Join us for POETS OUT LOUD hosted by prize-winning poet Sarah Temporal. It’s a full night of creativity at the M|Arts bar, Murwillumbah for wordlovers of all kinds!!

Each Poets Out Loud night presents a stand-out feature poet, plus a poetry slam and open mic for YOU to share your spoken-word creations.

Slam prize = $50 book voucher from Pulp Fiction Murwillumbah. Slam has a 2 min time limit, while open mic is non-competitive with 1 poem each. Get in from 6pm to sign up.

Poets Out Loud @M|Arts Cafe and Bar

Cnr Brisbane & Wollumbin St

6pm doors open for 7pm start
$10 donation or what’s appropriate for you.

About our feature: 

Only two people have won both the Woodford Folk Festival Poetry Slam and the Woodford Storytelling award. Robin Archbold aka Archie was the first in 2011. He’s also won two Lismore Poetry Cups, the 2016 Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup, and the Bellingen Writers Festival Inaugural Slam among a host of other competitions. Archie was the feature artist at the APS final in 2009, and is also a multi-festival feature artist, including Woodford Folk Festival, Queensland Poetry Festival and Tasmanian Poetry Festival among many others. He co-founded Australia’s premier outlaw performance poetry event, the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup in 2003 with Gail Clarke and founded Sunshine Coast Spoken Word in 2013. He’s performed at venues from the Sydney Theatre Company to the Gympie Muster Poets’ Breakfast where he disrobed before a 1000 strong audience—a first and a last in a single unpantsing. Archie’s also an award-winning writer, and performance and writing workshop facilitator.

About your host:

Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet, educator and cultural producer. Her debut collection Tight Bindings (Puncher and Wattmann, 2024) explores the stories we tell and the secrets we keep. Sarah is a winner of the Bunker Slam and Nimbin Poetry World Cup, with work published in Best of Australian Poems and more. Sarah loves working as a mentor for young writers and directing the annual Poets Out Loud Youth Slam. She founded Poets Out Loud to empower voices of all ages through writing and spoken-word. See more: sarahtemporal.com

About the venue:
Set in a classic Art Deco building and industrial warehouse in Murwillumbah, M|Arts Precinct is a vibrant place where artists and art lovers can come together over great coffee, food and art. Cafe and bar now open. See more: m-arts.com.au/

Poets Out Loud event dates 2025:

Thurs Feb 13

Thurs Apr 10

Thurs Jun 12

Thurs 14 Aug

Thurs 9 Oct

Thurs 11 Dec