Name: Australian Poetry Slam Workshop at Kingston Library
Start: 2026-09-08T17:30:00+10:00
End: 2026-09-08T19:30:00+10:00
Location: Kingston Library

Event Details

Date:	8 September 2026
Time:	5:30 pm
Duration:	2 hours
Location:	Kingston Library

Event Description

Learn how Poets Run Kingston!

Ever wanted to tell your story with oomph, perform your poems with power or just deliver a speech without a slide-show clicker?

Word Travels presents Australian Poetry Slam (APS) Wordshops to help you select from the thousands of metaphors running through your head. Learn how to slam your poetry – how to move a live audience with your words.

Word Travels’ spoken word artists Ava Leary and Tasha Jean inspire you to get your thoughts on paper and ignite them on stage.

APS Wordshops empower you to do more than stream other people’s creativity. This is your chance to make your stories matter; to transform your introspective ideas into crowd roars and finger clicks.

Write new stuff or re-shape your existing work before you hit high scores from the judges in your local Australian Poetry Slam heat.

Whether you’re a quiet dreamer or an outspoken wordsmith, answer the call of a mic on a stand that’s been whispering your name since you were a kid. Join APS Wordshops and show the world how POETS RUN THIS!

Want to sling your verse skills or watch local poets on the mic? Check out the Kingston 2026 APS Heat: APS Heat at Kingston Library

Feeling inspired by all moments poetic and spoken word? There is an expanded program of workshops, heats and Tasmania APS 2026 events to experience! APS 2026

Ava Leary is a Hobart-based poet, performer, creative producer and founder of Poetica Collective. Through spoken word, music and storytelling, her work explores vulnerability, identity and community. Since founding Poetica in 2025, Ava has grown it into a thriving grassroots arts platform, producing multiple sold-out events that celebrate emerging poets, musicians and artists. She has performed across Tasmania and nationally, including at the Australian Poetry Slam National Final at the Sydney Opera House. Passionate about creating safe, inclusive spaces for self-expression, Ava uses poetry to foster connection, confidence, creativity and authentic storytelling through her workshops and performances.

Tasha Jean is a First Nations emerging artist, poet and lover of sound. She started writing poetry as a teenager, as a way to privately process life. You can expect themes of overcoming hardship and some whimsy philosophical metaphors to interpret in her writing. After winning the Tasmanian 2025 Poetry Slam, Tasha is on a quest to continue sharing stories through poetry, in good spirit.

Content Warning: Most Poetry Slams are all ages and some content may not be suitable for children. Performances may include strong language and / or adult themes.

See www.australianpoetryslam.com for full 2026 details.
Head to www.wordtravels.info to find out more about how you can get involved with the not-for-profit organisation presenting the annual APS.

Australian Poetry Slam is presented by Word Travels. This project is supported by the Libraries Tasmania. Also supported by NSW Government through Create NSW, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Writers Festival and Byron Writers Festival.

APS 2026 artwork design: Rachel Stone Designs and DEFNE. Concept: Miles Merrill and the Word Travels team. Poem excerpt in design: APS Champion 2025 – Arantza Garcia Ferrand.

Ages 15-25

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