Events

Join the party as we launch our fiesty new print edition, Going Down Swinging 37.

Stalwart of Australian poetry Judith Rodriguez will take the microphone for a headline set just a few weeks shy of her 80th birthday.

The second ONW in 2015 will feature a headline set with the high-energy humour of Australia’s internationally celebrated Scott Wings.

The 2015 One Night Wonders season kicks off with hypnotic Canadian word-wizard Tom Joyce.

We’re taking Going Down Swinging on the road to the Newstead Short Story Tattoo in country Victoria.

The least likely show of the year, Going Down Swinging has secured the reunion of this iconic Melbourne act for a one-time deal.

Felix Nobis brings a warmth and robust humour to his storytelling that win over any audience.

Word Travels presents international multi-slam champions, Anis Mojgani & Buddy Wakefield. Two of the world’s mightiest wordsmiths rock the stage with verbal voodoo and howling cadences in a night of spoken word that rivals Def Poetry Jam.  

Canberra’s new spoken word Sunday session welcomes another international star. Featuring Anis Mojgani (USA), Catherina Behan (SYD) and Raphael Kabo (CBR).  

An opportunity to workshop your writing with a master of poetry, two-time US National Slam winner Anis Mojgani.

We thought it was a one-time thing, but it’s back. Anis Mojgani will be headlining a stellar line-up of international, interstate and local artists. Featuring Buddy Wakefield (USA), Amal Kassir (USA), Miles Merril (Sydney), Helen Kassir (Melbourne) Jessie Giles (Melbourne)….

A rare breed, Eleanor Jackson has the power to dominate loud venues with quiet assurance rather than extra noise, and hold an audience in the palm of her hand.

A gifted storyteller with natural warmth, humour and flair, this will be Derrick’s only full-length feature set in Sydney.

The capital’s brand new premium spoken word series kicks off in June.

In One Night Wonders, headline acts perform full-length solo shows of their greatest hits.

Derrick Brown in Australia to teach emerging writers the biz.

This workshop involves ways to kick your performance to the next level, to strengthen work on the page, and to approach publication when you’re done.

Brisbane’s everywhere-man, Scott Wings, takes the reins for the first lap of the Derrick Brown tour.

Join us out west at the The Rosemount Hotel.

Free drinks + a show + good tunes + a book + an album = one ticket

Issue #33 will be launched on the closing night of the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Join us to celebrate the launch of our new website and digital platform

It’s here! The Melbourne Writers Festival teams up with GDS to present the long-awaited #32 launch extravaganza. Think launches are boring? This will leave ‘em for dead.