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Perth Poetry Club this Saturday 21st February 2026, 2pm-4pm, has wonderful poet
J.P. Quinton + open-mike
at The Moon Café, 323 William Street Northbridge and on ZOOM
J. P. Quinton was born at Swan Districts hospital in 1981. He grew up next to the swan river in Bassendean and ever since then he has been preoccupied with rivers.
Every poetry chapbook he makes has to have the word ‘river’ in it. Some titles are:
River Upon River Upon River — a collection of poems about cycling around the UK for 9 weeks.
The River Tarmac‚ about cycling from Perth to Melbourne.
River. Cycle. About cycling from Darwin to Perth.
How To Cross the Rakaia River is about walking the length of the South Island of New Zealand.
He recently climbed a mountain range in Tasmania and wrote ‘7 Pictures of Mud’ which will probably be included in his next chapbook, which doesn’t have a title yet.
Join us to celebrate poetry with
J.P. Quinton + open-mike
2pm-4pm this Saturday 14th February 2026
at The Moon Café, 323 William Street, Northbridge & on Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84254037443
The backroom of The Moon is properly air-conditioned, and it is a great space to be wherever you are on a Saturday afternoon 2pm-4pm WST, because in weeks to come, we have:
21-Feb-26
J.P. Quinton + open-mike
28-Feb-26
Danny Gunzburg + open-mike
7-Mar-26
Jackson (NZ), Lucy Leagrave (UK) and Kevin Reinhardt (UK) + open-mike
14-Mar-26
Woman Scream 2026 - 7 features celebrating Beyond Boundaries, Miriam Wei Wei Lo, Abigail Sherratt, Jane Hammond, Jo Giles, Joni Boyd, Ana Brawls - no open-mike
… All with open mike (except Woman Scream), not to be missed …