Please join us in welcoming Bert Spinks as Feature Poet Friday 13th June 2025.

Bert Spinks is a poet, writer and bushwalking guide from Tasmania. He lives in an old train carriage in the forest. Bert's work is largely about the relationships humans have with the environments in which they live. He has performed his stories and poems in a wide variety of settings over the last 15 years.

Bert was looking to create more opportunities on the mysterious mainland, and made the effort to get in contact with Yarra Valley Spoken Word and requested to attend. We’ve caught him travelling towards East Gippsland to make work commissioned for their Winter Festival (July 12-22) and are thrilled to be one of his stopovers on the way…

Spoken Word is an inclusive project, gratefully made possible by sponsorship from Yarra Ranges Council.
Entry and Supper is by donation, we never turn people away!
Suggested Donation:
$15 Full / $10 Concession
$5 Supper, $5 Chai

Program
6pm - Doors open/Music
6.30 - Poetry workshop & open mic
7.00 - Dinner
7.30 - Feature poet (PG)
8.00 - Open mic
Call Andy: 0415 734 744 or Chris: 0414 306 772

COST: Entry and Supper is now by donation, we never turn people away!
Suggested Donation: $15 Full / $10 Concession / $5 Supper, $5 Chai