
Melbourne Spoken Word
Melbourne Spoken Word is an emerging arts organisation created to promote and develop spoken word and poetry in Melbourne and wider Victoria. Founded in 2012, it supports a wide network of spoken word events, tours international poets and hosts spoken word events itself, promote poetry through video, interviews and reviews, as well as hosts workshops, and hosted the inaugural Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival in 2018. MSW is currently an unincorporated association run by Director Benjamin Solah and a committee of local poets. MSW aims to become incorporated in the next year or so, with a board created to serve a not-for-profit organisation.






