Kathryn Reese at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 27th April 2025
from 5:30pm

A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham St, Adelaide SA 5000, off Hindley St & North Tce

FREE entry
Spoken Word OPEN MIC
Book raffle
Lotsa booze including a ‘beer of the month’ Spoke N Slurred special thanks to A Social Undertaking.

Kathryn Reese is a poet living on Peramangk land in Adelaide, South Australia. She works in medical microbiology and enjoys solo road trips, hiking and chasing frogs to record their calls for science. Her poems can be found in The Engine Idling, Epistemic Literary, Kelp Journal and Australian Poetry Journal. She was a winner of the Red Room Poetry’s #30in30 competition & the Heroines Women’s Writing Prize 2024.

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Photo credit: Jazzman Fechner-Lante

Pam Makin at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 30th March 2025
from 5:30pm.

A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham Street, Adelaide (between Hindley St and North Tce)

Spoken word OPEN MIC
FREE entry
Book raffle
Booze, booze and more booze

Pam Makin has been a regular on the Adelaide Spoken Word circuit since 2019 but was writing and performing much earlier. She has had her work published in various journals and anthologies, in print and online. She has had her work rejected by many more. You can find out more about Pam and her writing at pammakin.com.au

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Pic by Jazz at Ellipsis Oct 2024.

Josh Cake at Spoke N Slurred – national tour guest performer

Sunday 23rd February 2025
from 5:30pm.

A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham Street, Adelaide (between Hindley St and North Tce)

Spoken word OPEN MIC
FREE entry
Book raffle
Booze, booze and more booze

Josh Cake was born and raised in Melbourne and now lives in Paris. Josh has published poems in Breakwater Review, Teesta Review, and Cordite. In 2024, Josh performed poetry features in Morocco, France, Germany, Poland, Belgium, England, Scotland, and the US. Josh has won the Peseroff Poetry Prize from the University of Massachusetts, held the number one ranking in Australia’s National Poetry Slam (Slamalamadingdong), and was named the Most Impactful Poet of 2024 by the Australian Enterprise Awards. Josh is currently touring the spoken word album ‘words to regret when i’m better at editing‘.

https://www.instagram.com/joshcakemusic

https://www.joshcake.com

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Kami at Spoke N Slurred

Pic: Red Wallflower www.facebook.com/RedWallflower

Sunday 26 January 2025
from 5.30pm.

A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham Street, Adelaide.

Kami hits the mic again with extracts from his new novel FISTS OF LOVE & spoken word. For those of you who missed out on the launch this is a great chance to grab the book on the night.

Spoken word OPEN MIC
FREE entry
Book raffle Booze, booze and more booze

Fists of Love is a story about the violence of love, about the pain it can bring us, both physically and mentally. It is a story of the sacrifices we make, believing we are doing the right thing but never knowing for sure if we are.

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Click here to see where to buy Fists of Love

“Thriller” Tribute Gig!

Sunday 12 January 2025
from 6pm

A Social Undertaking
35 Gresham St. Adelaide.

The album tribute gigs are back! Join us as we celebrate the best selling album of all time Michael Jackson’s 1982 blockbuster, Thriller. We have paired some of Adelaide’s finest spoken word & hip hop artists with the album tracks to give you a new perspectives on the songs we love. You will hear the whole album interpreted through today’s eyes & thoughts & words. It’s fresh art, it’s nostalgic, it’s only happening once!

1. Wanna be startin’ somethin’ – Matilda Menz & Apolo
2. Baby be mine – Sarah Pearce
3. The girl is mine – Pam Makin
4. Thriller – Sarah, Pam, Kerryn, Marty Martz
5. Beat it – Kerryn Tredrea
6. Billie Jean – Marty Martz
7. Human Nature – Apolo & Matilda Menz
8. P.Y.T (pretty young thing) – Pam Makin
9. The lady in my life – Marty Martz
Bonus track. Smooth criminal – Sarah Pearce

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Get your copy of ‘FISTS OF LOVE’ by Kami

FISTS OF LOVE, the new novel from Kami, has hit store shelves around Adelaide. Grab your copy for $30 at:

Dymocks Adelaide
Regent Theatre Level 1
Shop 45 101/107 Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000

Clarity Records
60 Pulteney St
Adelaide SA 5000

Streetlight
Shop 2/15 Vaughan Place
Adelaide SA 5000

Mr V Music
115 Semaphore Road
Semaphore

FISTS OF LOVE is also available online in Australia and elsewhere. Be aware that some places may have it slightly higher than the direct Paroxysm Press price.

Click on the links to go directly to the relevant page.

Australian sites:

https://ozmusicbooks.com/shop/paroxysm-press/paroxysm-press-books/fists-of-love/

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781876502287/fists-of-love–kami–2024–9781876502287

https://www.booktopia.com.au/fists-of-love-kami/book/9781876502287.html

Overseas sites:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Fists-Love-Kami/dp/1876502282

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fists-of-love-kami/1146436610?ean=9781876502287

https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/fists-of-love/kami/9781876502287

https://www.powells.com/book/fists-of-love-9781876502287

https://www.waterstones.com/book/fists-of-love/kami/meg-wright/97818765022877

“Fists of Love” by Kami – Book Launch!!

Sunday 17th November 2024
doors open at 3:00pm for 4:00pm start

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide

Kami is back on the page! After two novellas and a book of poetry we bring you his novel FISTS OF LOVE. And, hell it is good! His best work yet.

Come along for an afternoon of Paroxysm spoken word and readings followed by some rockin’ tunes from Get Some.

FREE ENTRY

FISTS OF LOVE $30.

Kami’s first two novellas in one volume will be available for $20 or for only $10 with the purchase of his new book. Plus a huge range from the Paroxysm Press back catalogue.

Spoken word from Kerryn Tredrea and Nadia Patterson.

Musical madness from Get Some: “snake between early punk rock snarl, a pounding backbeat and a sense of swagger and defiance.” – Bandcamp

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Mei Szetu at Spoke N Slurred

Pic: Jazz Fechner-Lante

A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham Street, Adelaide (off Hindley).

Sunday 27 October 2024
from 5.30pm

The second Spoke N Slurred at our new, temporary home at the fantastic laneway bar – A Social Undertaking with guest performer, Mei Szetu.

Spoken word OPEN MIC
FREE entry
Book raffle
Booze, booze and more booze

Mei Szetu is most recently known for winning the SA Final of the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam and going on to compete at the National Final at the Sydney Opera House.

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