Want to set your stories free?

Writers get inspired with a spoken word workshop led by a professional slam artist.

Join artist DEFNE as she demonstrates the different slam forms and give writing exercises to help you gain valuable skills in creative writing, public speaking and self-expression.

Suitable for all ages

Using these skills get ready to perform at the Northern Beaches Poetry Slam heat on Saturday 24 August.

$5.00 + booking fee

Spaces limited, bookings essential.

Light refreshments provided.

Enquiries: 8495 5028 or libraryprograms@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Head to www.australianpoetryslam.com for more information.

Library programs terms and conditions apply.

DEFNE is a queer Turkish-Australian multidisciplinary artist with a style that’s definitely hers and a creative career that fuses her infinite interests. She graduated with distinction in a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing & Theatre) & Fine Arts (Photography & Graphic Design) from UNSW in 2023.

DEFNE is the Creative Producer for Word Travels and Creative Director of West Side Poetry Slam, a hybrid event based in Parramatta. She has been published in UNSWeetend & Tharunka and featured across Story Week, ‘23 Adelaide Writers’ Week, Art Gallery NSW, UNSW, Enough Said, Bread & Butter Poetry Slam and Poetry Sydney. She’s performed her own show of poetry & song “DEFNE Opens Up” at Flight Path Theatre, Marrickville.

DEFNE is always up to some creative mischief, whether writing songs or shooting shows. She’s a self-reclaimed drama queen. The world is her runway as she finds ways to overrun it with connection through shared vulnerability and revolutionary intimacy. Find her @definitelydefne101