Amelia Walker at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 28 January 2024
from 5.30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

OPEN MIC
FREE ENTRY
Book raffle

Amelia Walker is a poet who lives and works on Kaurna Yerta, also known as Adelaide, South Australia. She has published five poetry collections, most recently alogopoesis, and three books of poetry writing activities for educational and community settings, based on her work as a poet in schools and with arts-health projects. She currently lectures in courses on poetry, short fiction, and literary studies at the University of South Australia, and is contracted with Bloomsbury for a forthcoming academic book about creative writing’s interconnections with social power.

Lexis Vhi at Spoke N Slurred

pic: Ian Gibbins

Sunday 26th November 2023
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

Known by his stage name Lexis Vhi, Alex Vansilalom uses poetry to express his experiences through storytelling, gothic imagery and analogies. In trying to understand his emotions more broadly and deeply, he often explores negative emotions and themes of connection, infatuation and inspiration. Lexis is obsessed with the importance of storytelling and its essential role in passing down knowledge in a way that inspires humanity. Wanting to break the boundaries of popularised, conventional spoken word and more classical, or traditional poetry, Lexis continues to explore the power and influence of finding your own voice. Lexis founded Social Hearts Club – a monthly open mic night and club for artists to gather. He hopes that people who feel isolated with their words and art can find a place to share their words with like-minded individuals.

>> FREE entry 
>> open mic 
>> book raffle 
>> … booze

For anyone looking to make a bigger day of it then come to the venue early for the Sunday Service where you can spin your own vinyl.

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Drew Chuffley at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 29th October 2023
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

A very talented guest performer, a heap of open mic and one very sketchy MC/publisher recently returned from exploring the world.

Drew Cuffley is a writer of short stories, essays, and, of course, poetry. He had performed spoken word since May last year and quickly took to it. Inspired by hiphop and rap his style varies by often has complex rhyme schemes, fun word play and a healthy dose of humour.

>> FREE entry 
>> open mic 
>> book raffle 
>> … booze

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For anyone looking to make a bigger day of it then come to the venue early for the Sunday Service where you can spin your own vinyl.

‘this is no ordinary rapture…’ by Kerryn Tredrea now available on-line and in shops

‘this is no ordinary rapture…‘ by Kerryn Tredrea is now available online for $16 through OZ Music Books at the link below:

This Is No Ordinary Rapture

In Adelaide, it is now also in Dymocks Rundle Mall, Clarity Records and Streetlight Records.

“Kerryn Tredrea writes about lust, madness, loneliness and connection as if they were the same thing. Tethered to her distinctive voice is a poetry donning worn-out doc martins keeping step with junkies, the poet insisting I find my window of opportunity / and look through to the red light district. Her style is consistent, and as she recognises risk-taking and mistake-making as a part of life, she comes out a sage: everything has / the smell of coffee / about it / and the feeling of / a biting snake, / sharp / and to the point.” – Heather Taylor-Johnson

And a huge thank you to Red Wallflower Photography for another amazing cover pic. https://www.facebook.com/RedWallflower/

‘this is no ordinary rapture…’ – Kerryn Tredrea Book Launch

Friday 17th March 2023
7:30 – 10:30 pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

Join us for THE essential Paroxysm gig of the year. The launch of the second book of Kerryn Tredrea poetry, ‘this is no ordinary rapture…’

Launched by Heather Taylor-Johnson + spoken word from Nadia Patterson + tunes from an acoustic El Bottle O Paradiso.

FREE entry.

Books $15 on the night.

“Kerryn Tredrea writes about lust, madness, loneliness and connection as if they were the same thing. Tethered to her distinctive voice is a poetry donning worn-out doc martins keeping step with junkies, the poet insisting i find my window of opportunity / and look through to the red light district. Her style is consistent, and as she recognises risk-taking and mistake-making as a part of life, she comes out a sage: everything has / the smell of coffee / about it / and the feeling of / a biting snake, / sharp / and to the point.” – Heather Taylor-Johnson

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Wallis Prophet at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 26th February 2023
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

Wallis Prophet is a proud trans multidisciplinary artist. They are the co-founder of spoken word event Draw your (S)words and has collaborated with many musicians over the years to accompany their lyrics. Wallis enjoys coming together and sharing their poetry within the community. They write to provoke thought, to offer a different perspective and to connect with others through poetry.

>> FREE entry 
>> open mic 
>> book raffle 
>> … booze

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Luke Baker at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 29th January 2023
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

Luke Baker is a spoken word poet; photographer; and performer. He invites you to find deeper meanings beyond the surface of common things; moments; and your inner worlds. In Luke’s first year exploring the spoken word scene, he has featured at several events; The Good Word; Speak, Hear; Mixed Bag Poetry; and Hush Bar in Airlie beach Queensland. 2023 holds many exciting doorways for Luke. He is ready to move forward with focus to deepen new found friendships in the poetry community, and to set the stage for a meaningful career in the arts.

>> FREE entry 
>> open mic 
>> book raffle 
>> … beer

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Event image contains photography by Martin Christmas

Kerryn Tredrea does poems…


Kerryn Tredrea does poems. Her second collection of said poems will be the next Paroxysm Press publication. She will also be taking a 6 month stint hosting the mad ship Spoke N Slurred from March ’23.

Meanwhile, see her perform live at Spoke n Slurred…

Sunday 27 November 2022
from 5.30pm
Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide.

Free entry and open mic.

Nicki Bullock at Spoke N Slurred

Sunday 30th October 2022
from 5:30pm

Broadcast Bar
66A Grote Street, Adelaide

Nicki Bullock is also known as Dirty Nickers, possibly for her dirty mind or dirty mouth or variety of reasons we won’t go in to here, or mayhap because she is not afraid of dirty laundry, saying the things others prefer to remain unspoken, airing the secrets you are not supposed to talk of, abhorring censorship and this easily offended culture – for giving respect is different from taking offense; something that seems grossly misinterpreted these days. Her anger at the fuckedupedness of the world comes from a place of love for all the awesomeness; ‘in loving anger’ being the the theme of her ever-unfinished album she is working on and her current spoken word performance she will deliver. Unable to stay in any box, she has been given a vast array of labels: a happy psychedelic hillbilly; a foul-mouthed, crass punk; bike-riding brat; an idealistic hippy and acid-casualty artist; a rainbow explosion of chaos – ever evolving, defying description, spitting out words on stage is a rarer thing for Dirty Nickers these days, this Spoken Slurred will be her first spoken word performance of the year and she’s got lots of love and anger for you.

>> FREE entry 
>> open mic 
>> book raffle 
>> … beer

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