Page & Turner in the Myer Centre, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, are now stocking Paroxysm Press books…
Fists Of Love (Kami)
This Is No Ordinary Rapture... (Kerryn Tredrea)
Spitting Teeth (anthology)
100 Lightnings (anthology)
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.
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‘.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Sunday 29th September 2024
From 5.30pm
A Social Undertaking
25 Gresham Street, Adelaide (off Hindley St)
The first Spoke N Slurred at our new, temporary home at the fantastic laneway bar – A Social Undertaking.
** Spoken word OPEN MIC
** FREE entry
** Book raffle
** Booze, booze and more booze
Guest performer: Apolo
APOLO god of prophecy, music and healing, offers his wisdom as a link between gods and man alike. With an intellect as far reaching as the arrows shot from a silver bow, he is said to be the first god to teach mortals the healing arts including that of poetry. It is thought that he is to help humans achieve their full potential with his gifts of enlightenment. When man journeyed to the heavens, they fittingly named their mission to the moon Apolo, after the god who inspired mankind to reach for the stars.