Poets Out Loud @M|Arts feat. Vince Stead

Name: Poets Out Loud @M|Arts feat. Vince Stead
Start: 2024-12-19T19:00:00+11:00
Location: M-Arts Precinct

Schedule

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

M-Arts Precinct | Murwillumbah, NS

Friends, join us for the final Poets Out Loud of 2024! Our feature Vince Stead is bringing his new book hot off the press; plus there’s open mic + poetry slam hosted by prize-winning poet Sarah Temporal. Join us for a full-out night of creativity at the M|Arts bar, Murwillumbah.
Each Poets Out Loud night presents a stand-out feature poet, plus a poetry slam and / or open mic for YOU to share your spoken-word creations. Open mic = 1 poem each; Slam = 2 min time limit. Get in from 7pm to sign up.
Poets Out Loud @M|Arts
Thursday 19 Dec 2024
7pm for 7:30 until 9:30pm
$10 donation

About the feature poet:
Vincent Stead regularly performs at poetry events around the Northern Rivers and Southern Queensland, blending traditional techniques with contemporary styles of poetry to create poems that can grace a page or performed on stage. He has won People’s Choice Award at the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup [[2016, 2019] and been a finalist 2022, 2023, 2024, Vincent has been a NSW Finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam [2016, 2022, 2023, 2024]. He assists in the setting up and running of poetry events throughout the year, is an MC at Vocable Poetry in Lismore the third Thursday of every month. His first book ‘SIMPLE POEMS FOR COMPLEX PEOPLE-VOLUME ONE’ has just been released on Amazon. Will be available for sale at Poets Out Loud $20 retail / $15 Concession.
Photo credit Gwilym Summers.
About your host:
Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet, educator and cultural producer. Her debut collection Tight Bindings (Puncher and Wattmann, 2024) explores embodiment and storytelling. Sarah is a winner of the Bunker Slam and Nimbin Poetry World Cup, with work published in Best of Australian Poems and more. Sarah loves working as a mentor for young writers and directing the annual Poets Out Loud Youth Slam. She founded Poets Out Loud to empower voices of all ages through writing and spoken-word. See more: https://sarahtemporal.com
About the venue:
Set in a classic Art Deco building and industrial warehouse in Murwillumbah, M|Arts Precinct is a vibrant place where artists and art lovers can come together over great coffee, food and art. Cafe and bar now open.