Launch ( 11 No.) Thank you Coral Carter

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