Feature: Cam Gleeson

Cam Gleeson disappears into poetry around family. His work incorporates sport, faith and gender-relations but ends up being about who he is related to.

Cam attended Poetry Slams in the USA in 2017 and 18. There he discovered a profound purpose and many peers. However, losing to an 11-year-old kid in a Slam heat, forced him to open mic and workshop convening.

Cam has been in the Northern Territory for four years and is just now finding his voice in a different location. Inspired and recovering from Covid isolation, Cam has been teaching in the different communities of Arnhem Land.
He quotes a poet friend:
‘We are not your competition we are your audience”.

Photo courtesy of Brendan B. Melbourne Spoken Word Prize 2019

Open Mic? Yes! 1.30pm open mic sign up with 2pm kick off? Yes Yes. Drinks and food? It's a pub, rest assured all things possible and lovely.

COST: Free

ACCESSIBILITY: Step up to access to venue. Staff can assist with entry for wheelchair users. Toilets may be too narrow for wheelchair access.