Accessible Online Open Mic

We're teaming up with Writers’ Victoria’s Writeabilityprogram to host an open mic night for disabled creatives on Zoom as part of Poetry Month! Come along and read a poem, or turn up and show support.

Enjoy special feature sets by Shaine Melrose Red Room Poetry Anywhere Remote Fellow, poet and retired gardener and poet, creative writing teacher and winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry Andy Jackson, and share your own poetry.

You can read your poetry aloud, or share it in the chat. Plus, there will be a few book giveaways for poets who share their work! This free online event will be a fun relaxed night, and also an opportunity to socialise with other writers in the disability community.

Plus, join us at the Writeability Poetry Workshop with Andy Jackson on Wednesday 30 July to prepare your work for sharing.

Note: sign-up for the open mic is during the Zoom only; the event hosts will try and accommodate as many poets as is possible until all slots are filled (maximum 3 mins per poet). Auto-live captioning can be enabled in Zoom and text-based poems via chat are welcomed on the night too. Please feel free to contact us if you have any accessibility queries for this event via access@redroompoetry.org