State Based Spoken Word Artists/Slam hosts
The following local word-artists are hosting and performing at their local slam heats. Available for media interviews, workshops and local slam-poetry information you are welcome to call or send an email.
ACT – Julian Fleetwood
NSW – Miles Merrill
milesmerrill@yahoo.com | wordtravels.info
Miles Merrill bio: Originally from Chicago, Miles Merrill has been writing and performing slam poetry, hip-hop, monologues, and stories for over 10 years touring packed theatres, schools, pubs, libraries and festivals across Australia and overseas. He recently performed at the Sydney Opera House and co-coordinated the Sydney Poetry Slam 05 and the NSW Poetry Slam 06.
NT – Pru Gell
QLD – David Stavenger
Former Performance Poetry World Cup winner David Stavanger aka Ghostboy will again coordinate the QLD leg of the Australian Poetry Slam 2008. Recognized as one of Australia’s permier performance poets and slam mc/workshop facilitators, his work has been played on Triple J and ABC radio and published overseas alongside the likes of Jeff Buckley and Gil Scott-Heron. Ghostboy has performed at a number of major festivals including Sydney Writers Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival and in 2008 as part of NightWords at the Sydney Opera House. He has ignited the QLD slam scene in recent years, creating the only regular monthly slam event in Queensland via ouTsideRs – Australia’s Premier performance poetry/slam collective.
ghostboy@aapt.net.au | ghostboy.com.au
SA – Daniel Watson
Daniel Watson runs hard edge label Paroxysm Press. He has been publishing, writing, organising gigs, doing festivals, performing spoken word and touring Australia for nearly a decade. Loves poetry and blood sports. Email: paroxysm@paroxysmpress.com
TAS – Cameron Hindrum
VIC – Phil Norton
WA – Allan Boyd
allanboyd@optusnet.com.au | antipoet.blogspot.com
Allan Boyd has been performing at and organising dynamic poetry arts and music events since 1995. He has performed his “difficult and acerbic words” as featured guest of the Queensland Poetry Festival; Melbourne Overload Poetry Festival; Newcastle This Is Not Art and National Young Writers Festivals; the WA Poetry Festival; Artrage; PIAF; WA Fringe and others. He is also frontman for original bands, MiteyKo and Blac Blocs. READ MORE…
CONTACT
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