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Tag Archives: overload poetry festival
Overload: Telling It Like It Is
We have a small slam scene, and a young one, but last night it felt so strong. Last night was the Tell It Like It Is slam at the Footscray Community Arts Centre. Crowd and performances aside, this is an … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Poetry
Tagged centre for poetics and justice, jive poetic, joel mckerrow, ken arkind, luka lesson, mel hughes, overload poetry festival, Poetry, shane koyczan, slam
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Overload Call-Out for Volunteers
It’s almost that time again – only a few weeks until the 10th Overload Poetry Festival starts. They’re looking for volunteers for front of house – this is a great way to meet some really lovely people and make some poetry … Continue reading
EVENTS! My goodness, EVENTS!
There’s just SO much coming up – my credit card’s getting a decent workout. As is the bit of my brain that controls excitement. I’d almost go as far as saying I’m perpetually excited by all the tickets I’ve got … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Writers
Tagged events, melbourne writers festival, overload poetry festival, Poetry, shane koyczan, Writers
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Overload Call-Out
The Overload Poetry Festival was one of my favourite things about last year; I had an absolute blast blogging for them. Sure, it’s not on again until September yet, but the back-end stuff has started happening already – they have … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News, Poetry
Tagged call out, overload poetry festival, poety, spoken word, submissions
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Overload Day 10 – All Done
It’s over for its 9th year – Overload Poetry Festival has said goodbye and won’t be back until next September. It went out with style and a bang at the Grace Darling on Sunday evening. I’d never been to the Grace … Continue reading
Overload Day 9 – Poetry Slam Grand Final
This was the 2010 Overload Poetry Slam Grand Final – three rounds, eighteen performers, a hell of a lot of shouting, clapping, drum-rolling, laughing, nodding, mind-blowing. There was debate about scores, there was begging for the tech guy to stick … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged graham colin, iq, joel mckerrow, luka haralampou, overload poetry festival, Poetry, slam, steve smart
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Overload Day 7 – Melbourne Poetry Map Launch
Spring Street isn’t usually my side of town. The suits are scary. The steps at Parliament (both the landmark and the station) are so steep I want to vomit on something. The venues all have dress-codes. Despite all of this, … Continue reading
Lentil As Poetry! (Overload, Day 6)
Lentils to mouth. Eyes have some trouble deciding between Charlie Chaplin film and milling crowd. I recognize a lot of these people, but I also don’t recognize a lot of them. This is nice. This is people coming out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Poetry
Tagged iq, lentil as anything, overload poetry festival, Poetry, randall stevens, steve smart
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Look UP!
Overload Poetry Festival is here for its ninth year, and they’ve got a stellar program. As part of the program, Overload are broadcasting micropoetry on the ticket text at Federation Square. Two of my pieces have been accepted. This poetry … Continue reading
Posted in Events, getting published
Tagged federation square, overload poetry festival, Poetry, writing
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