Voices in the Wild
They are here, they are loud and they are wild! Get ready for Byron Writers Festival’s Saturday night feature event, Voices In the Wild, a cabaret of spoken word that will bring the house down.
Featuring Maxine Beneba Clarke, Madison Godfrey, Miles Merrill, Sarah Temporal and Jo Yang, plus winners from the Poets Out Loud Slam and Australian Poetry Slam heats. Hosted by David Stavanger.
Traversing topics such as race, climate change, gender and mental health with empathy and hope for the future, Voices in the Wild will take guests on a riotously unique journey, using language in its most commanding form of lyrical storytelling.
Supported by KassaMiller Foundation
Details
Saturday 12 August
6.30pm – 9pm (Bar open 5.30pm)
Imaginarium
(A&I Hall, Bangalow)
$35 / $30 Members
Featured guests
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Maxine Beneba Clarke is the award-winning author of more than 10 books, including her recent poetry collection, It’s the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for young people.
Madison Godfrey
Madison Godfrey (they/them) is a writer, educator, and the author of Dress Rehearsals, which ArtsHub describes as a ‘fiercely punk and undeniably powerful’ poetic manifesto.
Miles Merrill
Performing writer Miles Merrill brought poetry slams to Australia from Chicago. He is the spark for dozens of story-sharing programs across Asia-Pacific.
Sarah Temporal
Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning Northern Rivers-based performance poet and the founder of Poets Out Loud. Her upcoming debut collection is Tight Bindings.
Jo Yang
Jo Yang is a proud Chinese-Australian, and the 2022 Australian Poetry Slam Champion. She is a high-school teacher, podcaster, writer, and poet, connecting through empathy and humour.
David Stavanger
David Stavanger is a poet, performer, producer, editor and lapsed psychologist. David is the co-editor of Admissions: Voices Within Mental Health.