Perc.U.lations - 10th of August

This month we are featuring the endearing Indrani Perera!

Indrani Perera is a Sri Lankan/German/Australian poet, editor of the Pocketry Almanack print journal, creator of the Circus of Similes poetry prompt portal and a presenter on 3CR’s Spoken Word show.
Indrani is the author of the poetry collections Defenestration and pas de deux. Her poems have been widely anthologised and published in print and online journals in Australia, India and the USA including Axon, Cordite, Eye to the Telescope, hākārā, Science Write Now and The Crow. She has also been shortlisted for major Australian poetry awards including the University of Canberra Vice Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize. Indrani has performed on the open mic and been a featured poet for Girls on Key, the Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival and the Perth Poetry Festival. Find her at

Our Poetry and Spoken Word events are held on the second Saturday of the month at 3 p.m., with a Poetry Writing Workshop running from 2 pm to 3 pm for anyone interested.

An 'open mic' is available for as many poets as we can squeeze in before and after our feature (or as much poetry as we are happy to share before our time is up).

This gig is happy to celebrate young poets (the Little Aesthetics program for anyone 12 and under) as well as people who read the works of other poets (the Rhetorical Recreation Society). If you have work you would like other people to present, you will always find cheerful readers too.

The venue for Perc.U.lations is the wonderfully generous Kafé on Hemmings (86 Hemmings St), in Dandenong, about a 15-minute walk from either Dandenong or Yarraman train stations. There is also handy, free parking available behind the medical centre on the opposite corner.

This event is ticketed using ‘Pay as you Feel’ via Eventbrite, as the Kafé will continue serving the general public. Open-mic and feature presenters are therefore asked to keep their works in the 'PG' range for this event.

Perc.U.lations is affiliated with Radio Laria and is committed to highlighting the voices of women and gender-diverse poets. 50% or more of all features throughout the year will be women, however, men are also encouraged to apply to this event and the open mic is open to anyone.

Perc.U.lations, is taking place on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunerong peoples of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded and we extend our respects to Indigenous elders past, present, and emerging.

Host or Publisher Radio Laria - anke