Write Out West Festival: Penrith Poetry Slam

Join us for an electrifying poetry slam! Experience raw talent, captivating performances, and fierce competition. Unleash your voice or cheer for your favourites at this celebration of local spoken word.

This session is best suited for adults. Tickets cost $10 per person; bookings are essential.

Following the theme ‘River of Stories’, this slam is a chance for budding and experienced poets to get on the mic and let their words flow. Poetry-lovers click like mad from the audience, maybe even become a judge to help choose the winner. There’s a prize up for grabs! 

Sign up for the slam or sit back and enjoy all the performances including from your host and feature DEFNE. 

About DEFNE:

DEFNE is a Turkish-Australian multidisciplinary artist, the Creative Producer for Word Travels and Creative Director of West Side Poetry Slam. DEFNE has featured at Story Week, ‘23 Adelaide Writers Week, poetry events across NSW, is a Bankstown Grand Slam finalist and has been published in UNSWeetened. She performed her own show of poetry & song “DEFNE Opens Up” at Flight Path Theatre. The world’s her runway as she overruns it with connection through shared vulnerability and revolutionary intimacy. 

About Write Out West

Join us for Write Out West: Western Sydney Libraries and Literature Festival from Wednesday 27 November – Thursday 5 December for nine days of literary fun for all ages! Find out more at penrith.city/library