Between the Light and the Darkness: PEN Perth Human Rights Day Event
The night will begin with a series of readings, both in English and in native languages. Afterwards, join PEN Perth for some light beverages to celebrate the end of 2021.
Poetry Starts Here.

The night will begin with a series of readings, both in English and in native languages. Afterwards, join PEN Perth for some light beverages to celebrate the end of 2021.
OPEN MIC: 8 x 5min spots
Featuring Luka Buchanan & Alan Fyfe, hosted by Saoirse Nash & Joni Boyd
Rachel Robertson and fellow writers Anne Ryden, Melinda Tognini and Rosemary Stevens respond to the John Stringer Prize in playful, collaborative dialogue using tiny texts and "call and response" as method.
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Words Wide Night is a space for new performers to take to the stage for the first time and established performers to try new material in a friendly space. This
Featuring Peter Jeffrey + Sonya Frossine + open mic The link to the Zoom meeting will be different from last year’s, and we will try and keep this link for
Featuring Ben Mason and open mic Ben’s short fiction has been performed, awarded, and published, including Westerly and Overland (both upcoming). Home Invasion — his collection of short fiction — was long-listed for the 2019
Mega open-mic!
Featuring Mike Heald & Maddie Godfrey + limited open mic
Find us in the Baby Shoe (the upstairs function room), if you’re a Shoe newbie, ask the friendly team behind the bar and they’ll point the way. Performers get 5
Continue readingWords Wide Night -the “off-the-fringe” edition