Assorted Sporks is a free, queer friendly regular poetry and performance night at Mamma Chen's on Thursday July 16
Featuring; Jasper Peach
Theme: Words I’ll never Publish
Themes are not mandatory, they are just to encourage you to experiment with your writing and improvisation. Feel free to make it weird.
Jasper Peach is a trans, non-binary and disabled author. They are passionate about equity and inclusion, playing with dismantling misplaced shame across written word, visual and audio mediums.
Their first book, You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent (2023) was a groundbreaking and accessible parenting resource for rainbow families of all kinds. My Body is My Home (2026) is a picture storybook for young readers, illustrated by beloved Naarm artist Beci Orpin.
Published in The Guardian, The Australian Poetry Journal, The Big Issue, Powerd Media, SBS and ABC online, Jasper loves writing for all audiences. Currently working on a mosaic memoir, A Thousand Spinning Plates on Fire, Peach explores the intersections of queer, disabled, fat bodied, transgender, parent, non-binary, neurodivergent and activist identities. This work is presented in prose, poetry and visual forms.
Jasper can usually be found on Djaara Country in the beautiful chaos of life with their partner, children and pets.
7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start, sign up will be available on the night.
5 minute limit.
Perform your poetry, creative writing or performance art on the open mic to a friendly audience or come and be part of the crowd. Hosted by Quil Steinberg,(they/them) Sound by George O'Hara (they/he).
Mamma Chen's is a wheelchair accessible venue however, to provide a wheelchair lift to the stage please contact us a couple of days prior to the event.
Mamma Chen’s acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the true owners of the land that we live and operate on. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 2026 Assorted Sporks alternates every two weeks on Thursdays with Musical Sporks. So dates are:
26 FEB / 26 MAR / 23 APR / 21 MAY / 18 JUN / 16 JUL / 13 AUG / 10 SEP / 8 OCT / 5 NOV / 3 DEC
COST: Free but you can support the event with bonus benefits at https://www.patreon.com/AssortedSporksPoetryandPerformance
ACCESSIBILITY: Wheelchair accessible venue. Stage is not wheelchair accessible but microphone can be handed down. Toilets are wheelchair accessible.
Full statement of venue accessibility here: https://mammachens.com.au/access/