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Saturday 26th October, Hessom Razavi + Sonya Frossine!

This Saturday 26th October we have two wonderful poets Hessom Razavi and Sonya Frossine at Perth Poetry Club.

Hessom Razavi is a writer and doctor who grew up in Iran, Pakistan and the UK, prior to emigrating to Australia in 1989.

His poetry has featured in Gargouille, Mascara Literary Review, The Best Australian Poems 2016, the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, and more.

He is currently working on his first full collection, as part of the 'Four Centres Emerging Writers Program'.

Saturday 5th October, Cyndy Moody + Jillian Moody!

This Saturday 5th October we have Cyndy Moody + Jillian Moody featuring at Perth Poetry Club + regular open-mike.

Cyndy Moody loves poetry because it has no rules! wudjuk / balladong is her tribe.  She has been MCing in few poetry events and during NAIDOC, she's performed here at the Moon last year.  Cyndy has 3 poems published; 2 in 'Banksia is lit' and 1 in the Westerly.  She plays bass with her sisters in a band called 'Redbank River Band' and they do several gigs here and there around Perth.

Saturday 28th September, “In this body are gardens…” women’s writing circle!

This Saturday 28th September we have “In this body are gardens…” women’s writing circle at Perth Poetry Club + open-mike.

"in this body are gardens" is a weekly women's writing circle that has gathered around Jaya Penelope's kitchen table for four years.

Participants have ranged in age from 19 to 79.

Chai; laughter and sometimes tears are as essential a part of proceedings as poetry.

Noted poet, Jaya Penelope is convenor of the group.

Saturday 21st September, Mega Open-Mike Event!

This Saturday 21th September we have our third Mega Open-Mike event for the year.

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.

Saturday 7th September, The Sky Falls Down Poets - Lucy Czerwiec, Lucy Dougan, Kevin Gillam, Fran Graham, Mardi May, Carol Millner, Emily J Sun, Rashida Murphy, Julie Watts, Zan Ross!

This Saturday 7th September we have wonderful local poets, Lucy Czerwiec, Lucy Dougan, Kevin Gillam, Fran Graham, Mardi May, Carol Millner, Emily J Smith, Rashida Murphy, Zan Ross and Julie Watts reading their poems from The Sky Falls Down: An Anthology of Loss, at Perth Poetry Club. We have usual open-mike as well.

Saturday 24th August, Jackson + The emptied bridge + Chinese Poetry (Glen Phillips, Prof Yu Jinhong, Tara Zhang, Kathleen Xiang) + open-mike!

This Saturday 24th August we have the wonderful poet Jackson, launch of her latest book The emptied bridge, plus Chinese Poetry readings: Glen Phillips, Prof Yu Jinhong, Tara Zhang + Kathleen Xiang and open-mike at Perth Poetry Club.

Jackson was born in Cumbria, England. She has written poetry since childhood.  Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, notably the Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry. In 2009 she instigated Perth Poetry Club. 

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