Accessible Online Open Mic

We're teaming up with Bramble to host an open mic night for disabled creatives on Zoom as part of Poetry Month 2024! Come along and read a poem, or turn up and show support.

Enjoy a special feature set by Wiradjuri/Chinese/Australian poet Kerri Shying, 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.

Note: sign-up for the open mic is during the Zoom only; the event hosts will try and accomodate 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

Artist Bio

Kerri Shying is a Wiradjuri/Chinese/Australian poet who has 4 collections in the world, the most recent being "Know Your Country", Puncher and Wattman, 2021. They live with disability and enjoy community mentoring for the Peer disability writing group WU. Kerri is widely published, and lives in Mulloobinba with her tiny pet brigade.