Want to set your stories free?

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

Sunday 18 August, 1.30 - 3.30pm at Manly Library

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 ages 15+

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