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SpeedPoets Calls Back Marisa Allen
Each month at SpeedPoets, thirty poets are given the opportunity to sign up for Open Mic and at the end of the day, one of these poets is called-back by the monthly features to perform a short set to close … Continue reading
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SpeedPoets takes off this Saturday
Brisbane’s longest running poetry event, SpeedPoets will be blowing out the Easter cobwebs this Saturday with three dynamic features hitting the stage. First up there is emerging Brisbane poet, Ella Jeffery. Ella’s poetry and short fiction have appeared in literary … Continue reading
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February Pin-Up Week #4: Ross Donlon Catches Poems
February has but a handful of days left, which means Summer is also all but gone… It is also time to say goodbye to our February Pin-Up Poet, Ross Donlon, but never fear, he will be hear in Brisbane before … Continue reading
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Sex Times at SpeedPoets
This Sunday, November 6, is the last chance to get along to SpeedPoets before the long days of Summer set in. It’s been a sparkling 10th year, with features from touring artists such as Matt Hetherington, James Waller and Santo Cazzati … Continue reading
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SpeedPoets gets Primitive
Sundays are for celebrating and today I am shining my shoes in anticipation, as at 2pm Brisbane legends, primitive motion will be dropping their casiotone grooves on the SpeedPoets audience. Described as playing, ‘disposable snippets of flayed cosmology’, primitive motion, rumble and shake … Continue reading
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Farewell Jacob
Jacob Polley’s time as 2011 Arts QLD Poet-in-Residence is sadly coming to a close. I know that I speak for many when I say that he has made an invaluable contribution to our poetry community, during his stay; his deep … Continue reading
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Video Footage: Reading In Brisbane When It Rains by Andy White
I have been sent a few videos recently of Sheish and I performing. This one was filmed at SpeedPoets by Michael Cohen and features Sheish and I performing Andy White’s poem in brisbane, when it rains. Here’s a link to … Continue reading
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SpeedPoets goes international this Sunday
That’s right, this Sunday, SpeedPoets will feature not one, but two poets all the way from the UK! The 2011 Arts QLD Poet-in-Residence, Jacob Polley will give his first reading on Brisbane soil and Ashley Martin will give her only … Continue reading
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SpeedPoets fires up this Sunday
First Sunday of the month means SpeedPoets. Over the past 10 years its become one of this life’s special rituals; a well-lit beacon to light the way through the particularly long weeks (you know the ones) and keep the creative … Continue reading
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