Yarra Valley Spoken Word Friday 8th May 2026: Gabby Higgins Mud Brick Poet

Our Fabulous Feature Poet in May is Gabby Higgins aka Mud Brick Poet.

Connection is a recurring theme for Gabrielle Higgins (@mudbrickpoet), a poet, bookbinder and designer, living on Gadigal Country in Sydney and off grid on Wurundjeri Country in the Yarra Valley.

Her poetry publications include Cordite, Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry, Paper Wasp, Whiptail, Rochford Street Review, Plumwood Mountain, Australian Haiku Anthology 2024 and Kokako.

Recent work includes combining gel print images with haiku and creating hopeful poems in the pages of a rescued war novel. She enthusiastically encourages people to engage with their creativity, as a way of being in and responding to the world around them.

Welcome to our Yarra Valley Spoken Word Community.

We meet at The Dreaming Space Academy at Yarra Valley ECOSS, Wesburn on the second Friday of the month and welcome you to join us and share your musings.
Ours is a space to share the power of the spoken word, be inspired by our community of artists and learn to write and share life’s depths through this life changing art form.
Families are welcome until after supper, we have a feature artist each month and then Open Mic.

Spoken Word is an inclusive project.
Entry and Supper is by donation, we never turn people away!

Program
6pm - Doors open/Music
6.15 - Poetry workshop & open mic
7.00 - Dinner
7.30 - Feature poet (12yrs+)
8.00 - Open mic
9.00 - Chai & Chat

Call Andy: 0415 734 744 or Chris: 0414 306 772
or search Yarra Valley ECOSS website.

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