From Derry to Dublin and Cork to Galway there are Spoken Word Events happening all over the country this month. Here are just some to look forward to.

Storytelling Events this November

The revival of the spoken word and storytelling genre has become a popular artform across Ireland. Take a look at some storytelling events coming up this month across the country.

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Irish Spoken Word Magazine Issue Two Launches this November in Dublin

Boundless & Bare presents BND Magazine ISSUE 2 launching on 22nd November in The Complex, Dublin. The event will include spoken word performances by Beau Williams, Melissa Ridge, and comedy by Therese Cahill with more soon to be confirmed. Tickets are €12 and include admission to the event and a copy of BND ISSUE 2. They can be purchased on Eventbrite.

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Lessons from the Social Media Savvy

Melanie O’ Donovan looks at three online spoken word svengalis to find out what makes a popping social media presence.

Boundless & BareOctober 28, 2019

Spotlight On Scene of the Rhyme: The Middle of Everywhere

In the summer of 2018 the founders of Scene of the Rhyme spoke to BND about the idea behind their unique event and why it is an important fixture of the creative scene in the midlands.

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The 13th All Ireland Poetry Slam Final takes place in Dublin this November

Now in its 13th year, The All Ireland Poetry Slam Final is scheduled to take place in Sinatra's Bar at The Arlington Hotel in Dublin on Friday the 8th November. After a series of Heats, Ireland's four provinces have produced three finalists who will represent their region, one of whom will be crowned the 2019 All Ireland Slam Poetry Champion.

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The Dublin Story Slam Podcast Review & Listening Party Announcement

The Dublin Story Slam have announced that as of this month they will be part of The Warren, an exciting brand new Podcast Network and home to a diverse line up of podcasts that focus on everything from audio drama to insects, cartoonists to science. Read the The Dublin Story Slam Podcast Review by Adam Lawler from Vol. 1 Issue 1.

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Student Life and the Spoken Word

Many young people find their voice partaking in spoken word events in college. BND spoke to four students: Caoimhe Donnelly, Leo Kuhling, Paul McNamara, and Alana Daly Mulligan about how attending spoken word in college helped them develop their spoken word craft.

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The Rhyme Rag Ensemble

Emily Murtagh takes a look at some of the youngest members of Kilkenny’s vibrant creative scene.

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Poet? Comedian? I’m more than my Tinder bio. Yes, we exist.

First a poet, now a comedian. Sorcha Doyle tells BND why she switched mediums.

“I found myself revisiting these traumatic events so much that the weight of the experience lifted. For non-artist types, this is called coping and moving on. For many artists, this is death.”

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Spoken word theatre has arrived to light a fire in the Big Smoke

Melissa Ridge and Melanie O’ Donovan explore the still-developing form of spoken word theatre in Dublin through the lens of last year’s most fruitful and synergetic pairing; FeliSpeaks and Dagogo Hart.

Cork poetry night Ó Bhéal downscales to monthly event

Speaking to BND of the change, event runner Paul Casey said:

”There's still so much to do for poetry, precisely because poetry has always given, and will always carry the potential to deliver so much into our lives that other art forms cannot…”

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Lewis Kenny is done with poetry. For good

It’s a special kind of gut punch, when the scene loses one of its guiding hands. It enters in an indiscriminate stab and twists viscerally, pricking a bit more every time you remember yet another vital structure, built with care by someone who was committed to moving the scene forward, now abandoned. Lewis Kenny has built a lot of structures.

Boundless & BareJuly 10, 2019

Shane Koyczan: a master marionette of emotion and metaphor

Spoken word is a fluid genre that combines elements of poetry and storytelling wrapped up in sincere and thought-provoking topics spun from real life experiences, and there isn’t a more natural storyteller than Koyczan, a master at spinning hurt and heartache into poetic gold.

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Anna Jordan on Modwordsfest

“It all started with an open mic”, says Anna Jordan founder of Modwords. Like so many spoken word events before have originated, in the back of a bar. Based in Waterford, Modwords has run for three years now and has increased in size with each year.

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Line-Up for Sunshine Tantrum Tour 2019 Announced

In collaboration with collectives WeAreGriot, Modwords, and Angry Mom Collective this spoken word national tour will produce four shows in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, and Galway. There will be opportunities in Waterford, Cork, and Galway to perform in an Open-Mic segment. Details and line-up below!

On its first anniversary, Open Michelle is more vital than ever

“The word “wholesome” is bandied about too much, but this night can’t be described as anything else. Throughout the evening MC and organiser Heather Hodges welcomes each comedian to the stage and makes sure to plug the next dates they’re performing. It’s a simple gesture, but one that asserts Open Michelle as a funnel through which to filter the best comedic talent in the city, to hold up some of the funniest people, and the whole affair was strikingly lovely”

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The Arts Council needs to recognise that Spoken Word is an artform they should embrace

The spoken word community in Ireland is a budding network of event facilitators, festival curators, writers and performers. Speaking generally, it is no secret that there is little money to be made in spoken word and this is not so surprising when you learn there is slim to none financial backing to begin with.

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The Sunshine Tantrum Tour: A Nationwide Spoken Word Tour this July

The Sunshine Tantrum Tour 2019 presented by Boundless & Bare is a national tour for spoken word artists. Showcasing the talents of emerging and established performers across the island of Ireland to promote the art of spoken word to new audiences and communities, promoting poetry in a non-traditional fashion with elements of theatre, comedy and storytelling.

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WRITERS WANTED

We’re future-focused here at BND, after the success of our first issue we’re putting in the time to make Issue Two is even better! So we’re open for business again! Tell your kids, tell your wife, we’re on the hunt for pitches.

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