The HomeWord heat of the State Library Poetry Slam 2006 will be hosted by Nathan Judd (host of OneWord and NWG Inc Vice President) on November 24. See HomeWord Calendar for details. All Welcome! Come to OneWord on Friday 29th September (see item below) and get into practice!

Come to One Word, a terrific spoken word night on Friday 29 September, around 8.30 pm and be sure to be entertained! You can perform or you can just listen. Poetry, short stories, songs, lyrics, works by other authors will be performed on the night. 331 Church St Parramatta at Mars Hill Cafe, opposite Brand Smart, just before the river.

Come along again to One Word, our latest Spoken Word night on Friday 25 August, around 8.30 pm. Last month was great with Daniel Hopkins as our guest performer and this month is sure to be as good as the last. Read, perform your original work, lyrics, songs, anything you like, or your favourite pieces of writing by others. Or you can just come along to listen! We hope to see you there! Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church Street, Parramatta.

Come along to the July Spoken Word open mic event at 8:30 pm on Friday the 28th of this month. Last month's Spoken Word night was very entertaining and this month is sure to be the same. We are located at Mars Hill Cafe, opposite Brand Smart, at 331 Church Street, Parramatta. The night is open to do what you want to do - read or perform your original work, lyrics, songs, or perhaps you may like to perform, recite or read your favourite pieces of writing by other authors/artists. Or, perhaps you would just like to listen to others. See you there!

The next Spoken Word event will be on Friday 30 June. Come along and join us for another open mic evening of fun and entertainment. It's on at 331 Church Street, Parramatta at 8:30 pm, opposite Brand Smart (the old David Jones building).

Come along to the next One Word spoken word event on Friday 26th May for another open mic evening. Read or perform your original work, lyrics, songs or your favourite pieces of writing by other authors. 8:30 upstairs at Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church Street, Parramatta opposite Brand Smart (the old David Jones building).

Singer-songwriters Stewart Peters and SNEZ will be guest artists at One Word, Friday night 28th April at Mars Hill Cafe - 331 Church St Parramatta, opp BrandSmart (the old David Jones). Join us for open mic upstairs - read your own work or share your favourite poet.

See you at One Word Friday 31st March for our next evening of open mic. Read your original work or present a piece by your favourite writer.

At One Word Friday, on 24th Feb 2006 Bravo Child performed his poetry to a packed audience. Bravo Child was the winner of the Sydney Poetry Slam and is a member of House-Cat Havoc, masters of The Word Wrestling Federation title of 2005. Our other special feature act was THE ROOKS from Cabramatta.

Next One Word/Open Mic will be 31st March, Host Nathan Judd. For information, contact Mars Hill Cafe.

All spoken-word artists, and original song writers welcome. This is a free space for anyone to perform.

Venue: Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church Street, Parramatta
Tickets: Free
Time: 8:30pm - 11pm

One Word got off to a great start on Friday 21st January with an interesting range of poetry and humour - so if you missed out, see you Friday, 24th February upstairs at Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church St Parramatta. Read or perform your original work or introduce us to a writer you love. See you there! (8:30 ish)

Pic is of Nathan Judd, One Word host, looking casual at the NWG Inc picnic in December

Joanne Grieve's poster for the the first One Word of 2006. Join Nathan Judd (MC) and friends for a night of poetry - your original work or your favourite poet - 8:30 upstairs at Mars Hill Cafe, 331 Church Street, Parramatta, opposite Brand Smart (the old DJ's building)

Nathan Judd, host of One Word ( front centre) Miles Merrill of the Sydney Slam Series (front right) group together with the talented contestants in the Slam's third and final heat on November 25 at Mars Hill Cafe Parramatta. All the photos from the night were taken by Doug Clulow. Thanks Doug!!

Jenny Campbell, Maria Friegh and Cath Stuart were the top scorers and go on to the finals on Thursday Dec 8, 6:30 pm at the State Library of NSW, Macqaurie St. Sydney. They will compete as individuals and also as a team.

Plenty of drama from this line-up - including Brad, Carol and Craig

The crowd listening to Dan Hopkins plus Jenny, Matt and Irene in full voice

More star performers...

Daniel Hopkins, blues/folk singer/songwriter was guest artist at the third heat of the Sydney Slam Series held at Mars Hill Cafe on Friday, November 25. Photo by Doug Clulow