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Saturday 28th September, Marngrook Special + open-mike, at The Moon & on Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has a Grand Final special about Marngrook, what are the origins of the rules of Aussie Rules, plus open-mike, this Saturday 28th September, 2pm-4pm, at The Moon Café & on Zoom.

Football was a popular game for many Indigenous Australians, which was an expression of athleticism that also served a ceremonial, reconciling purpose.

Aboriginal football was watched by colonists on pastoral stations and in the main settlements.

Saturday 7th September, Mega Open-mike event, at The Moon & Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has its third 2024 quarterly Mega-Open mike event this Saturday 7th September, 2pm-4pm, at The Moon Café & on Zoom.

Perth Poetry Club holds Mega Open-mike events quarterly as an opportunity for every open-miker to be a feature with 5 minutes (maximum) of performance time.

Best to prepare your performance. Try something different, experimental. Edit and refresh your poems. Hone your performance skills.

Saturday 31st August, Kaya Ortiz + open-mike, at The Moon & Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poet Kaya Ortiz plus open-mike this Saturday 31st August, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

Kaya Ortiz is a queer Filipino poet of in/articulate identities and record-keeper of ancient histories. Kaya hails from the southern islands of Mindanao and lutruwita/Tasmania and is obsessed with the fluidity of borders, memory and time.

Saturday 24th August, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Gabby Everall, Paul Kohn, Alicia Sometimes, plus open-mike, at The Moon Cafe & Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets Tanmoy Chakraborty, Gabby Everall, Paul Kohn, Alicia Sometimes plus open-mike this Saturday 24th August, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

This is part of the Perth Poetry Festival 2024 – great feature poets, and with open-mike (2 minutes max per open-miker).

Saturday 17th August, Rita Tognini & Almost Like Home, plus opn-mike, At The Moon Cafe & Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poet Rita Tognini plus open-mike this Saturday 17th August, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

Rita Tognini writes poetry and short fiction. She was born in Italy, grew up in the South West, worked as a teacher and public servant and travelled widely in Europe and China.

Saturday 10th August, Mike Pedrana & Black Sheep Poems + open-mike, at The Moon, on Zoom!

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You are invited to the launch of Black Sheep Poems by Mike Pedrana.

Won’t be like ya average Book Launch peeps.

Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poet Mike Pedrana & the launch of his book Black Sheep Poems plus open-mike this Saturday 10th August, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

At 12, Mike Pedrana wanted to be a poet. Thank God that he did.

Saturday 3rd August, Alan Fyfe & Christopher Kennedy + open-mike, at The Moon, on Zoom!

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Perth Poetry Club has wonderful poets Alan Fyfe & Christopher Kennedy plus open-mike this Saturday 3rd August, 2pm-4pm at The Moon Café and on ZOOM.

Alan Fyfe is a Jewish writer from Mandurah, the unceded country of the Binjereb people, whose verse and prose can be found in Westerly, Overland, Australian Poetry Journal, and Cottonmouth. He was an inaugural editor of UWA creative writing journal, Trove, and a prose editor for American web journal, Unlikely Stories.

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