{"id":39804,"date":"2026-07-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=39804"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:52:48","slug":"words-that-slam-bacchus-marsh-to-host-national-poetry-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/living\/words-that-slam-bacchus-marsh-to-host-national-poetry-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Words that slam: Bacchus Marsh to host national poetry heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASPIRING poets are being invited to take their writing out of their notebooks and bring them to life on stage as Bacchus Marsh hosts a heat of the Australian Poetry Slam this month.<\/p>\n<p>The national spoken word performance heat happens at the Lerderderg Library on Saturday 18 July and will follow a workshop led by award-winning slam poet and wordsmith Jo Yang.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne-based Yang is a secondary school teacher and host of a podcast about rethinking the current education system, and was 2022 Australian Poetry slam champion.<\/p>\n<p>Every year since 2007, not-for-profit arts organisation Word Travels has run the Australian Poetry Slam heats and workshops in over 60 locations across the Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Poets who are game get to grab the mic for two minutes and share their words, throwing their ideas into the slam-storm.<\/p>\n<p>For their efforts, they have a chance of being chosen as the 2026 Australian Poetry Slam-bassador and offered an international writers&#8217; festival tour worth about $20,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/07\/WordTravelsAPSNation_73495.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"552\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jo Yang was the winner of the 2022 Australian Poetry Slam. Photo: Nicola Bailey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s upcoming APS Heat audience at Bacchus Marsh get to send two writers to represent Moorabool in a performance at the Victorian Final with the top 16 in the country then qualifying for the National Final at Sydney Opera House on 25 October.<\/p>\n<p>The Moorabool heat will take place from 1pm to 3.30pm and follows a free workshop &#8211; or a &#8220;wordshop&#8221; as they are known &#8211; led by Yang from 10am to 12pm at the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>Registrations are needed for both free events and can be made through the library website.<\/p>\n<p>Moorabool Shire mayor Cr Steve Venditti-Taylor said the slam heat promises to be an entertaining event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our library team always have exciting activities running, they do a fantastic job. This poetry slam event is no exception,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a super fun and entertaining event and I encourage anyone with even a passing interest in words and poetry to go along and join in.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASPIRING poets are being invited to take their writing out of their notebooks and bring them to life on stage as Bacchus Marsh hosts a heat of the Australian Poetry Slam this month. 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