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Saturday 5th of March, Woman Scream 2016

This Saturday is Woman Scream 2016, the Sixth Woman Scream International Poetry Festival in association with WA Poets Inc and the Women Poets International Movement.  Your MCs for the afternoon will be Christine Della Vedova and Tineke Van der Eecken.

The format is Open Mike – all welcome

This year’s message is against ancient practices and laws of abuse against women, such as rape, Genital Mutilation, stoning, acid attacks on women and girls. 

Saturday 20th of February, Daniel Oxenburgh!

Saturday 20th of February, meet Daniel Oxenburgh.

Daniel Oxenburgh (also known as Snoop Bilby) is a multi-talented WA poet. 

His poetry has been illustrated by Alexander Hayes and published as a book “Quicksilver” with an exhibition at Gomboc Gallery in 2002.  He has written poetry to accompany two photography exhibitions by Angus Skene “Formations Creatures Land and Sea” in 2010 and “Kimberley Expressions” in 2011.  You can also read his poetry in The Australian Writers’ Journal 1993,1994 and Uneven Floor 2014.

Saturday 13th of February, David Slade and Sanna Peden!

 

David Slade (pictured left) spent 40 years in the world of fire insurance.  Having ‘dabbled’ in writing poetry for many years, early retirement provided the opportunity to join Slipstream Poets, a group based in Storrington, West Sussex and Silk Road Writers in Littlehampton.  Visiting Australia, David has been a regular contributor to Perth Poetry Club 

David has published two collections of Poetry, ‘Images on a Silver Screen’ in 2009 and ‘A Matter of Record’ in 2014, and numerous items in magazines. 

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