crom castle, NORTHERN IRELAND

So special to be back at Crom Castle in Enniskillen for the second year in a row at the Serenity Press international writers retreat. Kicked off with a bang with the 2023 book launch of Hear us Roar, a collection of stories on courage and perseverance, where my piece, Woodchip, is alongside several other works from amazing fellow authors. Cool to have the camera crew here as this one weaves its way into a docufilm.
Crom Castle, Northern Ireland, Serenity Press International Authors Event, with Sarah, Duchess of York, June 2022

england Events

sydney EVEnts

I will be featuring live at Story Room at Bucketey's, Brookvale, NSW in February 2022.

MELBOURNE FRINGE

Word Travels is a not-for-profit arts organisation, creating literary and literacy programs for festivals, private companies, libraries, schools and cultural institutions around the Asia Pacific with a focus on developing performing writers. Thrilled to feature in the 2020 Story Week lineup with Miriam Hechtman.

Spoken word

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Join MMH Press Poets Kelly Van Nelson and Tanya Southey for a monthly open mic poetry night. This event will be hosted in zoom and live-streamed into the MMH Press facebook page on the third Thursday of every month. Free to attend
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Monthly Making Magic Happen Press event will be posted on Facebook.
I’ll be performing live in Sydney at Generation Women on Thursday August 27th telling a story on the theme ‘Finding My Voice’. Event tickets have sold out but you can still get a ticket to livestream the show at home. 
https://www.generationwomenaus.com/gw-tickets.

TICKER TV NEWSROOM
​speaking out about domestic violence

On Monday 3rd August at 3pm, I’ll be live on Ticker TV talking in the Newsroom about the rise in popularity of contemporary poetry and how the literary word is generating conversations that matter, including on domestic violence awareness. www.tickertv.com.au.

melbourne spoken word festival
slamalamadingdong ​hometown soapbox - 26th july 2020

WE’RE SLAMIN’ BACK! Are you ready for the most epic virtual Slama yet? As part of the Melbourne Spoken Word Online Festival, we are shaking with anticipation to present “Slamalamahouse Party: HOMETOWN SOAPBOX EDITION!” This event is juicy with the poets we love! (We love all poets really). The artist line up speaks for itself:
FEATURE - Ziimusic
MASTER OF CEREMONIES - Zaynab G Farah 
JUDGES - Tenda, Morgaine van Windergerden, Nour Abouzeid, Tim Evans, Trixi Rosa 
SLAMMERS - Ash Russel, Thabani Tony Tshuma, Rerose, Poetpre, Merry and Pippin, Andi Stewart, Ren Alessandra, Megan J Riedl, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Damien Becker, Kelly Van Nelson, Mad Schutz-Beaton, Jo Sou, Ellen Bellew, Rohan King.

MELBOURNE SPOKEN WORD FESTIVAL - poetryspective 

Poetry/spoken word- world of poetry, a spoken world, worlds of words! Tune in to Poetryspective #61 MSW Festival 2020 online edition! Sit back, relax with Poetryspective’s MC and organizer Lish and enjoy the the workings of three fine feature poets. Koraly Dimitriadis Passionate and full of fire.
Anita Nahal from the US, a voice of justice and love.
Plus the all important retrospective set with Paul.A.Škec reading the poetry of the beloved and departed Shelton Lea.
Poetryspective #61 Melbourne Spoken Word Festival 
28th July 2020 streamed via YouTube https://youtu.be/R6RgK9VXfHg
Delighted to have my kinetic typography poem, Space Odyssey, streaming in this amazing set.