A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide, SA 5000 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
Olivia Tuck is a queer neurodivergent poet originally from the UK. Her work has been published in several print and online journals, won the 2025 international Winchester Poetry Prize, and placed second in the 2023 Jane Martin Prize awarded by Girton College Cambridge. Adelaide is her heart’s home.
FREE entry Spoken word open mic Book, cocktail and novelty raffle Paroxysm beer special of the night thanks to A Social Undertaking Paroxysm Press book specials
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide, SA 5000 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
For something a little different your resident MC and publisher Daniel Watson will be hitting you up with some short fiction from the anthology ‘Blood‘.
Copies ‘Blood‘ available for only $15 on the night.
FREE entry Spoken word open mic Book, cocktail and novelty raffle Paroxysm beer special of the night
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide, SA 5000 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
What better way to celebrate the Paroxmas season that for good ol’ Watto Claus to spread an unprecedented level of raffle love. 11 prizes in total including a cocktail of your choice thanks to A Social Undertaking. We’ve got new books, used books, good shit, total shit and even novelty dunny paper for real shit.
FREE entry Spoken word open mic Book, cocktail and novelty raffle Paroxysm beer special of the night
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide, SA 5000 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
Finally! For months we’ve been gathering your work, long and short, told you to make it shorter, darker, better and you responded.
So come along and pick up a copy of Paroxysm Press’s latest publication free on the night as well as our usual open mic and spooky cocktail/drink special/dodgy hosts.
FREE entry Spoken word open mic Book, cocktail and novelty raffle Beer special of the night
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide, SA 500 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
This is your last chance to submit your short, sharp pieces of literature to our hand crafted little zine. come along and read your little word bombs, listen to your fellow terrorists and participate in the first publication birthed exclusively from our spokenslurred mic.
Spoke N Slurred – The Zine will be a small (A5) old school zine publication. It will be photocopied. Short and sharp will get our attention. So will down and dirty.
We’ve decided to remind you that Paroxysm Press is a publisher that for nearly 30 years has been too stubborn to die. So we want to publish you.
Come along to our open mic and leave us a hard copy of your poem(s) to be considered for a limited edition zine that will be launched in October. That gives you 4 opportunities to submit. Poems can be printed or hand written. Kami can’t be fucked with email but kerryn would consider a screenshot.
If you can throw down a sketch or 2 on the night they will also be considered.
The theme is PAROXYSM*
So dig deep, look at the hard stuff, find the next level down. Then tell us why you’re still here.
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adeaide, SA 500 (between Hindley St & North Tce)
They’re spinning around quickly so it’s time for the third round of submissions.
Spoke N Slurred – The Zine will be a small (A5) old school zine publication. It will be photocopied. Short and sharp will get our attention. So will down and dirty.
We’ve decided to remind you that Paroxysm Press is a publisher that for nearly 30 years has been too stubborn to die. So we want to publish you.
Come along to our open mic and leave us a hard copy of your poem(s) to be considered for a limited edition zine that will be launched in October. That gives you 4 opportunities to submit. Poems can be printed or hand written. Kami can’t be fucked with email but kerryn would consider a screenshot.
If you can throw down a sketch or 2 on the night they will also be considered.
The theme is PAROXYSM.
So dig deep, look at the hard stuff, find the next level down. Then tell us why you’re still here.
A huge thank you to author Lewis Woolston for their contribution to this month’s Spoke N Slurred raffle this Sunday 27/07, a copy of their brand new book The Everlasting. Go check it out and his other works:
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St (off Hindley St), Adelaide, SA 5000
Time for the second round of submissions. Spoke N Slurred – The Zine will be a small (A5) old school zine publication. It will be photocopied. Short and sharp will get our attention. So will down and dirty.
We’ve decided to remind you that Paroxysm Press is a publisher that for nearly 30 years has been too stubborn to die. So we want to publish you. Come along to our open mic and leave us a hard copy of your poem(s) to be considered for a limited edition zine that will be launched in October. That gives you 4 opportunities to submit. Poems can be printed or hand written. Kami can’t be fucked with email but kerryn would consider a screenshot. If you can throw down a sketch or 2 on the night they will also be considered.
The theme is PAROXYSM. So dig deep, look at the hard stuff, find the next level down. Then tell us why you’re still here.
A Social Undertaking 25 Gresham St, Adelaide (off Hindley St.)
We’ve decided to remind you that Paroxysm Press is a publisher that for nearly 30 years has been too stubborn to die. So we want to publish you.
Come along to our open mic and leave us a hard copy of your poem(s) to be considered for a limited edition zine that will be launched in October. That gives you 4 opportunities to submit. Poems can be printed or hand written. Kami can’t be fucked with email but Kerryn would consider a screenshot.
If you can throw down a sketch or 2 on the night they will also be considered.
The theme is PAROXYSM. So dig deep, look at the hard stuff, find the next level down. Then tell us why you’re still here.
